Total lunar eclipse starts shortly (Monday night into Tuesday morning, western hemisphere

For those interested, the total lunar eclipse is tonight.
Info here:

http://www.skyandtelescope.com/obser...111597159.html

For the bright Moon before the eclipse begins, an exposure of about
1/250 second, f/8, ISO 200 works well. With big telephoto lenses, keep exposures during the total phase to less than about 1/10 second to minimize motion blur due to the earth's rotation.

Good luck and clear skies (mine are hazy).

Roger

I hope to see images - it is snowy here.

Overcast here :( I've been looking forward to getting some images for weeks. Next decent one we'll get won't be until 2014.

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Originally Posted by Roger Clark

For those interested, the total lunar eclipse is tonight.
Info here:

http://www.skyandtelescope.com/obser...111597159.html

For the bright Moon before the eclipse begins, an exposure of about
1/250 second, f/8, ISO 200 works well. With big telephoto lenses, keep exposures during the total phase to less than about 1/10 second to minimize motion blur due to the earth's rotation.

Good luck and clear skies (mine are hazy).

Roger

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Thanks Roger for the heads-up notice, and for the terrific image you've posted on the Landscapes forum! Because this total lunar eclipse is coincident with the winter solstice, I simply could not sleep through it.

So at 1:00 a.m. I went out with my camera to see what was happening. And a spectacular albeit cold spectacle it was!

I apologize for my rudimentary effort with my Nikon D7000/Nikkor 300mm f/4 VR/1.4X tc, but I offer it here as a PS CS5 composite showing some of the phases of the moon. Sadly, my final eclipse view compares very poorly with yours. :(

But it sure was fun trying! :)

Norm

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Originally Posted by Norm Dulak

Thanks Roger for the heads-up notice, and for the terrific image you've posted on the Landscapes forum! Because this total lunar eclipse is coincident with the winter solstice, I simply could not sleep through it.

So at 1:00 a.m. I went out with my camera to see what was happening. And a spectacular albeit cold spectacle it was!

I apologize for my rudimentary effort with my Nikon D7000/Nikkor 300mm f/4 VR/1.4X tc, but I offer it here as <a href="http://www.bcduplication.com" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0) ! important; text-decoration: none ! important; cursor: default ! important;">cd printing and duplication</a> composite showing some of the phases of the moon. Sadly, my final eclipse view compares very poorly with yours. :(

But it sure was fun trying! :)

Norm

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Nice shots of the different phases though. I wish it werent overcast here :(