Nikon D7000, Nikkor 300mm f/4.5
Lunar Eclipse, December 20, 2010 11:42 PST
Lunar Eclipse, February 20, 2008
There’s going to be a lunar eclipse, Wednesday, February 20, 2008. The full eclipse will begin about 19:00 PST (03:00 UTC) and last for 50 minutes. It’ll probably be cloudy at my 20.
Sky and Telescope has a good article about it.
I took some pitures of the last lunar eclipse in August. The next full lunar eclipse after Wednesday won’t be until 2010.
Shoot the Moon
The marine layer was drifting overhead, obscuring my view of the eclipse. Once in a while it was clear enough, I could make a photograph:
Camera: Nikon D70
Lens: Nikkor 300mm f4.5
Exposure: ISO 1600, 2 sec. @ f4.5
Lunar Eclipse Tonight
Don’t forget to go outside tonight at 1:51 AM PDT (07:51 GMT), to see the beginning of the eclipse of the moon. Totality is about an hour later. The best viewing is west of the Rockies and the Pacific Rim, so start moving in that direction now.
If you’re not awake, it’s overcast or you can’t see it for some other reason, use Stellarium, and see it on your computer. That’s how I see most stuff anyway.