Tonight's lunar eclipse.

Are you planning on photgraphing the lunar eclipse tonight (February 20,2008}

How do you do it? Have you any good photos from past eclipses?

I am going to give it a try, but stay close to home because of below zero (F) temps.

Had no idea. Gotta get out and shoot it. Tripod, 70-200, what a time to now have even a cheap tele zoom to orr 1.4x.

Someone on another forum I post wrote a great writeup HERE on how to shoot the eclipse. I wish I had my camera and a nice lens to shoot it with but unfortunately I just ordered my camera yesterday.

Good luck shooting this and I hope to see some awesome pictures!

Edit: Links are hard to see without pointing them out. Click here for the link.

Where is a link to the post??

I was looking forward to it, but My elcheapo tripod broke on my, so I'll just be observing tonight. I'll be ready 2010 though!

i'm planning on it but the weather in houston sucks right now.

it's raining

Tapeman,
I might and I might not, as its so darn cold here brrr..... probably about 0F when it happens and windy

Tripod and mirror lockup are usually needed and a long lens comes in handy

I got one of the eclipses in 2004 with my 10D and my 1200mm telescope
2004 Lunar Eclipse

IMAGE LINK: http://johnbdigital.co​m/sunrise_set/2004_ecl​ipse.htm

I'm going to try with my 300mm and a 1.4x TC here in souther Ontario. The weather forecast is clear skies but a windchill temperature of -20 deg C (-5 deg F). Why in February?!?

ajbalazic wrote in post #4959424
I'm going to try with my 300mm and a 1.4x TC here in souther Ontario. The weather forecast is clear skies but a windchill temperature of -20 deg C (-5 deg F). Why in February?!?

ajbalazic,
Yea.... Wouldn't June be more comfortable
Hey at least its not snowing

Hopefully, I can get some of these....tonight. Should be nice and clear (crosses fingers) and not too cold here in Jacksonville tonight. Let's see. Anyone with any idea as to what time it starts?

inthedeck,
It should be in full eclipse from 22:00 to 22:52 (10:00 to 10:52 EST).
Here on Sky and Telescope they give the specs <-- click to see

I'm going to try but it's real cloudy right now. Here's an interesting site someone posted in another thread:
http://www.mreclipse.c​om/LEphoto/LEphoto.htm​l

At least it's clear here. Long johns are in order though.

It's CLEAR IN TORONTO!!!!!!!!

Not quite sure where the moon is yet but I'll be out, tripod + 200L + 1.4x T-Con ready.

So what time is this GMT? Im getting so confused, haha. And isnt it a mid one tonight and full tomorrow or something?