Best setting to view or capture moon at night ?

super

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So, it is in the news that tonight (Tuesday morning), there will be a lunar eclipse. SEE THIS

I have Nikon D5200 - what setting I should use to view the moon as it will be dark at night ? any advise ?

any advise , what aperture and ISO settings I should keep ? also any other settings I need to keep in mind ?
 
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Horoscope Fish

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So, it is in the news that tonight (Tuesday morning), there will be a lunar eclipse. SEE THIS

I have Nikon D5200 - what setting I should use to view the moon as it will be dark at night ? any advise ?

any advise , what aperture and ISO settings I should keep ? also any other settings I need to keep in mind ?
There's no single, simple recipe for doing this but there are several tutorials for shooting the moon that will give you some suggested starting settings. Just Google something along the lines of "photographing the moon".

How to Photograph the Moon

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