Upcoming Event: Total Lunar Eclipse, December 10 / December 11th 2011

[mozzie (Peter)]

clouds opened up for a minute or so,was able to see the moon and eclipse
heavy cloud rolling back in....pod ready to open if any sign of clearing weather fingers crossed

[swannies1983 (Dan)]

Nothing but clouds in Adelaide. Enjoy it for those who can see it.

[bloodhound31]

Show's over for Canberra.

[michaellxv (Michael)]

you can watch it here http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/s...r-eclipse.html or events.slooh.com

[spacezebra (Petra)]

Yes, we had a glimpse here in Albury, but only a glimpse :-(

Cheers Petra d.

[ace70]

Clouds have cleared, just in time for totality, woohoo

[rider]

bayside brizvegus
One long gap in the clouds - just closed over as total arrived. at least we got a view for a while and saw it go red.

[BLiTZWiNG (Trent)]

Lovely and clear here. Moon is very dark red now. Can't take photos with my crappy phone because its... uh, too dark.

[Rick Petrie]

Absolutely awesome here on the Central Coast.
Geoffro (Inmykombi)and I had telescope set up and have watched from the start to totality in brilliant seeing, I kid you not. Not a cloud in sight at the moment??
We got some photos afocal and the red moon looked not unlike Mars.
Don't think we will stay up to see end.
Some one around here would have got some good shots I'm sure.

[GTB_an_Owl (Geoff)]

what a wonderful sight it is

i wonder what the ancients thought of such an event?

geoff

[swannies1983 (Dan)]

Might get the back end of the event. Two eclipses this year yet both clouded out. Spewing

[Retrograde (Pete)]

This just a quick pic as it came out of the camera - no processing:

[BLiTZWiNG (Trent)]

Very nice! That's what I saw.

The moon has now started un-eclipsing.

[naskies (Dave)]

Finally! Some clear(ish) skies on the south side of Brisbane. I had given up hope of seeing the totality at all, so it was a pleasant surprise to catch a few frames. Did anyone else see that bright meteor streak across the sky just below the moon mid-totality? Anyone capture a wide field during totality including Orion?

[ballaratdragons (Ken)]

Still raining here and I have missed it all, but I was watching Martin Ferlito in Sydney broadcasting the event on Night Skies Network, and also watching on Slooh live from Hawaii, and the NineMSN show from Sydney Observatory.

All great.

Not as good as watching the real thing outside but aleast I got to see it live online

[jjjnettie (Jeanette)]

Originally Posted by BLiTZWiNG

Looking really good here!!

I blame jjjnettie.

LOLOL Hasn't it been brilliant?? Who would have thought after all that bad weather.
I have a couple of wide field totality shots that included Orion. I'll get them off the other camera tomorrow.

[swannies1983 (Dan)]

A 1 min clear patch is all I got

[BLiTZWiNG (Trent)]

Originally Posted by jjjnettie

LOLOL Hasn't it been brilliant?? Who would have thought after all that bad weather.
I have a couple of wide field totality shots that included Orion. I'll get them off the other camera tomorrow.

I totally agreed, pulled that out of nowhere!! Looking forward to the pics!

[mozzie (Peter)]

wow!!!!! in total heavy cloud right on totality the heavens cleared for an hour and a half.raced down and opened up pod for some telescope and bino viewing absoultly fantastic
just when about to give up -persistence pays off and was well rewarded..taken some very amature shots with my phone in the eyepiece see how they turn out...to the next event transit of venus can't wait...

[netwolf]

finally some observing done, I was not sure the clouds would clear but I setup my camera on tripod and prayed. First a few glimpses then finally it cleared for a while, still some cloud drifting in but enough clear gaps to enjoy it. A great night.