Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/12/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Howard, Let me know how it goes. Forecast being what it is, I'm going to bed. Sue Ryan scoutfinch at chartermi.net "Stupidity is without anxiety." - Goethe On Dec 20, 2010, at 9:27 PM, Howard Ritter wrote: > I try to shoot every eclipse with my Astro-Physics 155mm f/7 apo > refractor (we astronomers denominate astronomical telescope > objectives backwards from us photographers, giving the aperture and > f/ratio rather than the FL and f/ratio, so photographers would call > this a 1085mm f/7) and, this year, the Leikon D700. So far, the > weathercators are right on, with snow clouds gathered and obscuring > the moon, and snow to follow by eclipse time. Small chance though of > an incompletely obscured moon that might make a neat picture at > partial phase and in mid-totality, coppery red thru the high cloud. > And 22 degrees F. > > ?howard > > > On Dec 20, 2010, at 8:37 PM, Rei Shinozuka wrote: > >> it's 33 degrees here so not me. but it sounds like it would be >> cool. north america is going to get a great shot at it. europe, >> africa and asia will miss some or all of it due to moonrise or >> moonset. (see picture on the website) >> >> http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/OH/OH2010.html#LE2010Dec21T >> >> Penumbral Eclipse Begins: 05:29:17 UT >> Partial Eclipse Begins: 06:32:37 UT >> Total Eclipse Begins: 07:40:47 UT >> Greatest Eclipse: 08:16:57 UT >> Total Eclipse Ends: 08:53:08 UT >> Partial Eclipse Ends: 10:01:20 UT >> Penumbral Eclipse Ends: 11:04:31 UT >> >> -rei >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information