Lunar Eclipse tonight...

SteveA · 12-20-2010, 09:40 AM

... if you want to stay up or get up to see it at 3.53AM.

Hey Weather People, will we be able to see it?

http://www.space.com/spacewatch/tota...es-101219.html

wifi · 12-20-2010, 10:08 AM

Thanks for the info, I get up at 3 so for some of us its morning! Its supposed to be cloudy/snowy, I'll certainly take a look tho.

ApS · 12-21-2010, 03:50 AM

For the folks in Florida, the eclipse is full-on (red) at 2:45-AM.

I just photographed it, but a tripod is needed to steady the camera.

A cool feature of "auto-focusing", is that a digital camera picks up many more stars than are normally visible. (Only for an instant—but it's a cool instant).

Because the sun is directly opposite the moon, the moonrise last evening was particularly brilliant.

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ApS Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Florida (Sebring & Keys), Wolfeboro Posts: 6,031 Thanks: 2,279 Thanked 787 Times in 563 Posts	Neater than I thought it would be... For the folks in Florida, the eclipse is full-on (red) at 2:45-AM. I just photographed it, but a tripod is needed to steady the camera. A cool feature of "auto-focusing", is that a digital camera picks up many more stars than are normally visible. (Only for an instant—but it's a cool instant). Because the sun is directly opposite the moon, the moonrise last evening was particularly brilliant.

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12-20-2010, 10:08 AM	#2
wifi Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Lakes Region Posts: 1,321 Thanks: 282 Thanked 287 Times in 169 Posts	Thanks for the info, I get up at 3 so for some of us its morning! Its supposed to be cloudy/snowy, I'll certainly take a look tho.