[TriLUG] OT: anyone in downtown Raleigh tall building?

[Warren Myers]

On 2/26/07, David McDowell <turnpike420 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> This particular event has unique timing for those of us on the East
> Coast.  As moon rise occurs, the lunar eclipse will already be
> underway.  The idea for tallest building vantage point is to catch the
> event as early as possible and watch through the end.  Also, as we all
> know, the moon will appear larger the closer it is to the horizon,
> making for a more dramatic photo.  It will be dark before the event
> ends... and since this isn't a faint star or comet and you can see the
> moon with the naked eye, "dark sky" is not an issue.  Look here for
> photos of one I took from my condo near NCSU with a less than stellar
> camera a few years ago:


If you have a stellar camera now, like, say the one on the Hubble, could I
brrow it :)

http://www.turnpike420.net/gallery2/v/Weather/LunarEclipse/2003-05-15_Raleigh/
>
> Anyway on the West Coast might not get a chance to see much or any of
> this one, however, there is also another one coming later this year
> that will occur completely at night iirc.
>
> David
>
>
>
> On 2/26/07, Scott Lambdin <lopaki at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Wouldn't it be better to go somewhere dark?
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