No totality for eclipse
I took 382 photos of this morning’s lunar eclipse and I can’t see where totality was reached. Lots of “Joe” problems too. At least I thought of Joe as I was either fixing something or putting it away because I really broke it. One of these days we’ll have to compare notes. Might be interesting. Dave
Murphy's law operating at 110%???? Was having my own problems. Mostly with camera movement. The shots were .5 second, tried .4 and .6 and had oodles of problems. Even at ;5 had issues. Was even holding my breath as I pushed the shutter button. Hindsight says maybe the cable release would have been better. Am looking at the 50 odd pictures I kept. Not counting the ones I deleted pro forma. Hopefully, some pictures will be available soon. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dave Gary" <davegary@me.com> To: "Utah Astronomy" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Saturday, April 4, 2015 10:10:26 AM Subject: [Utah-astronomy] No totality for eclipse I took 382 photos of this morning’s lunar eclipse and I can’t see where totality was reached. Lots of “Joe” problems too. At least I thought of Joe as I was either fixing something or putting it away because I really broke it. One of these days we’ll have to compare notes. Might be interesting. Dave _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Send messages to the list to Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com The Utah-Astronomy mailing list is not affiliated with any astronomy club. To unsubscribe go to: http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Then enter your email address in the space provided and click on "Unsubscribe or edit options".
It was said all along it would just barely be in the umbra and "appear" as not total. Sent from my iPad
On Apr 4, 2015, at 10:40 AM, Joan Carman <jcarman6@q.com> wrote:
Murphy's law operating at 110%????
Was having my own problems. Mostly with camera movement. The shots were .5 second, tried .4 and .6 and had oodles of problems. Even at ;5 had issues. Was even holding my breath as I pushed the shutter button. Hindsight says maybe the cable release would have been better. Am looking at the 50 odd pictures I kept. Not counting the ones I deleted pro forma. Hopefully, some pictures will be available soon. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dave Gary" <davegary@me.com> To: "Utah Astronomy" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Saturday, April 4, 2015 10:10:26 AM Subject: [Utah-astronomy] No totality for eclipse
I took 382 photos of this morning’s lunar eclipse and I can’t see where totality was reached. Lots of “Joe” problems too. At least I thought of Joe as I was either fixing something or putting it away because I really broke it. One of these days we’ll have to compare notes. Might be interesting.
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Instead of going out any buying a cable release, just set your camera to the 10 second delay function. From: Joan Carman <jcarman6@q.com> To: Utah Astronomy <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Saturday, April 4, 2015 10:40 AM Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] No totality for eclipse Murphy's law operating at 110%???? Was having my own problems. Mostly with camera movement. The shots were .5 second, tried .4 and .6 and had oodles of problems. Even at ;5 had issues. Was even holding my breath as I pushed the shutter button. Hindsight says maybe the cable release would have been better. Am looking at the 50 odd pictures I kept. Not counting the ones I deleted pro forma. Hopefully, some pictures will be available soon. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dave Gary" <davegary@me.com> To: "Utah Astronomy" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Saturday, April 4, 2015 10:10:26 AM Subject: [Utah-astronomy] No totality for eclipse I took 382 photos of this morning’s lunar eclipse and I can’t see where totality was reached. Lots of “Joe” problems too. At least I thought of Joe as I was either fixing something or putting it away because I really broke it. One of these days we’ll have to compare notes. Might be interesting. Dave _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Send messages to the list to Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com The Utah-Astronomy mailing list is not affiliated with any astronomy club. To unsubscribe go to: http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Then enter your email address in the space provided and click on "Unsubscribe or edit options". _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Send messages to the list to Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com The Utah-Astronomy mailing list is not affiliated with any astronomy club. To unsubscribe go to: http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Then enter your email address in the space provided and click on "Unsubscribe or edit options".
NOW YOU TELL ME! :) ----- Original Message ----- From: "M Wilson via Utah-Astronomy" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> To: "Utah Astronomy" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Saturday, April 4, 2015 11:37:29 AM Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] No totality for eclipse Instead of going out any buying a cable release, just set your camera to the 10 second delay function. From: Joan Carman <jcarman6@q.com> To: Utah Astronomy <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Saturday, April 4, 2015 10:40 AM Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] No totality for eclipse Murphy's law operating at 110%???? Was having my own problems. Mostly with camera movement. The shots were .5 second, tried .4 and .6 and had oodles of problems. Even at ;5 had issues. Was even holding my breath as I pushed the shutter button. Hindsight says maybe the cable release would have been better. Am looking at the 50 odd pictures I kept. Not counting the ones I deleted pro forma. Hopefully, some pictures will be available soon. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dave Gary" <davegary@me.com> To: "Utah Astronomy" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Saturday, April 4, 2015 10:10:26 AM Subject: [Utah-astronomy] No totality for eclipse I took 382 photos of this morning’s lunar eclipse and I can’t see where totality was reached. Lots of “Joe” problems too. At least I thought of Joe as I was either fixing something or putting it away because I really broke it. One of these days we’ll have to compare notes. Might be interesting. Dave _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Send messages to the list to Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com The Utah-Astronomy mailing list is not affiliated with any astronomy club. To unsubscribe go to: http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Then enter your email address in the space provided and click on "Unsubscribe or edit options". _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Send messages to the list to Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com The Utah-Astronomy mailing list is not affiliated with any astronomy club. To unsubscribe go to: http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Then enter your email address in the space provided and click on "Unsubscribe or edit options". _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Send messages to the list to Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com The Utah-Astronomy mailing list is not affiliated with any astronomy club. To unsubscribe go to: http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Then enter your email address in the space provided and click on "Unsubscribe or edit options".
The jiggle may be caused by the mirror smacking upward at the time of the exposure. Delaying the shot for 10 seconds won't improve the situation, if that's what the problem is. Some cameras have a button that will flip the mirror up manually. Then you can take the photo without a jiggle. From: M Wilson via Utah-Astronomy <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> To: Utah Astronomy <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Saturday, April 4, 2015 11:37 AM Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] No totality for eclipse Instead of going out any buying a cable release, just set your camera to the 10 second delay function. From: Joan Carman <jcarman6@q.com> To: Utah Astronomy <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Saturday, April 4, 2015 10:40 AM Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] No totality for eclipse Murphy's law operating at 110%???? Was having my own problems. Mostly with camera movement. The shots were .5 second, tried .4 and .6 and had oodles of problems. Even at ;5 had issues. Was even holding my breath as I pushed the shutter button. Hindsight says maybe the cable release would have been better. Am looking at the 50 odd pictures I kept. Not counting the ones I deleted pro forma. Hopefully, some pictures will be available soon. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dave Gary" <davegary@me.com> To: "Utah Astronomy" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Saturday, April 4, 2015 10:10:26 AM Subject: [Utah-astronomy] No totality for eclipse I took 382 photos of this morning’s lunar eclipse and I can’t see where totality was reached. Lots of “Joe” problems too. At least I thought of Joe as I was either fixing something or putting it away because I really broke it. One of these days we’ll have to compare notes. Might be interesting. Dave _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Send messages to the list to Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com The Utah-Astronomy mailing list is not affiliated with any astronomy club. To unsubscribe go to: http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Then enter your email address in the space provided and click on "Unsubscribe or edit options". _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Send messages to the list to Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com The Utah-Astronomy mailing list is not affiliated with any astronomy club. To unsubscribe go to: http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Then enter your email address in the space provided and click on "Unsubscribe or edit options". _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Send messages to the list to Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com The Utah-Astronomy mailing list is not affiliated with any astronomy club. To unsubscribe go to: http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Then enter your email address in the space provided and click on "Unsubscribe or edit options".
Raising the mirror is likely the culprit, although I've not had such a problem with other photos taken of half second duration. If you looked at the pictures linked, you will notice the moon was rarely centered. I was not tracking, thinking .5 second exposure would not show movement. However, the moon was going down in the western sky and it was moving incredible fast. I had to readjust after just a few images. So that may also be part of the problem. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joe Bauman via Utah-Astronomy" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> To: "M Wilson" <astro_outwest@yahoo.com>, "Utah Astronomy" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Saturday, April 4, 2015 1:25:41 PM Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] No totality for eclipse The jiggle may be caused by the mirror smacking upward at the time of the exposure. Delaying the shot for 10 seconds won't improve the situation, if that's what the problem is. Some cameras have a button that will flip the mirror up manually. Then you can take the photo without a jiggle. From: M Wilson via Utah-Astronomy <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> To: Utah Astronomy <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Saturday, April 4, 2015 11:37 AM Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] No totality for eclipse Instead of going out any buying a cable release, just set your camera to the 10 second delay function. From: Joan Carman <jcarman6@q.com> To: Utah Astronomy <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Saturday, April 4, 2015 10:40 AM Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] No totality for eclipse Murphy's law operating at 110%???? Was having my own problems. Mostly with camera movement. The shots were .5 second, tried .4 and .6 and had oodles of problems. Even at ;5 had issues. Was even holding my breath as I pushed the shutter button. Hindsight says maybe the cable release would have been better. Am looking at the 50 odd pictures I kept. Not counting the ones I deleted pro forma. Hopefully, some pictures will be available soon. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dave Gary" <davegary@me.com> To: "Utah Astronomy" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Saturday, April 4, 2015 10:10:26 AM Subject: [Utah-astronomy] No totality for eclipse I took 382 photos of this morning’s lunar eclipse and I can’t see where totality was reached. Lots of “Joe” problems too. At least I thought of Joe as I was either fixing something or putting it away because I really broke it. One of these days we’ll have to compare notes. Might be interesting. Dave _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Send messages to the list to Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com The Utah-Astronomy mailing list is not affiliated with any astronomy club. To unsubscribe go to: http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Then enter your email address in the space provided and click on "Unsubscribe or edit options". _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Send messages to the list to Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com The Utah-Astronomy mailing list is not affiliated with any astronomy club. To unsubscribe go to: http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Then enter your email address in the space provided and click on "Unsubscribe or edit options". _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Send messages to the list to Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com The Utah-Astronomy mailing list is not affiliated with any astronomy club. To unsubscribe go to: http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Then enter your email address in the space provided and click on "Unsubscribe or edit options". _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Send messages to the list to Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com The Utah-Astronomy mailing list is not affiliated with any astronomy club. To unsubscribe go to: http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Then enter your email address in the space provided and click on "Unsubscribe or edit options".
When using a timer on my camera the mirror goes up at the beginning avoiding the mirror slap at the time of exposure. Today however I used the intervelometer. I set it to take 100 pictures at 10 second intervals. My images are not as sharp as they were at the last eclipse. This could be because I missed the focus slightly or because of mirror slap. I'm not sure which. On Sat, Apr 4, 2015 at 2:13 PM, Joan Carman <jcarman6@q.com> wrote:
Raising the mirror is likely the culprit, although I've not had such a problem with other photos taken of half second duration. If you looked at the pictures linked, you will notice the moon was rarely centered. I was not tracking, thinking .5 second exposure would not show movement. However, the moon was going down in the western sky and it was moving incredible fast. I had to readjust after just a few images. So that may also be part of the problem.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Joe Bauman via Utah-Astronomy" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com
To: "M Wilson" <astro_outwest@yahoo.com>, "Utah Astronomy" < utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Saturday, April 4, 2015 1:25:41 PM Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] No totality for eclipse
The jiggle may be caused by the mirror smacking upward at the time of the exposure. Delaying the shot for 10 seconds won't improve the situation, if that's what the problem is. Some cameras have a button that will flip the mirror up manually. Then you can take the photo without a jiggle.
From: M Wilson via Utah-Astronomy < utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> To: Utah Astronomy <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Saturday, April 4, 2015 11:37 AM Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] No totality for eclipse
Instead of going out any buying a cable release, just set your camera to the 10 second delay function. From: Joan Carman <jcarman6@q.com> To: Utah Astronomy <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Saturday, April 4, 2015 10:40 AM Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] No totality for eclipse
Murphy's law operating at 110%????
Was having my own problems. Mostly with camera movement. The shots were .5 second, tried .4 and .6 and had oodles of problems. Even at ;5 had issues. Was even holding my breath as I pushed the shutter button. Hindsight says maybe the cable release would have been better. Am looking at the 50 odd pictures I kept. Not counting the ones I deleted pro forma. Hopefully, some pictures will be available soon. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dave Gary" <davegary@me.com> To: "Utah Astronomy" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Saturday, April 4, 2015 10:10:26 AM Subject: [Utah-astronomy] No totality for eclipse
I took 382 photos of this morning’s lunar eclipse and I can’t see where totality was reached. Lots of “Joe” problems too. At least I thought of Joe as I was either fixing something or putting it away because I really broke it. One of these days we’ll have to compare notes. Might be interesting.
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-- Siegfried
WOW, I only took 155. On Sat, Apr 4, 2015 at 10:10 AM, Dave Gary <davegary@me.com> wrote:
I took 382 photos of this morning’s lunar eclipse and I can’t see where totality was reached. Lots of “Joe” problems too. At least I thought of Joe as I was either fixing something or putting it away because I really broke it. One of these days we’ll have to compare notes. Might be interesting.
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Um, am I the "Joe" referenced? If so, which of my many problems is everybody discussing? From: Siegfried Jachmann <siegfried@jachmann.org> To: Utah Astronomy <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Saturday, April 4, 2015 1:10 PM Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] No totality for eclipse WOW, I only took 155. On Sat, Apr 4, 2015 at 10:10 AM, Dave Gary <davegary@me.com> wrote:
I took 382 photos of this morning’s lunar eclipse and I can’t see where totality was reached. Lots of “Joe” problems too. At least I thought of Joe as I was either fixing something or putting it away because I really broke it. One of these days we’ll have to compare notes. Might be interesting.
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