lunar eclipse 2008-02-20
2008-Feb-20, Wednesday 09:41 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mellowtiggerWeather.com says it's currently -7F (-22C) outside. Much too cold to be working with any equipment. Still, I went out in a few brief forays to try just my little camera and see how nice a photo it could capture of tonight's lunar eclipse.
They didn't turn out very well. Same old problem with trying to use it with my telescope: vibration. In order to get the proper exposure (my Nikon Coolpix 4500 maxes out at 8-second exposure times), I need remote controls for both the camera and the telescope. My remote for the camera isn't even working, though I can't figure out why yet. So I had to take photos by hand, which introduces vibrations that mess up the image. It's impossible for me to avoid it, especially during bitterly cold nights like tonight. The effect is just magnified when trying the camera on a telescope.
Excuses aside... here's tonight astro event (fullsize images in the gallery):
Look for better images to show up soon on spaceweather.com.
(edit: 2008-02-21)
P.S. Photos have been posted by snowboardjoe and mikiedoggie, both better than mine. :)
They didn't turn out very well. Same old problem with trying to use it with my telescope: vibration. In order to get the proper exposure (my Nikon Coolpix 4500 maxes out at 8-second exposure times), I need remote controls for both the camera and the telescope. My remote for the camera isn't even working, though I can't figure out why yet. So I had to take photos by hand, which introduces vibrations that mess up the image. It's impossible for me to avoid it, especially during bitterly cold nights like tonight. The effect is just magnified when trying the camera on a telescope.
Excuses aside... here's tonight astro event (fullsize images in the gallery):
Look for better images to show up soon on spaceweather.com.
(edit: 2008-02-21)
P.S. Photos have been posted by snowboardjoe and mikiedoggie, both better than mine. :)