All was good, in the late hours of the 20th of January, the sky was clear and the moon was bright. Even into the early hours of 21st it was still clear as the first stages of the eclipse began.
I had an important meeting later that morning so a quick few hours of sleep from 01:00 to 03:30 allowed for some rest.
I photographed various stages as the penumbral shadow began and kept shooting every so often until the moon appeared to turn red. This happens in all total lunar eclipses, the moon is fully within Earth's shadow, sunlight is filtered through the atmosphere and the moon picks up the red colour of this indirect light.
Unfortunately the sky clouded over just as the middle section of the eclipse began and I lost the opportunity to photograph any more.
A quick edit and post to Twitter, then time for a few more hours of sleep.
Cloud interrupted eclipse, good while it lasted #ireland #astrophotography pic.twitter.com/08hrFg0rLJ
— Darren McLoughlin (@travelimages) January 21, 2019
