Upcoming Event: Partial Lunar Eclipse, 4th June 2012

[iceman]

The Transit of Venus isn't the only thing happening during June.

On the 4th June, there's a partial lunar eclipse in a great position to view and photograph for Australians and New Zealanders, as it will be visible high in the sky during the evening.

It's not an overly deep eclipse but still work checking out.

Lunar Eclipses are completely safe to observe without any special equipment or filters.

Here's the article with all the info you need to see it and photograph it.

Partial Lunar Eclipse - 4th June 2012 (http://www.iceinspace.com.au/63-682-0-0-1-0.html)

[iceman]

Just over a week until this Partial Lunar Eclipse!

[Suzy]

Aye aye aye.... another celestial event?!
I didn't know about this one, thanks Mike.

I think Hubby was right the other day when he yelled at me, "there's always a new sky event!!!" Sheeesh. :rolleyes: Big Super Moon made him a bit grumpy when I made him get in the car with camera and go for a drive.:lol: I like this new camera of mine, I just tell him what to do. :question:

[iceman]

It's actually clear outside here!

A massive wind storm on its way overnight, but it might actually stay clear for the lunar eclipse.

I'd prefer it was clear on Wednesday :(

[Astroman]

No luck for the Lunar eclipse here in Adelaide. Total washout. :( bring on Wednesday.

[dan_b85]

Clearing here in Perth :)

[mithrandir]

I have my Sony a200 on tripod with new Samyang 500mm cat outside taking some preliminary shots.

Now can it stay clear until Wednesday?

[OICURMT]

Yep, here for meetings in Adelaide from Perth, all washed out...

Brought the PST over (which airport security in Perth scrutinized on the xray machines... pass!).

"bring on Wednesday"...

[DavidU]

No good here in Melb.................
http://realtime2.bsch.au.com/vis_sat.html?region=vic&loop=yes&images=6&allday=&start=&stop=

[OICURMT]

http://realtime2.bsch.au.com/vis_sat2.html?region=eastbight&loop=yes&images=6&allday=&start=&stop=#nav

:sadeyes:

[mozzie]

beautiful clear night here !!!!!!!!! scope ready to do a bit of seeing....have my i-phone ready and will try and take a couple of pics :D:D shame about the weather for you guys down south!!!!!!

[swannies1983]

Yep, not even going to bother to go outside. Bring on Wednesday!

[naskies]

It's in progress now :) You can already see a visible shadow over part of the moon. Clear skies in Brisbane, but not before I could polar align. I foresee lots of nudging in the next two hours...

[Liz]

Yes, has begun here too ... little bit out of the Moon.:)

[brian nordstrom]

:thumbsup: Yep its a happening thing here in Darwin ,, so COOL !!! 7.45pm local time.
Brian.

[brian nordstrom]

:shrug: Dan ,,,, you dont even need a scope to see this event ,, Come on mate dont miss this one !!! ;) just step out side , look east its that easy .
Brian.

[swannies1983]

haha, I would, but there's just a little problem...wall-to-wall cloud and drizzle :(

[mozzie]

yep well under way here!!!!! and not a cloud in the sky fingers crossed for wednesday...the last 2 luna eclipses i was rained out..

[mozzie]

how's the goto going liz :cool:

[iceman]

Feeding a stream of images to Facebook.

Check them out at: http://www.facebook.com/iceinspace

[brian nordstrom]

:sadeyes: Ouch !! , check Icemans feed on face book , sorry bout the weather .
Its a cool sight up here tonight , even tho I am at work ..
Brian.

[swannies1983]

Well I just got a glimpse of it through the cloud. Better than nothing I guess :P

[swannies1983]

Yep, have been looking at Mike's feed. Hope you guys are enjoying the show.

[mozzie]

and a slight tinge of faint red at it's maximum around 9.10 very satisfiying :)

[h0ughy]

http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/showthread.php?t=91773 mine is here

[Paddy]

Got about a 5 minute look between the clouds at maximum. Very impressive through 15x70 binoculars.

[MartinM]

Great viewing at Nana Glen NSW

[mithrandir]

Piker. :P I set Revenge on the PVR, put on a down jacket, freezer pants and steelcap boots and watched the whole thing while hand tracking with the photo tripod. Maximum eclipse image here. (http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/showpost.php?p=859822&postcount=1)

[Shark Bait]

This is my best effort at imaging the partial lunar eclipse.

A-focal photography with a compact digital clamped to the eyepiece of the 12" Dob.

[Dennis]

Here’s my effort from tonight; I dodged a few clouds and grabbed this with the Vixen ED102S, Canon 40D and Canon x1.4 Extender II. (The ED102S is an old 4inch F9 ED doublet circa 1996).

The opening scenes were hampered by clouds and trees. This was taken around 9:30pm (AEST) just before the clouds rolled in again, thus bringing down the final curtain on this fascinating event.

Manual Mode, ISO100, 1/80 sec, Remote Live View for focus.

Cheers

Dennis

[Shark Bait]

Great detail in your photo Dennis. :thumbsup:

Can we swap? :D

[MartinM]

An early product of tonights viewing.

[brian nordstrom]

:thumbsup: Yep I spotted that , thought I was seeing things , thanks , very subtile .
Brian.

[iceman]

Great images everyone!

[MartinM]

Here is the Partial Luna Eclipse at 21:03 04/06/2012. Shot on a Nikon D200 with a Nikkor 300mm lens. Exposure f5.6 @ 1/1500sec, ISO 100.

[ZeroID]

Auckland had high haze rolling through but managed about 50 frames in RAW and jpeg samples from about 9:45 to 11:40 when the real cloud came on through. Judging by the jpegs detail is very wishy washy but RAW might give more I'll poke some through Registax tonight ( bed at midnight last night !! ) and see how they look. Post anything up that looks reasonable later.

On the high side though. Skyslab is now fully commissioned and operational. Very pleased with the setup now. Alignment needs some tweaking and guiding is still not going but swing roof and covered computer area are excellent and lighting all works. Just enough room to get around the scope and it keeps the cold draughts out. The real benefit as others have said is at shutdown, no stuff to put away or dismantle and alignment is maintained for next session.

[mat,v]

This is one of my shots from last night eclipse. It was a beautiful sight. This was just taken with a Canon 40D and 100-400L.