Lunar eclipse success from Michelago

[OzEclipse]

As already reported, my group got a pretty good view of most of totality from Michelago about 50km southeast of Canberra. Weather predictions ruled out our usual observing site near Yass and our homes in Canberra. Watching weather predictions from many sources - NOAA READY, cloud free night, skippysky, BOM satellites, we thought our best chance was a large patch of clear sky just south of Canberra that was predicted to pass over that area at eclipse time. We sat through a patch of cloud and then it cleared towards the end of the penumbral phase and we saw most of the partial and total phases from there on with only brief interruptions by cloud. Cloud floated by below the moon throughout the eclipse, the same cloud that was covering Canberra and Yass.

Report and many photos here
http://joe-cali.com/eclipses/PAST/TLE20180131/

Joe

[JA]

Nice Job Joe. :thumbsup: Thx for sharing.

Best
JA

[AstralTraveller]

HI Joe,

I'm very pleased you had success. Going to the other side of Canberra was a bit to far for us, so we watched the cloud from Bungonia. Thanks for sharing that very nice set of images. I had never actually realised just how blue a blue moon is :P.

[OzEclipse]

Sorry to hear you had a miss. A few days before the eclipse, we were considering driving 320km west to Narrandera. I had two friends staying with me from Sweden and Brisbane and so a bit of effort was in order. Relieved that in the end 50km was all that was required.

In 1985, I'd just moved to Canberra from Brisbane. A group from the AAQ organized by Peter Anderson went on an excursion to Siding Spring and would watch a lunar eclipse while there. I thought it was a good opportunity to catch up with them so I drove the 550km each way from Canberra. Cloudy of course!

Cheers

Joe

[Prickly]

Nice effort Joe

I caught the second half here in Curtin. Great shots

Cheers
David Jeacocke