This is an HDR composite shot- the background stars were exposed for 4 hours while the eclipsed moon drifted just outside the frame. This was necessary to bring out the faint details of the galaxy. The full sized photo is a 200 megapixel mosaic, captured with 3 cameras working simultaneously. All captured from my backyard in Arizona in the wee hours Tuesday morning.
![image showing [OC] There was a galaxy in the background of my Lunar Eclipse photo](3723776e-2c3b-51a6-95f8-9ae9bf8dcedb.jpg)
ajamesmccarthy on March 7th, 2026 at 23:45 UTC »
This is an HDR composite shot- the background stars were exposed for 4 hours while the eclipsed moon drifted just outside the frame. This was necessary to bring out the faint details of the galaxy. The full sized photo is a 200 megapixel mosaic, captured with 3 cameras working simultaneously. All captured from my backyard in Arizona in the wee hours Tuesday morning.
AVBforPrez on March 8th, 2026 at 00:13 UTC »
Damn that's cool, really makes you wonder what's out there.
noahisaac on March 8th, 2026 at 00:14 UTC »
I sometimes think I should get an adaptor to put my dslr on my wee little telescope, and then I see your images and think, “why bother!?”
I don’t think anyone does astrophotography better than you.