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C_Doc · 09-23-2006, 02:00 AM

<Edit: Added 2008's eclipse pic as the thread thumbnail. Browse down for info! </edit>

While I was browsing Starry Night looking for the next total lunar ecplipse (03-2007) I remember having done this picture back in '04.

At the time, I had a relatively cheap 3.0MP Fuji camera, and it was cooooold outside (had to run in and out every 15 minutes to snap a picture). None-the-less, I think it turned out pretty good.

**farcry** · 09-24-2006, 10:16 PM

Awsome!

I cant wait to see your ones from next year

**Freak** · 09-25-2006, 03:06 PM

very cool!

**Yaric** · 02-23-2007, 02:21 AM

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Originally Posted by C_Doc

While I was browsing Starry Night looking for the next total lunar ecplipse (03-2007) I remember having done this picture back in '04.

At the time, I had a relatively cheap 3.0MP Fuji camera, and it was cooooold outside (had to run in and out every 15 minutes to snap a picture). None-the-less, I think it turned out pretty good.

This time around in March, I'll have my 9.0MP camera w/ 10X optic and 2X digital zoom waiting on it (hope its not cloudy) along side a reflector telescope w/ a CCD imager attatched.

Coolness, i remember back in the day i filmed this one, watching it in fast forward was pretty cool.

Helot · 02-23-2007, 04:04 PM

Pretty darn good. Looks like something you would see over at APOD.

**Lonewriter** · 02-27-2007, 06:40 AM

I'll have to try that sometime. Very cool.

C_Doc · 03-02-2007, 11:53 PM

Looks like tomorrow's total lunar eclipse, is going to be a wash-out for me this time. We got another foot of snow today, and they're forecasting snow showers all weekend long. Anyone who wants to give it a shot though, can start looking skyward at 5:44 ET on saturday.

Luckily, there is another one August 28th of this year. Maybe I'll have better luck then.

**farcry** · 03-04-2007, 12:32 PM

Hey C_Doc, i got a great view of the eclipse last night, but i only got the chance to get a few rushed photographs as i had just got home from 2 days in Scotland for a funural, and was completely shattered heh. I nearly broke my back hauling my telescope gear and camera out into the garden at 10 o'clock last night. I will post some later, but i bet yours would of been better

Thanks for the info on the next one too

C_Doc · 03-04-2007, 03:13 PM

The clouds cleared out here, JUST as the moon was coming out of eclipse. No red color even. Just looked like a rat had taken a bite out of the cheese

I read on a few sites, that even as the moon was rising in North America, it would have already been in full eclipse anyways, so I wouldn't have been able to get the full translation on film. (similar to my previous pics)

Look forward to seeing your photos.

C_Doc · 02-20-2008, 11:02 PM

Red Alert! I know it's pretty last-minute, but there's going to be another total lunar eclipse tonight, that's supposed to be entirely visible to north and south america, and western europe. Total eclipse is around 10:01-10:51 PM EST (3:01-3:51AM GMT) so get your telescopes/cameras/alarm clocks handy!

Also, this is supposed to be the last one until December 21st, 2010.

<edit> Final edit uploaded. It was cold has hell (?) agains this year! -4F/-20C but that didnt stop me. Fujifilm S9000 on a tripod with exposures every 10-15 minutes from 1/320 to 3 seconds in length. So far, the image has made the local radio station's website, and been posted on Sky&Telescope's website

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09-24-2006, 10:16 PM	#2 (permalink)
farcry "Spooky" Mulder Realname: Jamie Osborne Join Date: May 2006 Location: Essex, England Age: 20 Posts: 1,308 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Awsome! I cant wait to see your ones from next year
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Freak Project Lead on SFM Film Realname: Dean Join Date: May 2006 Location: London, UK Age: 28 Posts: 8,124 Blog Entries: 7 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	very cool!
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Helot SFM Guru Realname: Thomas Join Date: May 2006 Location: The Sound Posts: 509 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Pretty darn good. Looks like something you would see over at APOD.
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Lonewriter SFM Obsessed Join Date: May 2006 Age: 39 Posts: 1,816 Blog Entries: 1 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	I'll have to try that sometime. Very cool.
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03-02-2007, 11:53 PM	#7 (permalink)
C_Doc SFM Guru Realname: Steve Join Date: May 2006 Location: Montreal, Kébek Age: 39 Posts: 199 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Looks like tomorrow's total lunar eclipse, is going to be a wash-out for me this time. We got another foot of snow today, and they're forecasting snow showers all weekend long. Anyone who wants to give it a shot though, can start looking skyward at 5:44 ET on saturday. Luckily, there is another one August 28th of this year. Maybe I'll have better luck then.
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03-04-2007, 12:32 PM	#8 (permalink)
farcry "Spooky" Mulder Realname: Jamie Osborne Join Date: May 2006 Location: Essex, England Age: 20 Posts: 1,308 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Hey C_Doc, i got a great view of the eclipse last night, but i only got the chance to get a few rushed photographs as i had just got home from 2 days in Scotland for a funural, and was completely shattered heh. I nearly broke my back hauling my telescope gear and camera out into the garden at 10 o'clock last night. I will post some later, but i bet yours would of been better Thanks for the info on the next one too
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03-04-2007, 03:13 PM	#9 (permalink)
C_Doc SFM Guru Realname: Steve Join Date: May 2006 Location: Montreal, Kébek Age: 39 Posts: 199 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	The clouds cleared out here, JUST as the moon was coming out of eclipse. No red color even. Just looked like a rat had taken a bite out of the cheese I read on a few sites, that even as the moon was rising in North America, it would have already been in full eclipse anyways, so I wouldn't have been able to get the full translation on film. (similar to my previous pics) Look forward to seeing your photos.
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