Eclipse in the morning

[Karlzburg]

I'm tempted at getting up at 3am for the eclipse, going off sky safari it won't be full until around 6? What time is everyone getting up or staying up? I have plenty of coffee.
I'd love to get some snaps through the scope.
Cheers
Karl

[OzEclipse]

The penumbral eclipse begins just after 3am. Penumbrals are only barely detectable to the human eye. Probably not worth getting up till the partial starts at 4:24am.

Joe

[OzStarGazer]

They start at 5am in Sydney (at the Observatory), so I will do the same and leave home at about a quarter to 5... I would not mind going out earlier, but I am not sure it is quite safe in the middle of the night.

[Karlzburg]

I get up at 5 for work most days, I'm out in the bush so no worries of midnight walkers. Just hope the cloud doesn't roll in

[Atmos]

I’m thinking of getting up around 5am and checking it out. Expecting a bit of cloud out but that’s nothing new for Melbourne and any astronomical event haha

[Sparksinspace]

being in the best state to see this in its entirety I might be tempted to stay up all night. hopefully the cloud disappears by then or its going to be not worth it.

[Gavin1234]

Huge, thick bank of cloud covering it at the moment from Sydney, but if that passes under it on time it looks like it might be nice and clear from then on.

[netwolf]

oh well maybe it will clear.

[Gavin1234]

Scratch that there’s heaps more cloud now.

[skysurfer]

Here in W Europe under the scorching heat wave with temps of about 35 C it is after sunset, the Moon rises totally eclipsed.
I already packed my stuff in the car and drive after an hour to view it.

BTW, this eclipse is the longest (1:43 hours) before 19 Jun 2146 (1:45 min), but not the longest of this century, that was on 16 Jul 2000 (1:46 hrs).

[Warren]

Damn cloud...dang damn damn....:tasdevil:

[skysurfer]

BTW, I am curious about images taken from JWST (James Webb Space Telescope) which is 1.5 million km behind Earth and now the Moon is between Earth and JWST. From there the (literally dark side of the) Moon passes in front of the dark Earth with a reddish ring (which makes the eclipsed Moon red).

[Steffen]

It looked pretty bad from Toongabbie half an hour ago, but now there is a big hole in the clouds and the viewing is great. Worth going outside and checking every now and then.

[swannies1983]

Clouds had spoiled the last four total lunar eclipses in Adelaide. I was therefore happy to find out I was going to be away on holidays up at the Gold Coast for this event as I assumed Adelaide would miss out again. But it looks like Adelaide are getting clear skies this time. Same here in the Gold Coast. Just woke up with half the more eclipsed.

[mynameiscd]

Moon in shadow now and ISS just went though orion.
Worth getting up for and only a little light fog in Western Victoria
:):):)

[Tropo-Bob]

A majestic sight here. Its as blood red as I have every seen, maybe even more so.

My Ranger gives a wonderful low power view of the eclipsed Moon floating amongst the stars.

There is not a cloud in the sky and it is not even cold. :D

[Robair]

:shrug: Cloud could not have done a better job obscuring it all here in Sydney
Grrrrr

[alan meehan]

total cloud here in Newcastle again what a lousy show
double Grrrrrrr

[LewisM]

Perfect here in Canberra. Go a bunch of shots.

Got the ISS on camera too :)

[mynameiscd]

Fog just starting to thicken here in western Victoria.

:(:(:sad:

[LewisM]

It's -3° here. My fingers were worthless trying to use the camera controls lol. Seen enough, back inside to bed :)

[krappo]

Nothing here :(

[swannies1983]

All over here (Gold Coast). Great views. Nice to see the ISS make an appearance as well.

[Tropo-Bob]

I actually lost sight of the Moon as it was setting behind a low range. The brightening twilight overwhelmed it both visually and in the Ranager 70mm at the same time.

10-15 minutes prior, there was good-looking contrast between the blood-red Moon and the royal-blue sky.

16 Degrees here, which is considered a little bit chilly by the locals.

[Karlzburg]

Who blew the cloud in, was up and down all night and didn't have any breaks in it either. Can wait to see the photos to those that got it. Somewhat jealous haha

[LewisM]

Here is the ISS pass...

[Karlzburg]

Nice, I've had a few satellites go through my view but not as yet while I've had the camera on

[LewisM]

My first unprocessed shot...50 more to sort through.

[LewisM]

Couldn't help myself - 5 secs on Orion at max ISO :lol:

Plus a gummy moon (and Mars)

[bojan]

My 5 sec... from Melbourne.

[AstralTraveller]

Perfect in Wollongong. No cloud, civilised temperatures, light breeze. There is one spot in my yard where we could follow the moon to the horizon. We could still see it as it set behind the escarpment at an elevation of ca. 5*, but only just. I took photos through my 15cm achro but I don't think much of them. I don't think I nailed the focus - lack of practice.



We enjoyed the morning, it's help charge the batteries. I know I'm preaching to the choir but it's a mystery to me why most people stayed in bed (none of my neighbours were up).

[OzStarGazer]

Wonderful!!!!!
Finally!!!!!

[multiweb]

That was pretty much my view. :thumbsup:

[OzStarGazer]

Basically still unprocessed... I just reduced them because they were huge, but I haven't worked on them yet.
I realize they are out of focus, but I was so excited/nervous and I definitely don't have any practice as all the other eclipses since I got into astronomy were completely clouded over, so these are my very first attempts. Mars is *completely* out of focus.
I will work on improving them next week or so, or maybe tomorrow. Hopefully it will be fun and not frustrating... I would be happy to have just a couple of good or at least decent shots.

[michaellxv]

Perfect views here in Adelaide plenty of people down at the beach enjoying the occasion. Of all my shots this one is a bit different although a fraction of a second too late. I hope the passengers had a nice view.



Michael.

[OzStarGazer]

There are clouds everywhere now... :D
I am pretty sure the passengers must have been very excited, Michael.

[leon]

Ah well a couple of decent shots here, well done guys, I personally didn't bother getting up, :sadeyes:

Leon :thumbsup:

[Paulyman]

It was perfectly clear here in Wollongong. I had expected it to drop below the escarpment but managed to find a spot to view it until 6.30 when it dropped too low. Just looked outside and there is heavy cloud cover so we were lucky I guess.

[LewisM]

Cloudy here in Canberra now, so indeed we were lucky!

[bobson]

Clouds and rain here so I will wait till next one comes around :)

Bob

[Boozlefoot]

Double whammy - clouded out but no rain (desperately needed!)

[Paulyman]

I whipped up a quick montage for family members to show how it progressed, couldn’t resist forming a parabola (being a maths teacher). Not sure I actually managed focus but the family was happy with the result.

[lazjen]

I took some shots, but nothing really amazing. I thought it was a much less red than it could have been. Still, a great sight, particularly with the prominent Mars near by.

[Ric]

Got a perfect view of most of the event until it set behind the ridge with about 5 minutes of totality left. Mars looked fantastic glowing away in all it's glory.

Beautiful clear dark skies at my place out in bush, even managed to see about 10 meteors as well.

Definitely one of the best eclipses that I have seen in a long while.

[dpastern]

Well, stayed up for the Lunar eclipse and was really happy - clear skies in Brisbane's West, despite not looking very good earlier on in the evening.

This is the first Lunar eclipse that I've seen in a fair while, with previous events being clouded out or rained out in Brisbane. Was spectacular as far as I was concerned - turning blood Red for me during totality.

I even managed a few shots, although nothing spectacular. My eyes aren't very good these days and focusing is very hard for me (Canon EOS 60D + 300mm F4 IS L). I wasn't sure how to best approach showing the shadow section of the moon though, so didn't grab any shots like that. I tried to get some images during totality, but even at 1/300, f4, ISO 6400 the images were Black with no detail. What did I do wrong?

A big disappointment was the 60D + T adaptor could not reach focus in my 6" dob. I really wish DSLRs would come to focus in *any* scope with a basic T adaptor - there's no excuse from manufacturers not ensuring this when they design their focusers imho. Is there any way to address this? I was very close to achieving focus, only just out by a bit.

My brother in law also enjoyed the Lunar eclipse alongside me. We also checked out Mars with the 6" dob - trying my TAL 24mm UWA first, then moving to my Nagler 12mm T4, then a TMB 6mm (original, not clone version) and finally testing my new TV Delos 3.2mm (well, I've had it for 7 months but haven't had a chance to use it before).

The Nagler 12mm gave the sharpest views imho (and I'm slowly getting used to the eye placement with this eyepiece to avoid kidney beaning), with the TMB a close 2nd. The Delos could not be bought to sharp focus (pretty sure this is the classic "seeing conditions" limitation issue). I think I could see the Southern polar cap with averted vision with the 6mm TMB, but wasn't 100% sure if my eyes were playing tricks on me or not. The 12mm Nagler definitely showed some darker details to my eyes (Syrtis Major I suspect), I'm more confident of that than my seeing with the 6mm TMB. I experienced some kidney beaning with the Delos too, so I suspect the wider FOV eyepieces do not suit my eyes. Interestingly, the TAL UWA presents no issues to my eyes, despite being 84 degrees.

Overall, was a fun few hours. About to get the scope out for my 4 year old niece :-)

Dave

[Mav]

Nice work. :)

[jwheel69]

Looks like it was a nice eclipse.