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03/02/2007 10:40:38 PM · #1 |
Speed Challenge: Full Lunar Eclipse
The next total lunar eclipse will take place on 3 March 2007 and will be at least partly visible over the eastern Americas, Europe, Africa, Asia, and western Australia.
I know this will not include all countries represented here, but Speed Challenges in the past have not been available to everyone.
I guess at the very least, we could shoot for the Red II challenge - since a Full Lunar Eclipse is described as a blood red full moon. |
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03/02/2007 10:55:11 PM · #2 |
Great idea :) Most people will see something of the eclipse.
Message edited by author 2007-03-03 04:35:01.
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03/02/2007 11:28:53 PM · #3 |
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03/03/2007 12:01:14 AM · #4 |
| I'm trying to get a grip on where to go to try to see this. Looking at the graphic, it looks like I would be trying to find an east-facing view (from the east coast of US), is this correct? |
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03/03/2007 12:05:17 AM · #5 |
Sounds good to me! If I recall correctly it will happen at 3 am CAT. I'll be up for it!
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03/03/2007 12:07:00 AM · #6 |
Yup...I am in the invisible range...that'd be about right...lol!
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03/03/2007 12:08:27 AM · #7 |
I am in! ... I got 6 hours of it directly over my head (totality for about 1 hour 15 minutes! ... :)
... now ... if only the clouds part ... :(
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03/03/2007 12:09:12 AM · #8 |
Originally posted by Judi:
Yup...I am in the invisible range...that'd be about right...lol! |
So you live on Australia's butt? :P
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03/03/2007 12:12:22 AM · #9 |
Wish I was back in South Africa - right in the best possible range from the graphic below.
I went out this evening and practiced a little.
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03/03/2007 12:12:54 AM · #10 |
Originally posted by yanko:
Originally posted by Judi:
Yup...I am in the invisible range...that'd be about right...lol! |
So you live on Australia's butt? :P |
ROFLMAO !!! |
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03/03/2007 12:19:20 AM · #11 |
Originally posted by yanko:
Originally posted by Judi:
Yup...I am in the invisible range...that'd be about right...lol! |
So you live on Australia's butt? :P |
Bite me!
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03/03/2007 12:20:00 AM · #12 |
Oh and Howzit....the Red challenge is mine...hehehehe!
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03/03/2007 12:22:10 AM · #13 |
Expert editing to be able to use more than one frame?
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03/03/2007 12:24:02 AM · #14 |
Originally posted by Judi:
Oh and Howzit....the Red challenge is mine...hehehehe! |
Not fair! Although redheads rock! |
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03/03/2007 12:25:50 AM · #15 |
Originally posted by howzit:
Wish I was back in South Africa - right in the best possible range from the graphic below.
I went out this evening and practiced a little.
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I'll try and get a good shot for the both of us.
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03/03/2007 12:31:17 AM · #16 |
Originally posted by howzit:
Originally posted by Judi:
Oh and Howzit....the Red challenge is mine...hehehehe! |
Not fair! Although redheads rock! |
You had better believe it.
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03/03/2007 12:34:40 AM · #17 |
Originally posted by Azrifel:
Expert editing to be able to use more than one frame? |
Oh yes, must be expert editing.
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03/03/2007 01:10:58 AM · #18 |
Originally posted by Judi:
Originally posted by yanko:
Originally posted by Judi:
Yup...I am in the invisible range...that'd be about right...lol! |
So you live on Australia's butt? :P |
Bite me! |
I don't think Hanneke would appreciate you confusing me with her.
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03/03/2007 02:54:49 AM · #19 |
I am not sure how this will work. Do we post to this thread, or will there be another one? I hope to get some shots, but we do have an issue with clouds tonight. Now last night, that was clear with just a few interesting clouds on the outer edge of the moon.
Another question, how do you get such large images of the moon? I have used my zoom lens and still only get a teeny dot in the image. I noticed that the moon shot posted here was taken with a 300 mm zoom, which is what I have, but I can't get a nice full frame image. Is there a trick, or do you just crop the heck out of it? |
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03/03/2007 03:11:01 AM · #20 |
Originally posted by JunieMoon:
I am not sure how this will work. Do we post to this thread, or will there be another one?
Is there a trick, or do you just crop the heck out of it? |
the Op is sugessting that this be made an official challenge.
and yes i usually crop the hell out of it:) |
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03/03/2007 04:27:17 AM · #21 |
Originally posted by LindaLee:
I'm trying to get a grip on where to go to try to see this. Looking at the graphic, it looks like I would be trying to find an east-facing view (from the east coast of US), is this correct? |
Linda, if you live in the zone of visibility (see map), anywhere you can see the moon is a good place. For those of us in the US, totality will end shortly after the moon rises, so you'll want to be someplace with an excellent view of a flat eastern horizon - no trees, houses, buildings, etc. Put yourself where you have the best chance of seeing the moon very low to the horizon. Not only will you see the deeply eclipsed moon - a very rewarding site in and of itself - but you'll also have a chance to photograph it with interesting foreground objects for better photographic composition. |
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03/03/2007 04:47:36 AM · #22 |
Try spaceweather.com for more info about times and locations. On the US east coast it will be total at moon rise, 6:21 PM eastern time, right at sunset.
I guess exposure values will be shoot manual and look at the LCD. I am guessing ISO 400, 1sec at f4 or about that. That seems to work good for the dark part of a new moon. Here's a shot of the new moon at that exposure, then lightened just a little. It was shot at 95mm, and cropped to about 1/8 of the orij.
Message edited by author 2007-03-03 10:36:58.
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03/03/2007 05:45:48 AM · #23 |
Here's an interesting photo-op of a lunar transit (NOT a solar eclipse) shot from the STEREO B spacecraft. The lunar disk appears so small because the spacecraft is about 4 times more distant from the moon than the earth is, so the moon appears about 1/4 the size as it does from Earth. Very cool!
linky
This is the Astronomy Pic of the Day for Saturday, March 3. |
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03/03/2007 06:12:06 AM · #24 |
I'm planning on an evening hike to see this... they said that it will be most visible in the Eastern US around Moonrise/Sunset. So I'm going to a dark area with an awesome sky view (and I'm guessing I won't be alone).
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03/03/2007 06:13:02 AM · #25 |
Sure... For those people who actually have telephoto lenses!
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