Digiscoped Eclipse (1 Viewer)

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Balego

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• Oct 30, 2004

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I dont know if its okay to post these here, so if not maybe a moderator can move them to the appropriet forum. I am new to digiscoping (end of Sept), and decided to try the scope on the lunar eclipse the other night. It was a clear night, fortunately. My scope is the Nikon 78Ed, with the Nikon CP990. I was pleased the photos turned out as well as they did... when the moon was in shadow I could barely see it in the camera LCD. ISO 200, shutter priority when in deep shadow was 1 second. Dont know what my aperature was.. I use shutter priority for the most part and hope for the best.

Here is two of the 70 pics I took.. most of which did turn out as well as these two.
Bev

 

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Katy Penland

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• Oct 30, 2004

• #2

Well, I know nothing about digiscoping, but those are absolutely fantastic photos any way you look at 'em! Wow, you caught the red of the moon just perfectly! Thanks so much for sharing!

 

John N

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• Oct 30, 2004

• #3

Two great shots. Thanks.

 

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Anthony Martin

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• Oct 30, 2004

• #4

Very impressive Bev.

Tony.

 

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Yve_M

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• Oct 31, 2004

• #5

Bev, Those are great, thanks so much for sharing them with us. In Sask we were unable to see the eclipse because of heavy cloud cover and fog. I appreciate seeing what we missed.

 

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Balego

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• Oct 31, 2004

• #6

Thank you all for commenting on the photos. I'm pretty tickled I was able to not only see the eclipse due to nice clear sky, but to get such good photos as a bonus. Now if only birds would be half as accomodating as the moon and just stay there for a while!

Bev

 

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Bubbs

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• Oct 31, 2004

• #7

Stunning.

Agreed..thanks for sharing them.

JB

 

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tuftyhill

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• Nov 1, 2004

• #8

Great pictures, I had been looking forward to this eclipse since clouds ruined the one earlier in the year. I had made a note on my calender Thursday 28th Oct 4am (ish) Eclipse.
So I set my alarm on Thursday night to get up at 3:20am. When I got up I looked out at the stunning moon with hardly any clouds....excellent.
I got wrapped up went outside with my DSLR and 500mm lens, took a couple of test shots of the 'full' moon and waited..........and waited.........and waited until I realised the moon wasn't changing at all approaching total eclipse. I then had that sinking feeling. I was a day late, I should have set my alarm Wednesday night for Thurs morning !!!!!! Gutted is not the word.
Oh well only 2 and 1/2 years till the next one !!!!!!!