StargazerRon
By Ronald Williams
The Beaver Moon in November is named after beavers who begin preparing for winter. Native Americans also called it the Freezing Moon. I have heard that the moon might not be just gray, so I tried my luck on a stormy night (November 2) and, yes, the moon has colors! Using an 8 inch telescope I combined 96 exposures and then applied PhotoShop to bring out the details of the waxing gibbous 9-day-old moon.
For those early risers, there will be a total lunar eclipse on November 8 with totality occurring at 3:00am. The weather then is forecast to be rainy, which we need, but it may preclude our night sky observations in Santa Barbara.
Nice photo!
Just a clarification – the total phase of the lunar eclipse will start at 2:16 PST and last until 3:42 PST.
Current forecast looks bad for eclipse viewing, but good for rainfall.