Re: lunar eclipse tonight

2014-10-09 Thread Stanley Halpin
Nice sequence Larry - thanks. On Oct 8, 2014, at 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. >> h

Re: lunar eclipse tonight

2014-10-08 Thread Larry Colen
Thanks Ann and Igor. On October 8, 2014 6:51:07 PM PDT, Ann Sanfedele 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 ecli

Re: lunar eclipse tonight

2014-10-08 Thread Ann Sanfedele
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 "

Re: lunar eclipse tonight

2014-10-08 Thread Igor PDML-StR
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

Re: lunar eclipse tonight

2014-10-08 Thread J C OConnell
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 Zeal

Re: lunar eclipse tonight

2014-10-08 Thread Larry Colen
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.c

Re: lunar eclipse tonight

2014-10-08 Thread Ann Sanfedele
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

Re: lunar eclipse tonight

2014-10-08 Thread Bruce Walker
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 eclips

Re: lunar eclipse tonight

2014-10-08 Thread Brian Walters
Quoting Igor PDML-StR : 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.spa

Re: lunar eclipse tonight

2014-10-08 Thread P.J. Alling
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 s

Re: Lunar Eclipse Tonight

2004-10-27 Thread Tom C
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.. Mo

Re: Lunar Eclipse Tonight

2004-10-27 Thread Caveman
Mark Roberts wrote: (For once it's *not* cloudy in Pittsburgh! Who'da thunk?) Something's wrong. RUN !

Re: Lunar Eclipse Tonight

2004-10-27 Thread Mark Roberts
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 thun

Re: Lunar Eclipse Tonight

2004-10-27 Thread Badri A
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 do

RE: Lunar Eclipse Tonight

2004-10-27 Thread Tom C
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.

RE: Lunar eclipse tonight

2003-11-10 Thread Cesar Matamoros II
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 Mess

RE: Lunar eclipse tonight

2003-11-09 Thread Doug Franklin
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

Re: Lunar eclipse tonight

2003-11-09 Thread wendy beard
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 de

Re: Lunar eclipse tonight

2003-11-09 Thread Bill Owens
#x27;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

Re: Lunar eclipse tonight

2003-11-09 Thread Bob Walkden
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 mil

Re: Lunar eclipse tonight

2003-11-09 Thread Christian
- 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://ww

Re: Lunar eclipse tonight

2003-11-09 Thread Steve Desjardins
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 bes

Re: Lunar eclipse tonight

2003-11-09 Thread brooksdj
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. Tim

Re: Lunar eclipse tonight

2003-11-08 Thread Steve Sharpe
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

Re: Lunar eclipse tonight

2003-11-08 Thread Frank Kupec
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..

Re: Lunar eclipse tonight

2003-11-08 Thread Herb Chong
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 underexpo

Re: Lunar eclipse tonight

2003-11-08 Thread Bill Owens
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

Re: Lunar eclipse tonight

2003-11-08 Thread Bob Walkden
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 r