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Lunar Impact by Meteoroid during Lunar Eclipse

This exciting development was discovered when I was reading the article in Sky & Telescope about the impact of a piece of space debris on the Moon during the Lunar Eclipse. When I examined my raw image data I saw the unmistakable flash point of the meteoroid impact on the surface of the moon. It was exactly where and when it should be.

 

The Canon 6D was capturing a two second exposure at this time. Very lucky!

 

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Canon 6D at the prime focus of the KPO 18" Reflector. ISO 200, 2 second exposure.

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Uploaded on January 24, 2019