Partial lunar eclipse 26th June

[Liz]

Does anybody know exactly when this starts ... have heard 8.30 then 9.30pm?? Havent been able to find much info on the Net re start times.
Wonder what time for Townsville?? Thanks. :)

[Rob_K]

Liz, for Townsville first contact will be about 8:20pm with the Moon at 35 deg altitude, maximum eclipse about 9:45pm, and second contact about 11pm with the Moon at 71 deg altitude. Times are give or take a coupla minutes, just estimated them by running the partial eclipse through Starry Night for Townsville location. :thumbsup:

Cheers -

[Liz]

doh!! I could have done that if my brain was working today. :rolleyes:
Thank Rob. :thumbsup:

[Blue Skies]

All the info needed can be found here: http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/OH/OHfigures/OH2010-Fig02.pdf

[Kevnool]

One shall be looking for a blood red moon.
I reckon there shall be big mobs of images posted.

Cheers Kev.

[Liz]

bucketloads kev!!

Thanks jacquie :)

[mozzie]

yep looking forward to it :thumbsup::thumbsup:

[Jen]

Me too, lets just hope those clouds dissapear by then :prey::prey:

[h0ughy]

I am hoping it will clear for tomorrow night - its dodgy but i may get some glimpses in the gaps of the clouds:sadeyes:

[mozzie]

no no houghy its going to be crystal clear,cold and a perfect evening!!!!!oh well fingers crossed its not looking good here either

[Kevnool]

So far so good.
Cheers Kev.

[h0ughy]

looking better - at least there will be gaps

[Shep]

NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!! It's cloudy and raining here today, fingers crossed it clears up before tonight.

[Suzy]

It's all Grey up here and overcast... looking doubtful :prey2:
:rain:Rain rain go away come again some other day, buzz off and go to Melbourne as they are used to it. :lol::P Rats, I Was looking forward to seeing my first eclipse through my telescope too ... :(:prey:

[Esseth]

Brissie should be all clear, crossing my fingers for it... need to work out where in the sky the moon will be so i know where to pop the scope.

[seanliddelow]

Its clear in Perth so I will be heading down to Kings Park tonight to do some 'sidewalk' astronomy with my club:thumbsup:

[MeeLee]

Does anyone know what time it will be visible from Melbourne tonight? Thank you kindly

[Analog6]

Could not see the moon at all last night and not looking encouraging now, either. I am charging the camera batteries but I'm not holding my breath>

[mozzie]

bloody rain!!!!!its started here only lightly there forcasting to clear up still plenty of time have till around 8.oopm :D:D

[Liz]

Hands up whose clouded out? Hand raised high here!! :cloudy:

[supernova1965]

I am touching wood as I type Liz but I have not got a cloud in the sky at present hope it lasts:rolleyes::question:

[Analog6]

A wind has come up and we are relatively clear ATM, but heavy big white ones to the souht - jusy praying for them to stay there! Must be your rain, Mozzie!

[asimov]

All clear here in Bundy....So far.

[seanliddelow]

Completely clear in Perth, I think the clouds are coming in at 12pm :)

[AdrianF]

Started getting the gear together today to film and take pictures of the eclipse and the rain set in. No chance of even seeing it now

Adrian

[mozzie]

heavily clouded and drizzle rain!!!
seems the only view tonight will be on starry night :lol::lol::(:(

[Quantum629]

Perfectly clear here in Lane Cove. :D Well almost; a few clouds coming up below the blazing moon. Here's hoping it stays clear. :)

[Liz]

thats a great idea Peter ... I can sit back and relx in the comfort of home and watch it on Starry Night!! Thank you for that idea. ;):lol:

Hope skies stay clear for the rest of you guys. :)

[mozzie]

ive set the moon on aroun 1 deg fits the screen liz went 300x faster watched the eclipse fantastic know lets hope it clears to watch it in the scope:sadeyes::sadeyes:

[michaellxv]

Looking good here so far although some patchy cloud hanging around.
:astron::stargaze:

[M54]

Been cloudy and raining here all day.
Can see a very fuzzy moon through the cloud cover at the moment, but I don't think it will clear anytime soon.

:windy::windy::windy::windy::windy: :windy::windy:

Oh well.
You're right Suzy, we're used to it.
Not happy, but used to it.
:rolleyes:

[Hans Tucker]

Umm..I don't think that effect is visible during a partial eclipse, only a total.

[Omaroo]

Crystal clear here. Just binoculars tonight I think...

[Benno]

too cloudy here, just brought the gear all back inside, bummer, was up for a night of imaging too :(
oh and i need to change my location, im in ipswich, not medowie

[BlackWidow]

Got the LX200 10" setup with the Canon 300d ready to take some time laps shots. All clear and still here in Aselaide. This is the first time I have tried this so keep ya fingers crossed for me. I am using DSL Shutter to take shots a 7 sec intervals.. I have tested the setup and it worked fine today. I guess thats a disaster in the making tonight :D.. I hope to be able to stick all the pics together to make a time laps movie... All alot of fun anyway... For once its a clear night in Adelaide..


good Luck all

Mardy

[Kevnool]

Just thought i would throw it in.
But its started now.
Cheers Kev.

[h0ughy]

cloud coming through all the time with gaps. hard to get focus right and settings for exposure. at least the rain has stopped for now,

[spacezebra]

After a dodgy start to the day, it is clear as a bell now here in Albury and the partial is looking great!:thumbsup:

Cheers Petra d.

[Sentinel]

Looks good from here as well.

[Hans Tucker]

Cloudy here in Melbourne too..but the Moon is still visible. :D

[Sentinel]

I remember the last total lunar eclipse...the Ice & Space servers could not cope with the traffic. I believe that evening still holds the record for most users on the site at once.

[RobF]

Its well under way now!
Getting some breaks in the cloud here in Bris :)

[lesbehrens]

i started to set up as all this cloud had disappeared, now it thick fog has come along to put a stop to it:mad2:. i hope some one gets a good image!!

[mozzie]

some real heavy clouds coming in to the west looks like big rain lets hope not.
aaahhh starry night is showing a nice eclipse damn!!!!! mid north coast

[Sentinel]

Well I am not an astrophotographer. I only have a DSLR with 1 lens.

But here is a small photo.

[spacezebra]

Fog coming in :sadeyes:

Cheers Petra d.

[michaellxv]

This is what I am getting.

[spacezebra]

Wow, the sky just cleared - fantastic view. They also paused to look at the partial during the Collingwood Sydney game :lol:.

Cheers Petra d.

[spacezebra]

Excellent capture Michael!



Cheers Petra d.

[h0ughy]

its clear - have rain to north and south though

[Liz]

:lol::lol:

Woohoo, has cleared here too, a beautiful sight even though only partial, great pics already guys!!

[michaellxv]

i can just see some of the red colour coming through now.

[mithrandir]

The C8+6.3f/r+QHY8 is sitting out in the back yard doing a frame every 5 minutes.

Sky is perfectly clear. :D

[Sentinel]

Last one for the night. I'll let the pros take over!!

Good night everyone.

[michaellxv]

Excellent, I look forward to seeing the results of that.

[Analog6]

I think I got some good ones, downloading now. We had some scattered and floating clouds, then just at 2055 started to come over. Was it about 40% totality - didn't seem as much as 50%?

[spacezebra]

Yes, just a hint of red.

Cheers Petra d.

[Omaroo]

Dammit... I thought that I could get away with binoculars, but ended up going the whole schmeer - G11, Tak Sky-90 and 40D- all set up in a blind panic. LOL!!!

Results in as soon as the run is done.

[mithrandir]

The figures in CdC suggest a bit more than half covered at 21:38.

"Date";"Max.";"Type";"Saros";"Gamma";"Magnitude";"Magnitude";"Partial";"Totality"
" 2010 Jun 26";"11:38";" P ";"120";"-0.709";"1.603";" 0.542";" 82m";" - "

The time is UTC. I think the 0.542 is the coverage.

[Mick]

Beautiful up here in the north...

9:20

[Analog6]

There were a lot of moving clouds, but I rather like the effect. I will be putting a larger file on my Flickr but not till morning.

f8, 2.0, ISO 200, Canon 1DsMkII & 100-400L f4 lens

[Blue Skies]

There's not much red in it at all, its quite a dark eclipse, even for a partial. The last time I saw a dark eclipse like this was in the early 1990's not long after Mt Pinatubo had blown and we had a total in the evening that was all grey, no red at all.

[michaellxv]

I can see a little red through the scope, but none of my pics show it up. Any quick hints on how to capture the colour?

[Mick]

Can't see and red here.

Last one 9:38

[Kevnool]

Not Bad Mick.
Quite good.
Cheers Kev.

[Liz]

:lol::lol:

Tried to take a few pics up here, dont think I got anything exciting, except very hot and sweaty!!! Tis the tropics still as you guys freeeze ya butts off. ;)

Nice pics Odille, Mick and Paul over the ditch. :thumbsup:

[Kevnool]

Given the arc across the moon the earths shadow is quite large

[h0ughy]

2sec iso100 then go to 1 sec and then to 0.8 etc

[Jen]

I got halfway through imaging and the dam clouds came rolling in from the south :(:( I was getting some nice shot for the first time too :sadeyes:

:tasdevil::tasdevil::tasdevil: :tasdevil::tasdevil::tasdevil:

:argue: Im gonna have to have a word with these dam clouds :mad2:

[seeker372011]

now the half of the moon in shadow is clearly red..not a bad show

[Mick]

Thanks mate few beers at the same time hey..:)

[michaellxv]

Thanks, I get lots of reflections and can't hold it still that long, but it does show the red. :lol:

[michaellxv]

That's a good observation Kev. Anyone know the answer to how big it is?

[mithrandir]

About 28.5 arc seconds

Edit: I should have said 81.4 arc seconds.

[floyd_2]

I decided to go for pure viewing tonight - no photos. Just lovely views from Sydney. I have the XX14i and also the SV80 set up - and two comfortable viewing chairs. Certainly the SV80 is less effected by the seeing. However, when the moon snaps into perfect focus in the XX14i - WOW! I probably won't be able to see through my left eye tomorrow.

Dean

[Blue Skies]

:confused2:

Seeing as the moon is 0.6 of a degree across, how does that work?

[h0ughy]

well i have packed it in - already filled 2 x 8 gig cards trying every different settings i could

[mozzie]

wow!!!! after heavy cloud and rain got around 35 to 40 mins near cloud free,right when shadow at its max i cant complain with that.
raced down and opened the pod using my 35 pan and 17 nag at 87x and 179x both with filters.the 35 fits nicely in the fov and it was a clear chrisp sight with nice curviture of the shadow and a slight hint of red (very faint)and the 17 nag i was scrolling along the shadow seeing the mares and craters from a different angle as seen with terminator.
one nice feature was as changing eyepieces the shadow coming out of the diagonal was reflecting on the back of the pod and showing the curved line amazing.
after a terrible day ended up beeing a great evening just goes to show stick with it and the evening may become fantastic.
some great pictures coming through may have to get into this imaging

[Jen]

:eyepop: dont give up Houghy im still out here freezing my butt off :cold::cold:

[h0ughy]

here is a test shot with no cloud - thankfully it cleared

iso 100 1/320 sec exp shot through the 127ED

[mithrandir]

Oops - missed the change of degree - about 81.4 arc seconds.

That will remind be why I never do mental arithmetic.

[BlackWidow]

It's now drawing to and end and my Camera has taken around 700 shots. Can't wait to see it animated into a moving movie.. All things being OK with the exposures. Tomorrow will tell. Stayed clear here in Adelaide and was a great sight to see.. Will let you know how the movie works out and might even add a link to it..

Beats watching the rubbish on TV.. Get out and enjoy

[M54]

I actually saw a good slice of the action here in Melbourne.:D
There were enough holes in the clouds to get a few good glimpses before it rained again.
Couldn't see any hint of red though.

[erick]

Could see the reddish tinge at the limb in shadow through my 12x60 binos.

(No, I'm not looking at cloud in Victoria - am in NSW this weekend. Clear sky all evening. Great view.)

[Darth Wader]

Great view here in Sydney. Viewing at 30x in my 70mm refractor there was a noticeable red tinge on the limb (the wife spotted it first!) with a blue-green colour toward the edge of the Earth's shadow. Got a few snaps, nothing good though.

[jakob]

Clear here!
Nice View.

[h0ughy]

well just did my first try - its crud but will redo over time

[DavidTrap]

Howdy all,

Just arrived home from the Rugby.

Had great seats for the rugby and a fabulous view of the eclipse too - killed two birds with one stone tonight. The match ended about the time of maximal eclipse ~9:40pm.

And Australia won too!

DT

[AstralTraveller]

Clear here. Will look at the images tomorrow.

[jakob]

Very nice David, I like the hue along the shadow!
Did you use HDR technique?
:eyepop:

[AlanG80]

I was hoping someone was going to make a small movie out of it. Im not into the photography side of thing but as I was watching it through the night I couldnt help but think that it would make a cool time lapse movie.
Please post a link when done.:)

[h0ughy]

still mucking around with the data - hope to have more later. this was a quick test to see if i can build my image

[Octane]

Dave,

That's looking really good -- nice and subtle hues.

Looking forward to the final version!

H

[Jen]

Ok this is one of my pics taken (in between clouds) @ 9:40pm

Taken with a
Canon EOS 500D
Exposure time 1/3200sec
ISO-400

78513

:D not bad for my first go at this hehe now what to do with all the 400 other pics i took :lol::screwy:

Oops dont know why that came up twice LOL (sorry)

[RobF]

Nice going Jen :thumbsup:
Was that through the scope, or with a telephoto?

[asimov]

Nice going Jen! Probably could have jumped to 1/2000 sec. for this but it's usually a case of hindsight. Well done!:thumbsup:

[Kevnool]

WooHoo Jen you done really well.
Your clouds must of came in fast as the night went on.
Cheers Kev.

[Hans Tucker]

You know what is a real kick in the teeth...it is clear beautiful still night here in Melbourne tonight...the weather truly is a heartless goddess

[Jen]

Thanks Rob :D

Yeah pics were taken through my 6 inch newt ;)

[Jen]

Thanks John as the night went on i ended up taken pics between 1/3000 and 1/2000 i was clicking different setting all over the place :lol::lol: as most of my pics were taken through thin clouds :D
When i tried 1/2000 in the beginning it was over exposed

[h0ughy]

nice shot Jen - did well.

[h0ughy]

well to keep the image update - this is my final repro

[M54]

That looks great Jen.
Do you have a connector for you camera or did you just hold it to the eyepiece?

[Jen]

Thanks Houghy and Molly

Molly i had a connector set up to my scope ;)

[erick]

I think that is a superb image, David!

[lacad01]

Great work on those images :thumbsup: