How was your weather for the eclipse today ?

[brian nordstrom]

I have heard some horror stories on the weather today in some places around OZ , sorry about that .
Here is the weather we got today here in Rockingham , it was cloudy to start but cleared almost immediately for the whole eclipse , great stuff .
For all the poor souls that were clouded out , these are for you .

That's me and a friend clowning around in the last shot .

Brian.

[Astroman]

Yes we had rain and overcast conditions, then near midday it started to break and we had almost perfect conditions for the eclipse, it was only the wind and very cold temps which made viewing uncomfortable, but we got through it okay.

[icytailmark]

utter crap only managed to see 30 secs of the eclipse

[mithrandir]

Between the time I left home and arriving at our observing site - about 2km away - the sky went from clear to cloud. Ken, Phil and I sat back and watched the clouds roll by. I got a couple of shots through my solar filter of clouds backlit by the sun.

[pgc hunter]

Full overcast, raining, plus I was at work. A trifecta if there ever was one. Oh well, I did get perfect conditions for the 2012 eclipse and I saw the lunar eclipse a couple of weeks ago on my way home from work so I'm not too fussed.

[Moonboy]

It was cloudy(with some rain) all day in Mildura, but the clouds cleared off at about 5pm, just about the right time for maximum.

[MrB]

Yeah ofcourse it was great in Rockingham, because I was stuck at work!

[venus]

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10152125187962 017&id=561547016I saw the eclipse through my solar filter though my imaging left a lot to be desired...

[el_draco]

Complete wash out in Hobart... (excuse the punnnnn ;) )

[OzStarGazer]

I sort of feel guilty... Since I got into astronomy in December of last year the viewing conditions in and around Sydney have been awful. I think it is all my fault. Sorry! :(

[Pinwheel]

I got a photo from Western Vic between the rain clouds, I've posted a Pix in the Astrophotoghraphy section.:D

[04Stefan07]

Saw nothing down here.

Was watching the live broadcast online.

[Ric]

Cloud, cloud and more cloud.

:cloudy:

There was a noticeable darkening of the sky but that was all I got to see.

Did I mention it was cloudy. :lol:

[N1]

Sky looked very promising from Tahmoor until about 30 mins before first contact, but I could see thicker cloud approaching from SW. Got in the car & drove 30km north, where I managed to see the first few minutes of the eclipse before the cloud got there too. Expecting nothing more, I got a great shot through a 1-degree gap in the cloud just above the horizon and near max eclipse on way home. That alone was worth the travelling & fumbling.

[LewisM]

Didn't even try. I was inside working anyway. Oh well.

[brian nordstrom]

:D Sorry to hear , I booked yesterday off weeks ago .
Brian.

[OzStarGazer]

Not a single cloud today... Exactly like the day after the blood moon eclipse. :sadeyes:

[icytailmark]

bloody typical where was this weather yesterday when we needed it?

[Pinwheel]

Really I got a pic of that too! :D
But at 2.5meg IIS won't allow me to share it.:sadeyes:

[Lee]

Weather ordinary.... Operator competence - worse....
I've only used my Coronado scope in anger once, and remembered having trouble focusing it - I hadn't pulled out the draw tube from the focuser....
So yesterday I thought nothing for a while when I couldn't focus, then pulled out the tube - still couldn't focus.... nearing desperation as the sun descended towards a nearby rooftop amongst the clouds, realised I'd left the dang lens cap on!

[h0ughy]

:rofl::rofl:

[OzStarGazer]

You can reduce the size of pics in programs like Photoshop. I had to reduce mine (the first 30 seconds of the eclipse) too.

[CJ]

The clouds cleared and using my eclipse glasses I stood and watched it briefly before it disappeared behind the Blackall Mountain Range. :)

[Kevnool]

Rain in the outback but i,ll take the rain as its very valuable here.

Cheers

[omegacrux]

%100 cloud rain all day by 8,30pm it was clear .
Tasmania if you don't like the weather come back in ten minutes !

David