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Lunar Eclipse - 28 August

Postby ATJ on Wed Aug 08, 2007 10:20 pm

http://www.iceinspace.com.au/index.php? ... 09,0,0,1,0
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Postby Gordon on Thu Aug 09, 2007 9:00 pm

I heard you had to use special filters for these eclipses, or else you might go blind. Scary stuff, I think I'll use a welding glass in front of my telephoto ;)
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Postby ATJ on Thu Aug 09, 2007 9:18 pm

This is a lunar eclipse, no danger at all.
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Postby Gordon on Thu Aug 09, 2007 9:31 pm

hook, line and sinker ;)

I'll actually be photographing it with no filters myself, through 1000mm @ f/4 :)
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Postby ATJ on Thu Aug 09, 2007 9:35 pm

Gordon wrote:hook, line and sinker ;)

You're welcome.
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Postby Steffen on Thu Aug 09, 2007 11:04 pm

Well, ain't we lucky? :)

On the other hand, I'd die to see this from the moon... ;)

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Postby Gordon on Thu Aug 09, 2007 11:10 pm

I'm just hoping I don't get clouded out again, like I have been for the previous 2 total lunar eclipses.
This will be my first total lunar on DSLR too ;)
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Postby Killakoala on Fri Aug 10, 2007 7:47 pm

The real beauty of this eclipse is that it is at a respectable time. :)
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Postby Heath Bennett on Tue Aug 28, 2007 9:11 pm

My fun attempts from my workdesk:

happening:

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happened:

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Really hard to get it without too much grain when it is so dark without movement. A choice of blurred detail or noisy detail.
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