Eclipse

[Biker Biggles]

Lunar eclipse starts shortly.Nice clear sky here so there should be a good view of it.

[kitkat]

thick cloud and heavy rain here so no chance of seeing the brown moon. maybe someone can take a photo so i dont feel im missing out on everything this weekend

[Grinch]

Raining here too, so won't see a thing.

[Lissa]

Clear here, and cracking view.

[kitkat]

get your camera out then

[SV225]

How does a lunar eclipse work?

In a normal eclipse the moon hides the sun, so what hides the moon??? :shaking:

[Grinch]

The earth eclipses the moon from the sun if I remember right.

[Lissa]

It's the shadow of the earth moving across the moon.


B*gger, Grinch beat me to it!

[kitkat]

who knows but it said the moon would go brown

maybe a bit lump of space poo

[SV225]

I see. Is this as frequent as an eclipse of the sun?

[SV225]

I think I can see it now!!!

[Filipe M.]

Broken clouds here, I might be lucky and catch a glimpse...

[fizzwheel]

Crystal Clear here.

[northwind]

Beautiful clear night here, and my brother randomly gave me a telescope for my birthday :cool: Just a cheapo rubbish one, but still, it's kinda cool.

[hovis]

what time is it due?

[Filipe M.]

It is happening as we speak...

[weazelz]

totally clear from here

lunar eclipse info (http://www.eclipse.org.uk/eclipse/1112007/)

[Tomcat]

:D toally clear, can see it can see !

[hovis]

very cloudy................. but i seen it !

[fizzwheel]

My camera's not very good with night photos apologies but you'll get the idea

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e344/fizzwheel/RSCN1487.jpg

[Tomcat]

wow, I think I'm having a spiritual moment:smt033

[SV225]

http://w2.bikepics.com/pics/2007/03/03/bikepics-818728-800.jpg (http://w2.bikepics.com/pics/2007/03/03/bikepics-818728-full.jpg)

[hovis]

My camera's not very good with night photos apologies but you'll get the idea

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e344/fizzwheel/RSCN1487.jpg

i just tried that .................. yours is much better than my atempt:smt013

[Biker Biggles]

Tomcat-----:smt033 Enjoy the moment.:p

[Ed]

Am in Bristol, cracking view from here. Nearly complete.

[northwind]

And I'm frozen :) Got some half-decent pics by pointing my compact at the telescope, I'll post them up later.

[manxsv]

Totally clear here in the Isle of Man, moon is a sort of orange/brown colour, tried to take some photos but they havent turned out too good,

[tigersaw]

My ancient 3 mpixel panasonic took a fair pic:

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n273/tigersaw/moon.jpg

[TC3]

I took one then got bored and cold :rolleyes: http://TC3.smugmug.com/photos/133392996-L.jpg

[WicklowSV]

Here's some pics (http://picasaweb.google.com/SeanClissmann/LunarEclipsePics) I managed to get...

[Fizzy Fish]

saw this by accident on the way home from my mate's house, hadn't even realised there was one due! v cool though :-D

just gonna try and get the telescope out now...

[muffles]

i went to look but couldn't see anything. LOL

[Richie]

Here's some pics (http://picasaweb.google.com/SeanClissmann/LunarEclipsePics) I managed to get...

Well Cool Pics...\\:D/

[northwind]

I managed these with my elite camera/telescope combo- they're not ideal, since I don't have an adaptor, I was just pointing the camera at the viewfinder :wink:

http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i264/Northwindlowlander/other/Picture009.jpg

http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i264/Northwindlowlander/other/Picture003.jpg

[Sudoxe]

Heres a couple I took last night...
http://www.unixadmin.org.uk/%7Edrowe/moon-before.jpg
http://www.unixadmin.org.uk/%7Edrowe/moon-after.jpg


Dan

[Jabba]

http://www.unixadmin.org.uk/%7Edrowe/moon-after.jpg


Nice piccy of Mars, mate........where are the little green men? :lol:

Only joking, some cool pics from everyone. Thanks - I was eating a Chicken Madras and drinking a bottle of Cabernet at the time and totally forgot about it :rolleyes:

[kitkat]

cool photos everyone. dont feel i missed out now

[Miss Alpinestarhero]

I missed it because i completly forgot about it :(

Great photos though! :D

Maria

[Spiderman]

I kept running to the window to get a look at this. Wish i had a tripod cos i was dying to get some shots while i had a nice clear sky.
But i think i'll just nick Sudoxe's and pretend they were ones i took, cos they would have looked just like that from here. :D

I went out and tried to have a quiet contemplative moment. Just me, a :smt033 and the moon. Then the bloody security light came on! Almost blinded me and made me drop said :smt033
So i went back indoors and watched thru thr windows again.

Pretty impressive spectacle i must say.

[John 675]

doesnt happen that often every 2 years i think, not like the solar eclipse, the funny thing is i was lying next to my mrs in bed .... ive got a Very decent 10" mirror telescope in my garage . . . . i decided is was more within my intrest to stay in the bed. . . its cold outside when your naked lol \\:D/
it looked good though it would of gone really red in the lower part of the country, kinda goes like mars.

[RingDing]

Here's my effort, taken just after the period of totality started. I kind of wish I'd been a bit more organised now and taken shots every 5 minutes to put together a timelapse movie. Still there is always next time?!

The stars don't stand out so much now Photobucjet has reduced the resolution.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v220/PaulDuley/eclipseewallpaper.jpg

[northwind]

That's absolutely ace, that one...

[Cronos]

Aye, it's not too shabby!

[RingDing]

:oops:

Thank you.

[anna]

nic pics ringding!! ... long time no hear send pm for an update!! ;)

[Miss Alpinestarhero]

That's absolutely ace, that one...

Agreed! its really good!! Unlike my shabby photography where my finger always manages to get in the way of the lens..

Maria