Total Lunar Eclipse, June 15 2011. The results!

It was a thriller! Here in Nicosia we lost the phenomenon up to totality due to thick clouds & fog, occasionally getting glimpses through holes in the clouds. Halfway through the event the skies gradually opened and we got to witness the exit from totality all the way to the end!

I had arranged to meet with Pampos & the others at Akropolis Park so we could set up our joined equipment: My CG5 mount with Pampos's Vixen ED81S & 450D. Due to the clouds we were unable to get a decent polar alignment or even get the focus right which resulted in mostly soft images up to mid-totality. Once the skies opened I was able to fix the focus and we enjoyed the end of the eclipse with decent results!