Penumbral Lunar Eclipse

[Astroman (Andrew Wall)]

Hi all,

With all the hype around the Solar Eclipse, lets not forget the poor old moon also..

On November 28/29, 2012 the moon will pass through the Penumbra of earths shadow. Although not as exciting as a total solar or lunar eclipse it can be fun taking pictures, and it's near Jupiter also....

[iceman (Mike)]

Thanks for the reminder, Andrew.

For others, this starts at 11:15pm AEDST on Wednesday night, and finishes at about 3:30am AEDST Thursday morning.

It's a Penumbral eclipse, so the Moon will appear slightly darker during mid-eclipse, which is at about 1:30am Thursday morning.

It's visible for all of Australia and NZ.
http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/OH/OHfi...2012-Fig06.pdf

[Vegeta (Ibrahim)]

Old man moon was almost forgotten with all the exitement over the eclipse Lets hope the sky gives way and lets him shine......or not shine

[naskies (Dave)]

Thanks, I've been itching to do some imaging. Unfortunately, the weather forecast is looking rather cloudy in Brisbane...

[Becstar (Rebecca)]

My boss just walked past and advised me of this - I wasn't even aware of it! Thank god she knows I'm into this stuff or else I might have missed it. Hope the weather is clear down here in Gippsland.

[dan_b85 (Dan)]

Nice and fine tonight in Perth well till the storm roles in, best thing about west is the time differences

[Vegeta (Ibrahim)]

Nooooo!!!! What happened to that beautiful, clear, blue sky?

[mithrandir (Andrew)]

Originally Posted by Vegeta

Nooooo!!!! What happened to that beautiful, clear, blue sky?

It vanished yesterday to become thunderstorms. Given that the eclipse is not very deep, we probably aren't going to miss that much.

[Vegeta (Ibrahim)]

[Liz]

Alll set and ready to head out later for a peek, and maybe a piccie or 2.

[jjjnettie (Jeanette)]

Clewds disappear!!!

[Liz]

Originally Posted by jjjnettie

Clewds disappear!!!

we seem to have become inundated too .....


CLEWDS DISAPPEAR!!!!!!!

[axle01 (Alan)]

Originally Posted by Liz

we seem to have become inundated too .....


CLEWDS DISAPPEAR!!!!!!!

You looking at the same clouds i am Liz.

[Liz]

Originally Posted by axle01

You looking at the same clouds i am Liz.

helloooo Alan!!!!

A bit of light stuff around, but hopefully will clear a bit by midnight, fingers crossed, think positive thoughts.

http://astronomy.abigbluesky.com/

[Astroman (Andrew Wall)]

Few cirrus clouds about ... amazing how a slight change in the moons appearance brings out the Astronomer in everyone 1.5 hrs ago

[jjjnettie (Jeanette)]

Always good for a repost.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmtDVM8YgTQ

[Astroman (Andrew Wall)]

Got the start of the eclipse got high cirrus clouds moving over atm.

[mithrandir (Andrew)]

About 30 mins ago the moon was clear. Now it's wall-to-wall cloud. G'nite all.

[alphamone]

completely clouded out here in canberra.

[Rob_K]

Originally Posted by Astroman

Got the start of the eclipse got high cirrus clouds moving over atm.

Hehe, got my pre-penumbral eclipse reference image, 11pm! Bit of light cloud here, have to wait & see. Not expecting too much as the 'deeper' darkening will be where the dark mare predominate anyway.

Cheers -