Super Moon eclipse

On 9/26/15 3:28 PM, in article , "PeterN"
wrote:

On 9/26/2015 10:28 AM, rickman wrote:
On 9/25/2015 2:27 PM, Savageduck wrote:
On 2015-09-25 18:11:28 +0000, rickman said:

On 9/25/2015 12:58 PM, Ken Hart wrote:
On 09/25/2015 12:37 PM, PeterN wrote:
This Sunday there will be a super moon, followed by a partial eclipse.
If any are interested in photographing it, check you local area for
exact times and locations.

There is a program that gives you specific information including
times,
where to look, etc. The PC version is free.

http://photoephemeris.com/




I thought the Super Moon was Monday?

Depends on where you are. Further east and it is later and can be
after midnight, so Monday. That would be Europe and Africa. It is
supposed to start around 8 PM EDT where I am.

From where I am on the California Central Coast, Moonrise starts at
18:50 on Sunday, and will be full within 60 minutes.

Looks like we will be rained out Sunday.... I guess I'll have to wait
for the next one in '33 I think it is.


:-(


If you can get it, NASA TV will be broadcasting the event this evening.

In article , PeterN
wrote:

What would really be useful is an app to
show you what's in front of you by using
the camera. Then you wouldn't trip over
anything while you look for the moon.

such apps exist.

And in your typical helpful, and non-confrontational manner, you have
told us about one that works, and which is better in your opinion, and why.

he doesn't care about specific apps. he was trying to make a jab at
smartphone users, but it backfired.

In article , John McWilliams
wrote:

| I would like an app which, when I turn around the phone, shows me
| exactly where to expect the moon to rise, does such an app exist?
|
There's no need for an app. It's easy to find moon
phase times online. Here's an example:

http://www.calendar-365.com/moon/moon-phases.html

it's much easier with an app on a phone that tells you where the moon
is *now* and which can be checked while outside and not just for the
moon either.

Some apps on the iPhone don't require you to be outside at all. As long
as you're in a location known to the phone, and it has a recent
orientation, your WiFi or cell connection will do it all. Night Sky is
one such app.

the apps don't care whether you're inside or outside.

the point is that someone who is stargazing will be outside.

On 9/27/2015 5:47 PM, nospam wrote:
In article , PeterN
wrote:

What would really be useful is an app to
show you what's in front of you by using
the camera. Then you wouldn't trip over
anything while you look for the moon.

such apps exist.

And in your typical helpful, and non-confrontational manner, you have
told us about one that works, and which is better in your opinion, and why.

he doesn't care about specific apps. he was trying to make a jab at
smartphone users, but it backfired.


You must think all people act as you do. Get a life.


--
PeterN

John McWilliams:
I'll shoot wide open, leaving ASA at my standard 200. I'll chimp each
one until I get the exposure right. Has worked in the past, we'll see
about this one.

That's the way to do it. Depending on your aperture you may not need to
shoot wide open; maybe you can go down one or two stops for better lens
performance--though I'm not certain it matters for a lunar eclipse. My
Questar is Ÿ16 at prime focus, no Ÿ stops, so I play with ISO (it will
probably need to be higher than 200 during totality) and shutter speed
in manual mode. To make focusing easy and avoid camera shake I will be
tethered to an iPad via a CamRanger http://camranger.com/.

I speak hypothetically, of course; I'm almost certain to be clouded out
and possibly rained out and sitting inside.

--
I agree with almost everything that you have said and almost everything that
you will say in your entire life.

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On 9/27/15 PDT 2:47 PM, nospam wrote:
In article , John McWilliams
wrote:

| I would like an app which, when I turn around the phone, shows me
| exactly where to expect the moon to rise, does such an app exist?
|
There's no need for an app. It's easy to find moon
phase times online. Here's an example:

http://www.calendar-365.com/moon/moon-phases.html

it's much easier with an app on a phone that tells you where the moon
is *now* and which can be checked while outside and not just for the
moon either.

Some apps on the iPhone don't require you to be outside at all. As long
as you're in a location known to the phone, and it has a recent
orientation, your WiFi or cell connection will do it all. Night Sky is
one such app.

the apps don't care whether you're inside or outside.

the point is that someone who is stargazing will be outside.

the point is your lazy writing didn't make it clear that the app will
work indoors with no line of sight.

On 9/27/15 PDT 3:40 PM, Davoud wrote:
John McWilliams:
I'll shoot wide open, leaving ASA at my standard 200. I'll chimp each
one until I get the exposure right. Has worked in the past, we'll see
about this one.

That's the way to do it. Depending on your aperture you may not need to
shoot wide open; maybe you can go down one or two stops for better lens
performance--though I'm not certain it matters for a lunar eclipse. My
Questar is Ÿ16 at prime focus, no Ÿ stops, so I play with ISO (it will
probably need to be higher than 200 during totality) and shutter speed
in manual mode. To make focusing easy and avoid camera shake I will be
tethered to an iPad via a CamRanger http://camranger.com/.

I speak hypothetically, of course; I'm almost certain to be clouded out
and possibly rained out and sitting inside.

Focusing? I'll bet for most lenses anyone here has , set to infinity
(via manual) will do the trick as well as avoid searching if the
camera's focus falls off the moon.

Davoud:
My Questar is Ÿ16 at prime focus, no Ÿ stops, so I play with ISO (it will
probably need to be higher than 200 during totality) and shutter speed
in manual mode. To make focusing easy and avoid camera shake I will be
tethered to an iPad via a CamRanger http://camranger.com/.

I speak hypothetically, of course; I'm almost certain to be clouded out
and possibly rained out and sitting inside.

John McWilliams:
Focusing? I'll bet for most lenses anyone here has , set to infinity
(via manual) will do the trick as well as avoid searching if the
camera's focus falls off the moon.

The Questar Duplex is an astronomical telescope
https://www.flickr.com/photos/primeval/21181354091 and
https://www.flickr.com/photos/primeval/7345511818/. As such, it knows
nothing of autofocus and it has no "infinity" setting or focusing
scale. One focuses through the eyepiece if observing visually, or on a
computer display if using a modern camera.

--
I agree with almost everything that you have said and almost everything that
you will say in your entire life.

usenet *at* davidillig dawt cawm

nospam:
the point is that someone who is stargazing will be outside.

There was a brief discussion of the term "stargazing" on
sci.astro.amateur. It was agreed that astronomers consider the term to
be baby-talk for "observing."

--
I agree with almost everything that you have said and almost everything that
you will say in your entire life.

usenet *at* davidillig dawt cawm

Davoud wrote:
nospam:
the point is that someone who is stargazing will be outside.

There was a brief discussion of the term "stargazing" on
sci.astro.amateur. It was agreed that astronomers consider the term to
be baby-talk for "observing."

If they say that then they are a bunch of pretentious idiots.
A quick look through google books reveals the word to be used
by astronomers, not only in populist works, but also to some
degree amongst themselves. Sir John Herschel used the word
in a letter to his aunt Caroline to describe some of his activity.

Peter.
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