Lunar Eclipse!

[Emilymarie]

Ok, ( call me retarded ) but... these things confuse me. I am trying to figure out an approximate time for this eclipse in my area so that I can view it.

TIME ZONES

ECLIPSE

A total lunar eclipse will take place on December 20/21, 2010.[2] It will be visible after midnight Eastern Standard Time on December 21 in North and South America. The beginning of the total eclipse will be visible from northern Europe just before sunrise. The end of the total eclipse will be visible rising at sunset for Japan and northeastern Asia, it also appears very visible to the Philippines just after sunset (as in a partial lunar eclipse).

So, if im in Arizona ( -2 hours Mountain Standard Time)... then that would be 10pm, tonight?

or Am i *WAY* off?! LOL Ahh!

I'm in CA and I read around 10:15 is when to start looking

 

[wcc963]

well i was out a few days ago getting some picstures of the moon, all i have is the 18-55mm kit lens that came with my T2i... here are the results after some minor PS7 adjusments

I am surprised it came out so well with that lens.

i was surprised to at how clear the moon is. im new to photography in general so they might not be the ideal settings for moon shots but here are my settings, worked fine this time... i plan on getting some more shots tonight and i'll try some different settings.

shot with a Canon T2i with 18-55mm Kit lens

-Mode: Shutter-Priority AE
-Shutter: 1/320
-AV: 5.6
-Exposure comp: 0
-ISO: 100
-Auto ISO speed: OFF
-Focal length: 55mm
-White Balance: Daylight
-Style: Faithful

 

[phiya]

Booo.... our forecast calls for rain all freaking night. I'll be lucky if I can even see the moon. =[

 

[PerfectlyFlawed]

Ok, ( call me retarded ) but... these things confuse me. I am trying to figure out an approximate time for this eclipse in my area so that I can view it.

TIME ZONES

ECLIPSE

A total lunar eclipse will take place on December 20/21, 2010.[2] It will be visible after midnight Eastern Standard Time on December 21 in North and South America. The beginning of the total eclipse will be visible from northern Europe just before sunrise. The end of the total eclipse will be visible rising at sunset for Japan and northeastern Asia, it also appears very visible to the Philippines just after sunset (as in a partial lunar eclipse).

So, if im in Arizona ( -2 hours Mountain Standard Time)... then that would be 10pm, tonight?

or Am i *WAY* off?! LOL Ahh!

I'm in CA and I read around 10:15 is when to start looking

So over this way would be 11:15..., Thank you!

 

[PerfectlyFlawed]

Booo.... our forecast calls for rain all freaking night. I'll be lucky if I can even see the moon. =[

:thumbdown: Crappy

 

[phiya]

Agreed. =[

 

[OrionsByte]

Yeah it's gonna be wet and cold here as well, so I'm not even sure I'm going to try to stay awake for it. It's neat to watch though, and this is probably one of the better ones for North Americans in recent memory (the ones I've waited for tend to be in-progress by the time the moon rises).

Others have mentioned this, but just to put it differently - the moon is a lot brighter than you would expect. Use spot metering to get a reading, because if you use matrix metering it's going to assume all that black sky is underexposed, and you'll just get a big bright blown out blob instead of a nicely detailed moon.

Since the moon rises so long before the eclipse starts (at least, if you're in North America), you should take some test shots while you wait for the actual event to start. Then during the eclipse itself you just need to make minor adjustments as the moon falls further and further in to shadow.

 

[mwcfarms]

I'm going to try lol. Those shots with the 18 to 55mm give me hope.

 

[robb01]

Hoping my 18-200mm Tamron is up to the task

 

[Jcampbelll]

Dang... Checked the weather report and there is supposed to be showers tonight.

 

[Ryan Sitko]

Hoping my 18-200mm Tamron is up to the task

This was taken with a 55-200mm lens

 

[rabman]

Off to a good start... now I just need a wake up call at 2 AM. :waiting:

 

[Ub3rdoRK]

I had a Questar telecscope equivalent to 1500mm with a camera adapter for tonight on my D700...but nope, raining. wtf

and one of my moon shots with it...no crop on my old D90

 

[Dao]

Looks like in St. Louis, the moon is not going to be just behind the earth's shadow, it will be behind the clouds as well.

 

[mwcfarms]

I had a Questar telecscope equivalent to 1500mm with a camera adapter for tonight on my D700...but nope, raining. wtf

and one of my moon shots with it...no crop on my old D90

Thats a really great shot with the D90 and no crop.