Partial Lunar Eclipse - 17th October

[iceman]

Guys and Gals,

There's a partial lunar eclipse next Monday, should be visible in part for most of Australia.

Will update with more details once I have them.

Attached is my effort from the last penumbral lunar eclipse, on the 24th April 2005.

[iceman]

Ok, eclipse details:
- 6.8% of the moon will enter the Earth's shadow
- Best placed for those in the eastern states, in Sydney it starts at 9:34pm, maximum at 10:03pm and ends at 10:32pm.

Look forward to some more happy snaps of this event!

[h0ughy]

and while your taking pictures don't forget to have a look at Antares and Venus before this event (same night)

[RB]

Great Image ICE,

Very nicely presented.

:thumbsup:

And thanks for the heads-up.

[ving]

gee, i am gunna be busy! I'll try tho

[elusiver]

thanks for the heads up mike.. hopefully the weather holds up.

el :)

[h0ughy]

PS - I forgot to add- Mike , excellent photos and presentation!

[iceman]

Greg has prepared an article for it too..

http://www.austskyandtel.com.au/Lunar_Eclipse_20051017.htm

Some good additional info in there, compared with my 2 liner above :)

[iceman]

I'll be clouded out tonight.

Hope someone else gets some pics!

[davidpretorius]

yup have looked at the simulation on starry night, have synchronized laptop time with some nuclear bomb clock somewhere.

have not seen a cloud in 2 days and 2 nights!

full moon = 7 passes with the toucam at 250x to be autostiched into a super big photo and then into afocal mode with an eyepiece for the eclipse.

not sure whether to use the telescope at all and just use the webcam by itself???

as for venus and antares, this is my favourite place in the sky at the moment, does not look like the 40mm will frame these two, so toucam on a tripod again!

[h0ughy]

Just had 30 seconds of sunshine - there might be hope yet :help3:

[ving]

that 30 seconds just hit here too david! :)
if I'm lucky it might be patchy.... and i'll get to road test my new chair :D

[Striker]

Been raining here for the last 3 days and over cast for the last week.

Hope someone else has some luck.

[ballaratdragons]

I can't TouCam it yet but will try some Kodak moments! Sky is starting to cloud up again, hopefully it won't get any worse.

[jjjnettie]

I've been looking forward to seeing this partial eclipse as well as the Antares/Venus conjunction. ( is it a conjunction? I'm sure one or more of you will tell me.LOL )
But I just can't be upset about the rain. We sure needed it. Everything is greening up very quickly, and we now have water in our dams.

[h0ughy]

(Slightly off topic ) thats great News Janette, I commented on how dry to was out there, hardly any dams with water in it. how many points (mm) have you got?

(back on topic) the clouds are very teasing at the moment, the sun comes out and then goes away. i don't think i will have much in the way of a view for the antares and venus view, but for the moon to the east it is looking a bit more promising, maybe even enhance the photos with a bit of dramatic cloud to the edge of framing the moon. Can only hope :prey:

[Xeelee]

Noooooooooo!!!!
Why does it have to rain now????
Why not 6 months earlier

[ving]

oops, just realised I am off to a MAS meeting tonight :)

[h0ughy]

the skies in the hunter at the Moment

1 west,
2 east

:prey: for clearer skies

[xrekcor]

Not looking very good here either, rain for the last 3-4 days, cloudy for the
last week or so. But like Jeanette it's all good... water in the tank, garden is
a bouncing and the car has been washed : ) I'm not usually to fussed about
cloudy/rainy weather around fullmoon. It's when it keep appearing at new
moon that peeves me off.

regards,CS

[ballaratdragons]

The sky is looking good here. The clouds have gone again!! I hope it stays this way.

[xrekcor]

Ken,

Looking at the Sat image your getting a fairly clear spell.

Regards,CS

[ballaratdragons]

Nice change Rob!

Wed/Thurs is forecast Thunderstorms though. :scared:

[Stu]

It's still clear! 1.5 hours to go... getting excited!

[Lee]

Hey, its 8pm and I can see the moon! Hopefully it will last until 10!
good luck moon watchers! :)

[asimov]

Buckley's chance of seeing it here.

[iceman]

I just got some afocal shots of the full moon! The sky cleared!

That's the before shot taken care of, now hoping for clear skies at 10pm for the during shot!

The clouds are moving fast and there's more heading our way from the south :(

[davidpretorius]

taking vids at we speak 30x thru 40mm with digiscope and toucam

a few clouds, but i think it will be ok

[davidpretorius]

starry night 5 simulation shows some slight shadows starting at 7:58 your time.
that slight shadow covering the moon at 9:35 your time.

main darkness starting at 9:12 your time and greatest at 10 your time.

is this diffraction shadow form earth or the atmosphere????

[Stu]

Had a quick look again then and my first impression was the about a quarter was looking a bit dimmer than usual. But after a few minutes staring I wasn't so sure...

[iceman]

C'mon Moon, hurry up and go into shadow..

waiting.. waiting.. waiting.. :)

At only 6.8% we probably will barely even see it :lol:

[ballaratdragons]

I have already taken my before shot and it happens to be the best Moon shot I have ever taken. BONUS!!

Yes Stu, there is a wierd bit of a darkish area in one quarter.

Here it is:

[iceman]

How wrong was I! You can see the shadow easily on the south quarter of the moon.

Taking afocal pics is hard because of the shadow of the secondary. But you're on the right track there Ken, can see the darkening already!

[Stu]

This is awesome. Venus and Antares in the south east, Mars climbing higher in the west and an eclipsing moon in the middle. The star party should have been this week!

And while outside, I just found the november issue of AST in the letter box! Bonus!

[[1ponders]]

Take some good ones guys. Nothing but 100% cloud cover here :(

[iceman]

You've got your west and east mixed up Stu, but I agree, it's a great night.. the clouds have miraculously parted for the event.

Nice.

[ballaratdragons]

Getting darker in that quarter. I've got a pic but I don't want to waste time downloading it and putting it in. I'll miss the action!!

Yes Mike, I saw the blobby 2ndry spot, I just moved the camera off it!

gee it's great being able to use my scope again. It is such a beautiful clear night!!!!

[Stu]

Woops! I just got back from the northern hemisphere, sorry...
Luckly I didn't get the left-hand / right-hand side of the road confused this morning.

[iceman]

Man it's gonna take me most of tomorrow to process all these darn images..

It's a pity the seeing is so terrible, Mars is getting higher and I'm thinking of staying up for it, but the air is very wobbly.

[seeker372011]

it looked good for a short while and then thick clouds rolled in...only had time for one quick snap through the eyepiece of my binos...and it was too late, just cloud everywhere, hope it was better for you guys

[iceman]

haha nice one Narayan, I like the shot, it gives it a real perspective of looking through a lens.

We've had it crystal clear here for hours.. Amazing how different an hour or 2 of driving distance can be.

[ballaratdragons]

Coooool! I got some great shots guys!

12" Dob, 2" GS 30mm SuperView. Afocal with Kodak Pocket Camera.
Transparency 10/10, Seeing 6/10 due to full Moon (obviously)

Pic 1: taken at 9:55pm
Pic 2: taken at 10:02pm (max eclipse)

Comments welcome!

[robin]

Oops....posted this sequence on the other eclpise thread too by accident.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v242/makemineameade/Eclipse.jpg

[xrekcor]

Like Paul north over the border, we're clouded in solid here : (

regards,CS

[xrekcor]

Ken,

Great shots!!!

regards,CS

[ballaratdragons]

A little bit wider shot taken at 10:02pm for the folks who can't see it coz of cloud.

[venus]

an eclipse pic, well as good as it gets here......

[asimov]

Would you guys kindly keep it down to a dull roar in this thread?? I can hear you's over in the next thread! I'm trying to cry myself to sleep here cos' it's cloudy, ok?? :sad: :sad:

Do you REALLY think I'm upset cos' your all out there having fun...& I'm not...Hmmmm? Well the answer is...........YES!! :sad: :sad: & I'm jealous toooo!

;) Have fun U guy's & nice reporting on the partial loona eclipseee!:)

[davidpretorius]

Three days and two nights of beautiful still weather came to an abrupt end at 09:45 your time!!!.


Clouds started coming in from the west to block venus and antares = bugga.

Ok moon will be right, clouds on eastern horizon, but as the west is filling with clouds, i should be right. Right???

NOOOOO.

Clouds came in from west and east???? GO figure!

ANyway got a 8:30, 9:00 and 9:45, but nothing after that.

Captured in raw colour mode with the toucam. Clouds played havoc with exposure.

Anyway, happy with result.

There will be some great ones to come from the guys!!

Fun to share the event with friends!!

[ballaratdragons]

But John, mine are with the trusty Kodak. That should please you a little bit ;)

[davidpretorius]

nice work ken!!.


go toucams!!!

[ballaratdragons]

They are Kodak shots Dave! Can't use the Toucam yet.

At least you got the full sequence before the clouds came in. Well done!

[gaa_ian]

I have just finished watching the whole event from the clear skies of the NT :cool:
Didn't get any good pic's though, as I really need the tripod adaptor to get good shots with my little camera.
It was good to share the event with my Brother in central Qld, over the phone.
I must admit I had forgotten all about it, till I went outside & of course looked up (as you do).
The occasional low coastal cloud, added an bright orange halo around the moon, which was a nice effect at full eclipse ! :2thumbs:

[asimov]

GO THE KODAKKKK! (YAYYY!) Nice shots guys! Thanks for sharing.

[iceman]

Nice one DP, great shots.

[Greg Bryant]

At first it was "fun" trying to glimpse the Moon as it darted behind the occasional dark cloud, but finally it cleared here in northern Sydney. It was good to notch up another lunar eclipse.

For the trivia buffs, as far as partial lunar eclipses go (ie. excluding penumbral eclipses), this was the smallest percentage of the Moon to be eclipsed since 1970 (and that one wasn't fully visible from Australia). For a partial eclipse to be fully visible from Australia, and to have a smaller percentage than what we've seen tonight, you have to go back to 1958!

As the eclipse passed its maximum, I couldn't help but turn my attention to Mars which was lower down in the northeast. The eclipse may be over, but the next big observing opportunity is already here.

[h0ughy]

here are my feeble attempts, Ken excellent photos, same with you DavidP. heavy cloud cover and sucker holes were the flavour of the night in newcastle.

the last one is through the Intes, the others with my trusty50-500 lens ;)

1st photo is of antares and Venus

the others are the best I got considering the conditions

the last one is of the moon and mars :help3:

[ballaratdragons]

Thanks Houghmeister, Your shots are great too!

I tried Mars but it was a moving mass of Martian Blob! Dew has come in now.

[RB]

This was the best I could manage tonight :shrug: , used the Canon with 200mm lens.

Didn't think it was gonna clear up so didn't setup the scope.
:doh: :doh: :stupid:

[ballaratdragons]

That's Stunning Andrew! Who needs a telescope with a camera like that!!!

[h0ughy]

That isn't a Camera. Its a howitzer ;) Nice Image Andrew

hey Ken, since when did i get christened Houghmeister :nerd:

[RB]

Thanks Ken,

I am happy with it, just kicking myself for not being ready.

I'm having a ball just looking at all the images everyone took so far.
They're all very interesting.

Well done all.

:clap:

[RB]

Good onya Dave! Nice roundup of pics.
The views thu the Intes would have been awesome.




Cheers Dave.
:)

[asimov]

Nice shots RB & 'the meister'...

[davidpretorius]

you are harsh on yourself mister meister, but not as much as asimeister.

they are great shots!!

All of the images are good and as Greg said, I am so pleased that they are all being included in Decembers AS&T!!!

[mozasaur]

Hi guys, cool shots, thanks,

I made some pics with my 'not so good for astronomy' digital camera, it was awesome here and I was taken by surprise. I thought 7% meant you could hardly tell when in truth it was obviously amazing for all of us.

The first one is direct using camera only, the second is through a Celstron C8 with 40mm eyepiece. (all i had at the time)

Paul Moss Wellington New Zealand.

website for details with pics: http://203.79.127.80/rakiuraimagescom/moon2.htm (http://203.79.127.80/rakiuraimagescom/moon2.htm)

http://203.79.127.80/rakiuraimagescom/PICT1051paulmossLunarEclipse2.jpg
http://203.79.127.80/rakiuraimagescom/PICT1020paulmossLunarEclipse.jpg

[fringe_dweller]

:welcome: Paul - good to see more Kiwi's posting here :) Nice effort mate, i too was surprised how good it was - but then I am always doing that :P

[Mick]

Nice photos everyone, here's my effort just point and shoot with the Nikon.

[xrekcor]

Well great pic's all, now if we could only rerun the eclipse that would be great as we have clear skies tonight.

regards,CS

[jjjnettie]

Seeker
What a great shot through your binos!

[jjjnettie]

Glad so many pics were taken.
Almost makes me feel like I was there.
What's the next big event on the calender?

[ballaratdragons]

Star Camp! And that's when Mars will be the closest to Earth for the next 10 years!!!! And NO Moon!