Lunar Eclipse Tonight

[Kayaker72]

Hi all,


I just started seeing some news links to a lunar eclipse tonight.Could be some great pictures if you have clear skies. It'll be snowing here in New Hampshire.
<table class="wikitable"]
<caption>Times of eclipse over North America</caption>
<tbody>
<tr>
<th>Event</th><th>PST
(-8 UTC)</th><th>MST
(-7 UTC)</th><th>CST
(-6 UTC)</th><th>EST
(-5 UTC)</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Start penumbral (P1)</th>
<td bgcolor="#a0c0c0"]9:27 pm (*)</td>
<td bgcolor="#a0c0c0"]10:27 pm (*)</td>
<td bgcolor="#a0c0c0"]11:27 pm (*)</td>
<td>12:27 am</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Start umbral (U1)</th>
<td bgcolor="#a0c0c0"]10:32 pm (*)</td>
<td bgcolor="#a0c0c0"]11:32 pm (*)</td>
<td>12:32 am</td>
<td>1:32 am</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Start total (U2)</th>
<td bgcolor="#a0c0c0"]11:40 pm (*)</td>
<td>12:40 am</td>
<td>1:40 am</td>
<td>2:40 am</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Greatest eclipse</th>
<td>12:17 am</td>
<td>1:17 am</td>
<td>2:17 am</td>
<td>3:17 am</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>End total (U3)</th>
<td>12:53 am</td>
<td>1:53 am</td>
<td>2:53 am</td>
<td>3:53 am</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>End umbra (U4)</th>
<td>2:02 am</td>
<td>3:02 am</td>
<td>4:02 am</td>
<td>5:02 am</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>End penumbral (P4)</th>
<td>3:06 am</td>
<td>4:06 am</td>
<td>5:06 am</td>
<td>6:06 am</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center" colspan="5"](*) before midnight on Monday night, December 20</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p sizset="0" sizcache="20"]Here are some links:


http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/OH/OHfigures/OH2010-Fig04.pdf


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_2010_lunar_eclipse


Thanks,


Brant

[DLS]

Thanks for the exact details Brant.


But darn it ...its going to be cloudy tonight in my neck of the woods[:@]. Oh well, I'll just wait another 456 years then.


Damian

[neuroanatomist]

*Argh* Forecast is for complete cloud cover here, all night. [8o|]

[clemmb]

[E] [8o|]

[nvitalephotography]

must just be bad weather for it everywhere. going to be mostly cloudy for me.

[Kayaker72]

I just checked weather.com (http://www.weather.com/maps/activity/nationalparks/uscloudcovertonight_large.html). Looks like most of Texas, Billings Montana, or along the coast from New Jersey down to Florida are the only places in the US that won't be clouded in. I am not sure I have ever seen that before, well, other than in the movie"The Day After Tomorrow".....and that didn't end well [:P].

[GarzaCapitalist]

Hi all,


I just started seeing some news links to a lunar eclipse tonight.Could be some great pictures if you have clear skies. It'll be snowing here in New Hampshire.
<table class="wikitable"]
<caption>Times of eclipse over North America</caption>
<tbody>
<tr>
<th>Event</th><th>PST
(-8 UTC)</th><th>MST
(-7 UTC)</th><th>CST
(-6 UTC)</th><th>EST
(-5 UTC)</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Start penumbral (P1)</th>
<td bgcolor="#a0c0c0"]9:27 pm (*)</td>
<td bgcolor="#a0c0c0"]10:27 pm (*)</td>
<td bgcolor="#a0c0c0"]11:27 pm (*)</td>
<td>12:27 am</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Start umbral (U1)</th>
<td bgcolor="#a0c0c0"]10:32 pm (*)</td>
<td bgcolor="#a0c0c0"]11:32 pm (*)</td>
<td>12:32 am</td>
<td>1:32 am</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Start total (U2)</th>
<td bgcolor="#a0c0c0"]11:40 pm (*)</td>
<td>12:40 am</td>
<td>1:40 am</td>
<td>2:40 am</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Greatest eclipse</th>
<td>12:17 am</td>
<td>1:17 am</td>
<td>2:17 am</td>
<td>3:17 am</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>End total (U3)</th>
<td>12:53 am</td>
<td>1:53 am</td>
<td>2:53 am</td>
<td>3:53 am</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>End umbra (U4)</th>
<td>2:02 am</td>
<td>3:02 am</td>
<td>4:02 am</td>
<td>5:02 am</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>End penumbral (P4)</th>
<td>3:06 am</td>
<td>4:06 am</td>
<td>5:06 am</td>
<td>6:06 am</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="5" align="center"](*) before midnight on Monday night, December 20</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>


Here are some links:


[url="http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/OH/OHfigures/OH2010-Fig04.pdf]http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/OH/OHfigures/OH2010-Fig04.pdf[/url]


[url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_2010_lunar_eclipse]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_2010_lunar_eclipse[/url]


Thanks,


Brant
<div style="clear: both;"]</div>

im in California and it is a bit cloudy so i assume the same for tonight. i found this in case i do get a shot









http://www.mreclipse.com/LEphoto/LEphoto.html

[GarzaCapitalist]

www.mreclipse.com/.../LEphoto.html

[HDNitehawk]

Ok Partly cloudy tonight maybe I can do it.


Whats the best way to capture this?


I have the 500mm F4L with both extensions, I am thinking 1.4x as the 2x degrades to much.


It will be straight overhead.


7D or 5D MarkII?


ISO 100??


F crank it down tight?


Shutter play with it in manual to get the right exposure?


Thoughts?

[mpphoto12]

i have a 1D MK III and a 70-200 2.8L and a Gitzo Rporter tripod how should i go about this ? would ISO 50 work well? could cropping the picture at 200mm result in a decent image???