 Sobia Chishti |
How to shoot lunar eclipse tonight? Would you share how you are planning to shoot lunar eclipse tonight?? Any tips will be appreciable.
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W. |
Hi Sobia, that subject has already been covered. Use the Search box to find the questions and answers. Have fun!
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- Carlton Ward Contact Carlton Ward Carlton Ward's Gallery |
If you look into the western skies (from the US) about the same time as the Eclipse, you may catch another photo op from a missile launch that will be knocking down a wayward satellite over the Pacific. At last I heard is that the weather (high seas) may delay the launch until tomorrow but if it calms down, it will go as scheduled tonight @ about 7:30pm PDT. http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2008-02-19-satellite_N.htm?csp=34
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W. |
Last I heard the launch platform, apparently an aircraft carrier, is north-west of Hawaii. The shoot down attempt will obviously be when the satellite is directly overhead, at maybe 150 miles altitude, for the shortest distance to target with the highest hit probability. Since that area is several thousand miles west of mainland USA it is well beyond the curvature of the earth. So whether there will be a spectacular explosion or not, it won't be visible from mainland USA.
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Pete H |
For future reference; ignore the meter readings from your camera...shoot in manual mode..with digital you can instantly review your results. If you have a "mirror up" feature with your camera, use it! If not, use self timer. Exposure times change as the eclipse progresses. To capture the brightly lit portion of the moon when all that is left is a thin crescent, something around f/11 @ 1/20th sec. To expose for the "eclipsed" portion when it is at 75% of totality, something around f/11 @ 1.5 secs. If you are using a zoom lens, you might want to place a piece of tape on the lens barrel so it won't creep. (i.e)..move. Shoot in RAW as the color shifts are very wide as the eclipse progresses. It was cold here tonight, 15 degrees F..so I allow the camera lens to stabilize thermally..30 mins should be ok. It's really not all that hard. Some problems you may run into is multi fold.. 1) Not enough focal length. I only have a 200mm..It's ok, but 400mm is the way to go. 2) At 400mm or even 200mm for that matter, the rotation of the earth causes image blur as you begin to use longer shutter times..so you might want to bump up the ISO at the latter stages of the eclipse. 3) The average lens for digital cameras are not nearly as sharp as a lens designed for astromical use. So; shoot away..Review as you shoot and compensate as needed.
Pete
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Pete H |
The satellite shootdown is being done NON explosive..They are destroying it with missile impact alone, so there will be no bright fireball...The last info I received is that the satellite has little or no fuel onboard either. Now when the pieces come tumbling in, there might be some meteor like streaks depending how large the pieces are.
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Bob Cammarata |
I've been following this satellite story and it's quite fascinating! The Pentagon's primary concern about this bus-sized "thing" in the sky is that it's carrying 1000 lbs. of toxic fuel.
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