Last year I used my 200mm (300 effective due to digital crop) lens but for tonight I've borrowed a 300mm from a friend.. I just hope I get a chance to use it

I found the table at this link very useful for setting up my camera.
http://www.mreclipse.com/LEphoto/ima...Exposure1w.GIF

OK - watching the weather won't make it better - I'll wake up nearer 3am and see what it's like outside. Good luck to all that will try for a good picture of it!

The moon has already moved ! lol
When i looked at 9pm it was ESE of me, now it is SSE. Probably getting on for SW by the time of eclipse.

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Hi i got up at 3am last night and it was too cloudy. This morning the cloud has broken a bit too. Trust that to happen when we have had the best weather possible lately.

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That basically sums up what happened here SW, a big disappointment, far too cloudy - i got up half an hour ago and the sun was shining through some high cloud!! Its gone back in now though. Sorry i couldnt get any photos - well at least i got a couple of fuzzy photos of the full moon Better luck next time i guess...

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Typical all that preparation and its a NO SHOW !

Well you have a partial eclipse coming up in August so fingers crossed for next time.

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Yeah, hopefully i'll get a better camera by then as its my birthday in under 2 months

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Unfortunately getting up and sitting in a field "just in case" wasn't worth it, just too much cloud cover even to see it glow through Oh well - next time..

Thanks all for your efforts, you gotta admit dispite the disappointment it was still pretty exciting to think there was a possibility of seeing something.

I've heard the next total lunar eclipse over Europe (amongst other places) is in 2010, is this correct?

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Thats what the weather presenter said on South East Today Still there's a partial solar eclipse on August 1st

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