Partial Lunar Eclipse - 17th October

iceman (Mike) · #1 10-10-2005, 07:44 AM

Guys and Gals,

There's a partial lunar eclipse next Monday, should be visible in part for most of Australia.

Will update with more details once I have them.

Attached is my effort from the last penumbral lunar eclipse, on the 24th April 2005.

iceman (Mike) · #2 11-10-2005, 09:03 AM

Ok, eclipse details:
- 6.8% of the moon will enter the Earth's shadow
- Best placed for those in the eastern states, in Sydney it starts at 9:34pm, maximum at 10:03pm and ends at 10:32pm.

Look forward to some more happy snaps of this event!

h0ughy (David) · #3 11-10-2005, 09:12 AM

and while your taking pictures don't forget to have a look at Antares and Venus before this event (same night)

RB (Andrew) · #4 11-10-2005, 10:09 AM

Great Image ICE,

Very nicely presented.

And thanks for the heads-up.

ving (David) · #5 11-10-2005, 12:09 PM

gee, i am gunna be busy! I'll try tho

elusiver · #6 11-10-2005, 12:38 PM

thanks for the heads up mike.. hopefully the weather holds up.

el

h0ughy (David) · #7 11-10-2005, 12:45 PM

PS - I forgot to add- Mike , excellent photos and presentation!

iceman (Mike) · #8 13-10-2005, 08:05 AM

Greg has prepared an article for it too..

http://www.austskyandtel.com.au/Luna...e_20051017.htm

Some good additional info in there, compared with my 2 liner above

iceman (Mike) · #9 17-10-2005, 06:39 AM

I'll be clouded out tonight.

Hope someone else gets some pics!

davidpretorius · #10 17-10-2005, 07:48 AM

yup have looked at the simulation on starry night, have synchronized laptop time with some nuclear bomb clock somewhere.

have not seen a cloud in 2 days and 2 nights!

full moon = 7 passes with the toucam at 250x to be autostiched into a super big photo and then into afocal mode with an eyepiece for the eclipse.

not sure whether to use the telescope at all and just use the webcam by itself???

as for venus and antares, this is my favourite place in the sky at the moment, does not look like the 40mm will frame these two, so toucam on a tripod again!

h0ughy (David) · #11 17-10-2005, 02:41 PM

Just had 30 seconds of sunshine - there might be hope yet

ving (David) · #12 17-10-2005, 02:47 PM

that 30 seconds just hit here too david!

if I'm lucky it might be patchy.... and i'll get to road test my new chair

Striker (Tony) · #13 17-10-2005, 02:50 PM

Been raining here for the last 3 days and over cast for the last week.

Hope someone else has some luck.

ballaratdragons (Ken) · #14 17-10-2005, 03:02 PM

I can't TouCam it yet but will try some Kodak moments! Sky is starting to cloud up again, hopefully it won't get any worse.

jjjnettie (Jeanette) · #15 17-10-2005, 04:09 PM

I've been looking forward to seeing this partial eclipse as well as the Antares/Venus conjunction. ( is it a conjunction? I'm sure one or more of you will tell me.LOL )
But I just can't be upset about the rain. We sure needed it. Everything is greening up very quickly, and we now have water in our dams.

h0ughy (David) · #16 17-10-2005, 04:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jjjnettie

I've been looking forward to seeing this partial eclipse as well as the Antares/Venus conjunction. ( is it a conjunction? I'm sure one or more of you will tell me.LOL )
But I just can't be upset about the rain. We sure needed it. Everything is greening up very quickly, and we now have water in our dams.

(Slightly off topic ) thats great News Janette, I commented on how dry to was out there, hardly any dams with water in it. how many points (mm) have you got?

(back on topic) the clouds are very teasing at the moment, the sun comes out and then goes away. i don't think i will have much in the way of a view for the antares and venus view, but for the moon to the east it is looking a bit more promising, maybe even enhance the photos with a bit of dramatic cloud to the edge of framing the moon. Can only hope

Xeelee (Chris) · #17 17-10-2005, 04:57 PM

Noooooooooo!!!!
Why does it have to rain now????
Why not 6 months earlier

ving (David) · #18 17-10-2005, 05:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ving

that 30 seconds just hit here too david!

if I'm lucky it might be patchy.... and i'll get to road test my new chair

oops, just realised I am off to a MAS meeting tonight

h0ughy (David) · #19 17-10-2005, 05:11 PM

the skies in the hunter at the Moment

1 west,
2 east

for clearer skies

#20 17-10-2005, 06:08 PM

Not looking very good here either, rain for the last 3-4 days, cloudy for the
last week or so. But like Jeanette it's all good... water in the tank, garden is
a bouncing and the car has been washed : ) I'm not usually to fussed about
cloudy/rainy weather around fullmoon. It's when it keep appearing at new
moon that peeves me off.

regards,CS