Re: lunar eclipse tonight
Nice sequence Larry - thanks. On Oct 8, 2014, at 2:57 PM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: Igor PDML-StR wrote: Well, just in case: there will be a lunar eclipse tonight. As far as I understand the chart, US West Coast, Austalia and New Zealand got the best seats for the spectacle. http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-29522648 And here is how to watch it: http://www.space.com/27353-total-lunar-eclipse-october8-guide.html I hope some PDMLers might benefit from this info. Thanks. It was already on my todo list. I've posted a few so far. https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157648530723801/ The astrotracer really rocked the red moon. As to be expected I kept wishing my bigma were longer and faster though. Tight crops are 1048 pixels on a side. Cheers, Igor -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com (postbox on min4est) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: lunar eclipse tonight
As usual with any interesting astronomical event, the weather is bad, rain and wind... On 10/8/2014 1:18 AM, Igor PDML-StR wrote: Well, just in case: there will be a lunar eclipse tonight. As far as I understand the chart, US West Coast, Austalia and New Zealand got the best seats for the spectacle. http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-29522648 And here is how to watch it: http://www.space.com/27353-total-lunar-eclipse-october8-guide.html I hope some PDMLers might benefit from this info. Cheers, Igor -- I don't want to achieve immortality through my work; I want to achieve immortality through not dying. -- Woody Allen -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
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Quoting Igor PDML-StR pdml...@komkon.org: Well, just in case: there will be a lunar eclipse tonight. As far as I understand the chart, US West Coast, Austalia and New Zealand got the best seats for the spectacle. http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-29522648 And here is how to watch it: http://www.space.com/27353-total-lunar-eclipse-october8-guide.html I hope some PDMLers might benefit from this info. Sadly, not me. Cloud rules in western Sydney. -- Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
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Thanks for the heads-up, Igor. The sky cleared here and I was able to catch some glimpses through a window at 1/4, 3/4 and full eclipse. Pretty cool colour. I was unable to get any shots though; terrible sight lines and it was just about to go below the neighbor's roofline at 6:25 AM at full eclipse. On Wed, Oct 8, 2014 at 1:18 AM, Igor PDML-StR pdml...@komkon.org wrote: Well, just in case: there will be a lunar eclipse tonight. As far as I understand the chart, US West Coast, Austalia and New Zealand got the best seats for the spectacle. http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-29522648 And here is how to watch it: http://www.space.com/27353-total-lunar-eclipse-october8-guide.html I hope some PDMLers might benefit from this info. Cheers, Igor -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- -bmw -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
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NOthing but clouds here, and actually my little four pawed roomie woke me up just about the right time :-( ann On 10/8/2014 09:30, Bruce Walker wrote: Thanks for the heads-up, Igor. The sky cleared here and I was able to catch some glimpses through a window at 1/4, 3/4 and full eclipse. Pretty cool colour. I was unable to get any shots though; terrible sight lines and it was just about to go below the neighbor's roofline at 6:25 AM at full eclipse. On Wed, Oct 8, 2014 at 1:18 AM, Igor PDML-StR pdml...@komkon.org wrote: Well, just in case: there will be a lunar eclipse tonight. As far as I understand the chart, US West Coast, Austalia and New Zealand got the best seats for the spectacle. http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-29522648 And here is how to watch it: http://www.space.com/27353-total-lunar-eclipse-october8-guide.html I hope some PDMLers might benefit from this info. Cheers, Igor -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: lunar eclipse tonight
Igor PDML-StR wrote: Well, just in case: there will be a lunar eclipse tonight. As far as I understand the chart, US West Coast, Austalia and New Zealand got the best seats for the spectacle. http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-29522648 And here is how to watch it: http://www.space.com/27353-total-lunar-eclipse-october8-guide.html I hope some PDMLers might benefit from this info. Thanks. It was already on my todo list. I've posted a few so far. https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157648530723801/ The astrotracer really rocked the red moon. As to be expected I kept wishing my bigma were longer and faster though. Tight crops are 1048 pixels on a side. Cheers, Igor -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com (postbox on min4est) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
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One of these days Im going to drag out my 1000mm/F8 takumar and give it a try on digital/lunar. jco On 10/8/2014 2:57 PM, Larry Colen wrote: Igor PDML-StR wrote: Well, just in case: there will be a lunar eclipse tonight. As far as I understand the chart, US West Coast, Austalia and New Zealand got the best seats for the spectacle. http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-29522648 And here is how to watch it: http://www.space.com/27353-total-lunar-eclipse-october8-guide.html I hope some PDMLers might benefit from this info. Thanks. It was already on my todo list. I've posted a few so far. https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157648530723801/ The astrotracer really rocked the red moon. As to be expected I kept wishing my bigma were longer and faster though. Tight crops are 1048 pixels on a side. Cheers, Igor -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
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Larry, Those are very nice images! I've been woken up by my daughter at 4:40am local time, but at that point I didn't recall about the eclipse, and didn't try to look out of the window... :-( For others: sorry about the smoke-screen over your front-row seats. :-) Igor Larry Colen Wed, 08 Oct 2014 11:57:41 -0700 wrote: Igor PDML-StR wrote: Well, just in case: there will be a lunar eclipse tonight. As far as I understand the chart, US West Coast, Austalia and New Zealand got the best seats for the spectacle. http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-29522648 And here is how to watch it: http://www.space.com/27353-total-lunar-eclipse-october8-guide.html I hope some PDMLers might benefit from this info. Thanks. It was already on my todo list. I've posted a few so far. https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157648530723801/ The astrotracer really rocked the red moon. As to be expected I kept wishing my bigma were longer and faster though. Tight crops are 1048 pixels on a side. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
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Good to see, LArry - next best thing to in person - which was not possible here :-( ann On 10/8/2014 14:57, Larry Colen wrote: Igor PDML-StR wrote: Well, just in case: there will be a lunar eclipse tonight. As far as I understand the chart, US West Coast, Austalia and New Zealand got the best seats for the spectacle. http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-29522648 And here is how to watch it: http://www.space.com/27353-total-lunar-eclipse-october8-guide.html I hope some PDMLers might benefit from this info. Thanks. It was already on my todo list. I've posted a few so far. https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157648530723801/ The astrotracer really rocked the red moon. As to be expected I kept wishing my bigma were longer and faster though. Tight crops are 1048 pixels on a side. Cheers, Igor -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
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Thanks Ann and Igor. On October 8, 2014 6:51:07 PM PDT, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote: Good to see, LArry - next best thing to in person - which was not possible here :-( ann On 10/8/2014 14:57, Larry Colen wrote: Igor PDML-StR wrote: Well, just in case: there will be a lunar eclipse tonight. As far as I understand the chart, US West Coast, Austalia and New Zealand got the best seats for the spectacle. http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-29522648 And here is how to watch it: http://www.space.com/27353-total-lunar-eclipse-october8-guide.html I hope some PDMLers might benefit from this info. Thanks. It was already on my todo list. I've posted a few so far. https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157648530723801/ The astrotracer really rocked the red moon. As to be expected I kept wishing my bigma were longer and faster though. Tight crops are 1048 pixels on a side. Cheers, Igor -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
lunar eclipse tonight
Well, just in case: there will be a lunar eclipse tonight. As far as I understand the chart, US West Coast, Austalia and New Zealand got the best seats for the spectacle. http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-29522648 And here is how to watch it: http://www.space.com/27353-total-lunar-eclipse-october8-guide.html I hope some PDMLers might benefit from this info. Cheers, Igor -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Lunar Eclipse Tonight
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RE: Lunar Eclipse Tonight
Yep... and I'm planning on shooting it... the weather is supposed to be partly cloudy in these parts tonight, which should allow for some interest in the shots as the moon will be too high to be close to the horizon. That is assuming the moon is visible through the partly clear spaces. Tom C. From: Daniel J. Matyola [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Lunar Eclipse Tonight Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2004 09:32:49 -0400 For Details, see: http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html
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Hi, I think I'm going to try to shoot it too.. Moonrise here (California) is at 6 pm and totality is between 7.23 pm and 8.45 pm.. I guess I'll try to shoot the onset of totality when the moon is lower in the sky. It's cloudy here too, though, and there's a thunderstorm forecast - I hope that doesn't hit! Any suggestions on exposure? Thanks Badri On Wed, 27 Oct 2004 09:43:46 -0600, Tom C [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yep... and I'm planning on shooting it... the weather is supposed to be partly cloudy in these parts tonight, which should allow for some interest
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Badri A [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think I'm going to try to shoot it too.. Moonrise here (California) is at 6 pm and totality is between 7.23 pm and 8.45 pm.. I guess I'll try to shoot the onset of totality when the moon is lower in the sky. It's cloudy here too, though, and there's a thunderstorm forecast - I hope that doesn't hit! Any suggestions on exposure? I've heard that the sunny 16 rule can be changed to sunny 11 for moon photos. I'll have a go with digital this evening. (For once it's *not* cloudy in Pittsburgh! Who'da thunk?) -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com
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Mark Roberts wrote: (For once it's *not* cloudy in Pittsburgh! Who'da thunk?) Something's wrong. RUN !
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http://www.luminous-landscape.com/tutorials/lunar-eclipse.shtml Tom C. From: Badri A [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Lunar Eclipse Tonight Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2004 14:34:08 -0700 Hi, I think I'm going to try to shoot it too.. Moonrise here (California) is at 6 pm and totality is between 7.23 pm and 8.45 pm.. I guess I'll try to shoot the onset of totality when the moon is lower in the sky. It's cloudy here too, though, and there's a thunderstorm forecast - I hope that doesn't hit! Any suggestions on exposure? Thanks Badri On Wed, 27 Oct 2004 09:43:46 -0600, Tom C [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yep... and I'm planning on shooting it... the weather is supposed to be partly cloudy in these parts tonight, which should allow for some interest
RE: Lunar eclipse tonight
I did not shoot it. It was a surreal environment to watch it for me though. I was at the finish line at the Ironman Florida triathlon and the eclipse could clearly be seen above and to the north of the finish line. Twenty-two hours on the site, César Panama City, Florida -- - Original Message - -- From: Amita Guha [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Sent: Saturday, November 08, 2003 7:20 PM -- -- So who else is shooting the eclipse tonight? It's going on -- right now. I -- just tried some shots from my balcony. -- --
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The sky was very clear tonight for the eclipse. Using the links Bob and someone else forwarded on how to shoot this event i tried aroll in the SP500 last night with the tak 200 and 2x. I hope i adjusted properly for the 2x.Did some short bulb shots near the end at various X seconds opened. Time will tell.:-) I also set my Wild T1a survey transit up so i could get a better view than through a 200 2x set up.Very nice to have. Dave Hi, Sunday, November 9, 2003, 12:20:33 AM, you wrote: So who else is shooting the eclipse tonight? It's going on right now. I just tried some shots from my balcony. I can see it from my house - it's quite a clear night in London. I'm not shooting it because a 300/4 with 2X converter is not really a great proposition for this. Checking it from time to time with some 12x50 binoculars though. Pentax of course. -- Cheers, Bobmailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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I tried to get a few, although my lunar shooting has left much to be desired in the past. I used my 500 mm mirror lens, as it's the only one that gives me an acceptably large image. It was a great eclipse, however. At least where I was, the sky was clear an we had a great view. Easily the best lunar eclipse I've seen. [EMAIL PROTECTED] 11/08/03 07:20PM So who else is shooting the eclipse tonight? It's going on right now. I just tried some shots from my balcony.
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- Original Message - From: Ann Sanfedele [EMAIL PROTECTED] Christian Skofteland wrote: Here's my best shot of the night (heavily cropped from a 300mm on the *ist-D at 800 iso) Then the clouds came in before I could try using a TC, lower iso, etc... http://www.xian.us/images/moon_imgp0075a.jpg NICE shot! annsan Thanks! Christian
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Hi, Sunday, November 9, 2003, 9:11:34 PM, you wrote: With full frame 35mm, even a 1000mm lens wont fill the frame so 300mm is definately too short for lunar photography. JCO here is a table from the Cambridge Eclipse Photography Guide which gives the size of the sun's or moon's disk in millimetres according to the focal length used on a 35mm camera: Focal Image LengthSize 280.25 500.45 100 0.91 200 1.8 300 2.7 400 3.6 500 4.5 600 5.4 1000 9.1 2000 18.2 bearing in mind that 135 film is 24x36mm, even with a 2000mm lens you only fill 3/4 of the frame. All the same, people have been showing some very good photos of it. -- Cheers, Bobmailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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IIRC, the image size would be the same regardless of format. It's just that the image would take up more of the frame on a smaller format and less of the frame on a larger format. Bill - Original Message - From: Bob Walkden [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: J. C. O'Connell [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, November 09, 2003 6:29 PM Subject: Re: Lunar eclipse tonight Hi, Sunday, November 9, 2003, 9:11:34 PM, you wrote: With full frame 35mm, even a 1000mm lens wont fill the frame so 300mm is definately too short for lunar photography. JCO here is a table from the Cambridge Eclipse Photography Guide which gives the size of the sun's or moon's disk in millimetres according to the focal length used on a 35mm camera: Focal Image LengthSize 280.25 500.45 100 0.91 200 1.8 300 2.7 400 3.6 500 4.5 600 5.4 1000 9.1 2000 18.2 bearing in mind that 135 film is 24x36mm, even with a 2000mm lens you only fill 3/4 of the frame. All the same, people have been showing some very good photos of it. -- Cheers, Bobmailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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At 04:47 PM 09/11/2003 -0500, you wrote: J. C. O'Connell wrote: With full frame 35mm, even a 1000mm lens wont fill the frame so 300mm is definately too short for lunar photography. JCO Do you really think I don't know that? It's called making do with what you've got. W. (and it's won't and definitely) Wendy Beard, Ottawa, Canada http://www.beard-redfern.com
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On Sun, 9 Nov 2003 16:11:34 -0500, J. C. O'Connell wrote: With full frame 35mm, even a 1000mm lens wont fill the frame so 300mm is definately too short for lunar photography. One hundred millimeters focal length per one millimeter on-negative size, approximately. A 400mm lens with two 2X t/c's gives approximately 2/3 full frame vertically on 35mm film. TTYL, DougF KG4LMZ
Lunar eclipse tonight
So who else is shooting the eclipse tonight? It's going on right now. I just tried some shots from my balcony.
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Hi, Sunday, November 9, 2003, 12:20:33 AM, you wrote: So who else is shooting the eclipse tonight? It's going on right now. I just tried some shots from my balcony. I can see it from my house - it's quite a clear night in London. I'm not shooting it because a 300/4 with 2X converter is not really a great proposition for this. Checking it from time to time with some 12x50 binoculars though. Pentax of course. -- Cheers, Bobmailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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We have a beautiful overcast here :-( Bill - Original Message - From: Amita Guha [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, November 08, 2003 7:20 PM Subject: Lunar eclipse tonight So who else is shooting the eclipse tonight? It's going on right now. I just tried some shots from my balcony.
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cool, clear, and windless here just an hour north of Amita. i took some pictures with my Sigma 50-500. the ISO 200 ones worked but were small and some blur because of the long exposures. then i added a 2X extender and shifted to ISO 1600. didn't notice that the EV was now out of range and underexposed by about 2-3 stops. compensated in Photolab but the images were far too noisy to be of any practical use. Herb
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The sky is very clear in Slovakia tonight so I tried to take some shots as well. But I had to get out of the building because the moon was out of view from my balcony at the time of eclipse. Unfortunately, I only had ISO 200 film available for use. Hopefully I will not end up with blurry pictures... -Frank- - Original Message - From: Amita Guha [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, November 09, 2003 1:20 AM Subject: Lunar eclipse tonight So who else is shooting the eclipse tonight? It's going on right now. I just tried some shots from my balcony.
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At 7:20 PM -0500 11/8/03, Amita Guha wrote: So who else is shooting the eclipse tonight? It's going on right now. I just tried some shots from my balcony. I did. Some shots with a 50mm and a 200mm, varied the exposures. Hopefully I'll get the Pleiades in some of them as well. A surprisingly dark eclipse. -- Steve [EMAIL PROTECTED]
