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

[Matt Wastell (Matt)]

Well, we have had rain all day in Brisbane - but I saw a glimpse of the Moon about an hour ago so I set up my LX90 with the Nikon (now 10pm)
I must be an optimist and hope to get some partial and total images - I was hoping for a great sequence series as I have been practicing with my set up for months now - oh the pain!

[Matt Wastell (Matt)]

I may get lucky - there have been some breaks in the clouds and I have started taking some snaps......fingers crossed!

[mozzie (Peter)]

heavy cloud here.... no sign of the moon

still hopeful

remembering back to june when last eclipse sitting in vehicle from 3.00am in pelting rain

[Helo (Peter)]

Beautiful clear sky here on the Sunshine Coast - soooo lucky that the storms passed over earlier. Back to the camera!

[bartman (Bart)]

I'M EXCITED!!!!
No clouds.....Just waiting for Mr Moon to peak its face above my roof top!
Just taking some happy snaps of Jupiter.....not really getting any good shots, but practice makes perfect..
Bartman

[naskies (Dave)]

Boo... a small storm cell just formed nearby and is now passing overhead. Hope others are having more luck! My camera's all ready to go as soon as it clears up.

[pgc hunter]

Eclipse time!!! Right on cue!

[BLiTZWiNG (Trent)]

Looking really good here!!

I blame jjjnettie.

[mishku]

Oh Sab, I'll fess up - it's my fault... I bought a new (for me) scope today. Sorry kids!! Should have waited til tomorrow

Originally Posted by pgc hunter

Eclipse time!!! Right on cue!

[Retrograde (Pete)]

Was quite clear earlier but clouds have now come across. Can still see the moon peeking throough now and then.

[bloodhound31]

Got a few shots away through sucker holes. Totally greyed out again now.

[JuniorAstro (Jason)]

Cloud cleared outside my place about 30minutes ago but it seems to be coming back over-.-, any other obs from brisbane? If so hows ur sky looking?

-Jason

[norm]

12:18am - not looking too good in Sydney. Clouds rolling in from the south, south west

Norm

[lolthrash (Oliver)]

looks absolutely fantastic here in Newcastle, not a cloud in sight.

[rider]

Thornlands (Brisbane Bayside) is total cloud and still raining on and off.
- watching it on SLOOH

[h0ughy (David)]

Originally Posted by iceman

I'll be uploading images to SLOOH, and probably Facebook too

http://events.slooh.com/

Here's one of the test uploads.

rb says great family time with houghy

[Mark_Heli (Mark)]

Shot from Sydney at ~midnight through camera (no telescope).

Lots of clouds over Sydney in the past 30 minutes..

[MACCA350]

Well we've got rain, lightning, thunder and the thickest blanket of cloud here in Melbourne........no chance of seeing the moon let alone getting out the telescope and camera.

I've been relegated to watching the event on slooh.com


Cheers

[big_dav_2001 (Davin)]

Plenty of cloud here... All setup to try a few 'sucker hole' shots but doesn't look too hopeful..

Davin

[gregbradley]

Its streaming live video from Sydney Observatory on ninemsn.com.au

Greg.