total lunar eclipse 4th april 2015 - not long for totality
looking at an alert I just got I realised that there is not long for the totality of this eclipse, just a tad over 10 minutes. I really hope its crystal clear on the night
Local Lunar Eclipses
Saturday 4 April 2015
Time (24-hour clock) Object (Link) Event
21h15m26s
Lunar Eclipse
Partial lunar eclipse begins
Position Angle=133.7°, Position angle vertex=259.1°, Altitude=31.4°, Azimuth= 73.5° ENE
22h54m08s
Lunar Eclipse
Totality begins
Position Angle=190.4°, Position angle vertex=327.9°, Altitude=49.7°, Azimuth= 52.6° NE
23h00m15s
Lunar Eclipse →graphical chart
Greatest eclipse: Total Lunar Eclipse
Saros-Number: 132, Magnitude=1.006, Position angle=197.0°, Position angle vertex=335.8°
Brightness: -2.9mag, Danjon scale L=4.0 (very bright)
Duration total phase=12.3 minutes,
Duration partial phase=209.7 minutes,
Duration penumbral phase=361.1 minutes, ET-UT=67.8sec, Altitude=50.7°, Azimuth= 50.8° NE
23h06m24s
Lunar Eclipse
Totality ends
Position Angle=203.7°, Position angle vertex=343.8°, Altitude=51.7°, Azimuth= 49.0° NE
Sunday 5 April 2015
Time (24-hour clock) Object (Link) Event
0h45m07s
Lunar Eclipse
Partial lunar eclipse ends
Position Angle=260.4°, Position angle vertex=75.2°, Altitude=62.0°, Azimuth= 8.0° N
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fully clouded raining and windy here at Newcastle. i was hoping for at least a glimpse - even thought i could take a shot from the new shed as it faces E/N/E but no luck at all - will look in an hour to hope
Its completely clear here in Melbourne. Except the light pollution
Looks beautiful through my 8" dob + 25mm. Full frame moon, partial white, mostly red. I gotta get a T-mount so I can get some photos.
It's now starting to come out of totality, looks like it has snow on top now.
Had a quick look at Jupiter at higher mag too, nice bands and moons, but no red spot at the moment.
Cloudy night here but the first partial eclipse was occasionally visible through cloud. Sky cleared considerably at totality although light cloud continued to drift through meaning views were intermittent and variable. The Moon maintained a bright rim throughout totality. A couple of shots attached...
Cloudy night here but the first partial eclipse was occasionally visible through cloud. Sky cleared considerably at totality although light cloud continued to drift through meaning views were intermittent and variable. The Moon maintained a bright rim throughout totality. A couple of shots attached...
Just finished observing here in Victoria on my 10 inch dob. Great conditions. I took about 300mb of photos and video by holding an old Canon point and shoot up to the lens.
Just finished observing here in Victoria on my 10 inch dob. Great conditions. I took about 300mb of photos and video by holding an old Canon point and shoot up to the lens.
Got a few pics in (1002) only 41% useable though... managed to get together the collage I wanted, so it was a successful eclipse for me. Even maganged to stream it all over the world
Great sequence Anthony, particularly hand-held!
You've inspired me to take some of the images I took and do something similar.
Peter
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Originally Posted by Cynicide
Just finished observing here in Victoria on my 10 inch dob. Great conditions. I took about 300mb of photos and video by holding an old Canon point and shoot up to the lens.
Clouded over here in Brisbane and just had a lightning show. But I will remain crazily optimistic 
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Awesome collage and all taken hand held too.
