Lunar eclipse tonight (3rd March)

Apparently we should be able to see it (in the UK) from around 10 to 12 tonight.

VS.

[Pete]

Assuming it's not cloudy!

As a lot of you realise, I'm a bit of an eclipse geek, so here's a bit a a background on tonight's Total Lunar.

It will be visible from Greenland to Dubai, with the "main event" between 22:44 to 23:58 GMT. During a total lunar eclipse, expect the moon to go deep-red. If it is clear out there tonight, it should be a good one.

[Pete]

Well, the weather looks promising around the Reading area. Just did a test shot, and looking very clear tonight.

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Pete

Great image Pete, keep them coming as the night goes on if possible.

It's cloudy with me so wouldn't mind seeing how the eclipse develops over the course of the evening....

Clear where I am so fingers crossed that it'll stay like that:)

VS.

[preiffer]

Pete - what settings/lens did you use for that?

[Pete]

Paul, it's a 70-200L lens at (nearly) max throw, combined with the Canon 2X extender. The EXIF data shows it at 376mm. Aperture is f8, shutter 1/250 at ISO 100. I suspect that I'll probably need to slow down that shutter as the light starts to dim!

[preiffer]

Crikey - is that a lens in your pocket or are you just pleased to see me? [:p]


A friend of mine has the 400mm L one for taking photos of him windsurfing from afar, and that's a bitch unless on a tripod or at VERY high speed. Good luck...

Well at 2133 and in SW London the cheese is being eaten!

Hope it's great.

[Pete]

Here's a shot as it's really starting to get going properly, taken about 21:35.

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That's great Pete. Bring em on

See thr live webcam here

http://www.seeviewo.org/catalog/index.p ... &chapter=0

WOW!

Scratch that! Just read the rest of the post about the lens (do tell)..

Dann[:0]

Originally posted by pixuk
Well, the weather looks promising around the Reading area. Just did a test shot, and looking very clear tonight.

[img]/eclipse/moon720.jpg[/img]

Pete

[Pete]

Getting more difficult to keep it sharp, given the length of exposure and the rotation of the Earth (as seen by the small star trail in the bottom right).. but this is just before totality.

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[Pete]

Now into totality, and I'm fiddling with ISO & shutter speeds to try and reduce the blurring. Unforunately there's a lot more grain, but you can definately see the red hue now.

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[Pete]

And with a slightly higher ISO to pull out the redness of the moon

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[Pete]

And now I'm just snapping away for the hell of it...

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Hi,

It is a beautiful sight from up here in Scotland ( clear sky also). I can see it from my bedroom window but also going out into the garden.

Regards

TBS

what flights will have the advantage of being 40,000ft closer than us tonight? Great photos by the way![^]

[Pete]

And now... just 'cos I like to be arty, here's a composite of tonights total lunar eclipse with last year's total solar, which I photographed from Turkey.

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[honey lamb]

Looked out just before the eclipse was due to start and there's a big silver moon looking down at me. Got side-tracked with one or two things and remembered just as it was nearing totality. Looked out and it was just as it was in Pete's photo but could not see the redness and at that moment....

.....the clouds rushed in [:(!]

[preiffer]

Pete - that's cheating beyond belief! [:0]

But still, looks cool [y]

Hi,

Great pictures pete.

Now coming out of totality with just a sliver of the bright moon visible.

Regards

TBS

[Pete]

And, in the words of the great Nina Simone Here Comes The Sun

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Thanks Pete, great snaps.