Lunar Eclipse tonight

[MuSuLPhReAk]

Starts at 8:45 est. Should be in full bloom at 10pm. Next one is in 2010 so check it out if you can.

[KLM]

I'm sure my Dad has his telescope and camera set up outside already, lol.

[MuSuLPhReAk]

Awwww man, a telescope. I'd love to have one tonight.

[Mr.Freeze]

Thanx:)

[KLM]

It's his favourite toy (among many). He doesn't have the model he wants (because it costs a small fortune), but it's good enough to get a decent view.

[MuSuLPhReAk]

Strongest telescope I looked through, I was able to see the 4 moons of Jupiter. Was very interesting. I don't have my own though :(

[KLM]

Wow, that's a pretty strong one. I think I remember him asking for one for birthdays and Christmas every freaking year until finally we could all actually afford to get him one, lol.

[Canadian Bodybuilding]

Very cool moon during a lunar eclipse. Anyone else saw it?

[69challenger]

I saw it, it was stunning!

[bigben]

Here's some pic's I took
http://img81.imageshack.us/img81/144/lunareclipsesharp0001gs7.th.jpg (http://img81.imageshack.us/my.php?image=lunareclipsesharp0001gs7.jpg)

http://img82.imageshack.us/img82/8034/lunareclipsesharp0003zp2.th.jpg (http://img82.imageshack.us/my.php?image=lunareclipsesharp0003zp2.jpg)

http://img81.imageshack.us/img81/9468/lunareclipse0007el4.th.jpg (http://img81.imageshack.us/my.php?image=lunareclipse0007el4.jpg)

http://img82.imageshack.us/img82/875/lunareclipsesharp0010fh9.th.jpg (http://img82.imageshack.us/my.php?image=lunareclipsesharp0010fh9.jpg)

[bigben]

Initial picture:

http://img147.imageshack.us/img147/705/le1ps1.th.jpg (http://img147.imageshack.us/my.php?image=le1ps1.jpg)

[Mr.Freeze]

cool you take them your self?

[leeroy]

Very nice. Thanks for the pics.

[69challenger]

Great pics!

[bigben]

cool you take them your self?

Yes, I used a digital camera w. 200mm lens on a tripod inside the house. It was too damned cold to go outside for an hour and a half. The triple pane glass probably diminished some of the sharpness. Had to keep the lights off. Some exposures took up to 4 seconds of shutter open time.

[KLM]

My Dad went out in the cold. He's crazy! Hopefully he'll send me some pics.

[Mr.Freeze]

Yes, I used a digital camera w. 200mm lens on a tripod inside the house. It was too damned cold to go outside for an hour and a half. The triple pane glass probably diminished some of the sharpness. Had to keep the lights off. Some exposures took up to 4 seconds of shutter open time.

what the brand and spec??

[bigben]

what the brand and spec??

A Nikon D70S (that's a digital SLR) with a Nikon 200mm zoom lens. 6 point something megapixel, but loaded with features they don't put on the lower end cameras like D40 series or Canon Rebel for instance. I really like it. I could have taken better pictures with my film camera, as I have better lenses for it ( I have some photos of the moon I took with the film camera where you can see the shadows cast on the mountains and craters, used a 400 mm lens plus two 2x teleconverters, sounds crude but it worked), but I was too lazy and enjoy the fast results from digital.

Some of the digital exposures took up to 4 seconds. That may account for the blurr on the redish total eclipse shots. Its also hard as hell to focus on such a small, dim object. I don't understand why these digital lenses don't simply lock out at infinity like the old film lenses did. I found that if I switched to manual focus, the focus goes beyond infinity. Not sure what that's for, unless it works differently on another Nikon camera.

[bigben]

http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/8443/lunareclipsescompositeuv9.th.jpg (http://img213.imageshack.us/my.php?image=lunareclipsescompositeuv9.jpg)

[bigdaddydrew123]

It's his favourite toy (among many). He doesn't have the model he wants (because it costs a small fortune), but it's good enough to get a decent view.
see if you can get some of his pics and post them here, be awsome to see

[bigdaddydrew123]

see if you can get some of his pics and post them here, be awsome to see
sorry should have looked at the whole thread first thanx anyways

[St]

Great pics.