LUnar Eclispe..this sunday!!

[rowena]

http://sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse/LEplot/LEplot2001/LE2005Apr24N.GIF

visible east coast of australia!

what timing.. new scope and all :)

[Exfso]

Thanks for the info, all we have to do is keep the clouds away.

:astron:

[iceman]

First i've heard about this, will have to keep an eye out, thanks rowena.
What time is it visible in AEST?

[ving]

woo hoo! thnx rowena :D

have to be out for it :D

[RAJAH235]

It rises at 17.10 EST, eclipse starts at 17.49.8m EST. Middle of eclipse at 19.54.8m. Ends at 21.59.8m EST. Just need a good easterly horizon. But don't expect too much. Only be a very slight darkening around mid-eclipse.
All from your Astronomy 2005 books. :P
:D L.

[rowena]

i heard about it from a friend who sent me the URL.

UT is the same as GMT afaik.

hence the eclispe starts at 7:49 UT, add 10 hrs as were GMT + 10 hrs (11 hrs for in daylight savings), and viola 17:49 EST.

rowena

[mch62]

A site to keep up to date with coming events


http://home.mira.net/%7Ereynella/skywatch/ssky.htm#Eclipse

[Astroman]

Looks to be fully clouded out here in Adelaide for the eclipse tonight :(

[RAJAH235]

Hi all. A quick report on the sa(i)d event. 5 W.A.A.C.ers turned up at the designated site, sat down & talked while the moon rose out of the distant sea mist that covered the horizon to about 5degs. It was a lovely orange/copper colour in the mist but as it rose higher, it became it's usual yellow/off white. :o
Neil set-up his LX 8" & we all had a quick look at Saturn, Jupiter & the moon. :astron:
Rowena, (proud 2nd hand owner of 10" LX200), took some pics. of us & the moon. :camera:
Neil also brought along his laptop, so we had a look at Starry Nights to see where in the world the total eclipse would occur, but nothing showed up.(Neil's fault)!:computer:
Well, the moon rose ever higher, as is the norm, but nothing seemed to change much, just got brighter. There was a "ssslight darkening" effect, but due to a light cloud cover coming in at around 8.30, we decided to give the rest of the event a miss.
Left at around 9.00pm.
All in all, up to it's usual non event. :poke:
Please, don't tell me when the next partial is on! :prey:
Still, it does get you out of the house for a while. :P
Regards, :D L.

[Argonavis]

The Moon did show some darkening - as with most eclipses of the Moon, the unaided eye is the best view.

[h0ughy]

Great photo Argonavis!! :cool:
but you queenslanders have done it again, not only do you bend bananas but also change the moon. Or was it for the northern hemishpere viewers? I suppose we are just south of the border!:)

[Argonavis]

Houghy

feel free to bend it back to its normal shape..............

[h0ughy]

Argonavis I suppose how much something is bent is really subjective to your own viewpoint. I mean what looks normal to me may in fact be quite different to someone else, like bananas, to us they are probably bent but in another universe with the space/time curve bent they are probably straight. So considering Queensland does not have AEDST they then exist in a different time field. Therefore your view MUST be the correct one!:D

[Argonavis]

as always