Lunar Eclipse - Saturday

[Melnie Mouse]

In case anyone is interested, saturday night there is a lunar eclipse, last one for a long time so try and see it, starts bout 9.30 ish...

[Scotty]

not a werewolf are you ?

[giler]

Usually by 9.30 saturday night I can't see anything anyway!

[benson]

Oooh - I will dutifully stand in my garden and hope for clear skies!!!!

[Stafford]

Usually by 9.30 saturday night I can't see anything anyway!

Just as well it's tonight from 10.45 then, lasts over an hour.
Looks as though it will be cloudy in the west though
Cheers
Stafford

[squiffything]

according to the BBC science page http://www.bbc.co.uk/sn/ it's tommorrow starting around 9.30pm big and red and loverly

Well done M M

[Melnie Mouse]

not a werewolf are you ?

ha ha no, and thanks squiffy thing, it's definately tomorrow night... and if any of you are local to Chichester, come down to the planetarium where I help out there, and you can look through the scopes as well if you're good :)

[Scotty]

well im almost inspired to take a photograph of it, however i think i may struggel (terabble hand shake) and no tripod

[Stafford]

according to the BBC science page http://www.bbc.co.uk/sn/ it's tommorrow starting around 9.30pm big and red and loverly

Well done M M

You're right I've been looking at my watch thinking it's the 3rd - DOH
Still it's easy to look at the moon lying on yer back pi**ed.
Happy stargazing
Stafford

[Melnie Mouse]

have a look at saturn through your scope pretty spectacular at the moment :)

[squiffything]

:( I have a 10" diam 1m long scope all tucked away round where I use to lodge and won't be able to get to it. Now is the time where i wish i had space to house it so I could have a good ol gawp skyways

[Melnie Mouse]

that sounds good, i know what you mean though, i find it hard to use mine which is only 4.5" as where i keep it in the bay window (only just fits) it takes up a lot of room and the ecliptic belt is not anywhere near that window!

I have to take it outside EVERY TIME.. puts you off for a start then it's usually cloudy by time i try and find what i want to look at!

[Melnie Mouse]

hey squiffy, i've just looked you up - I know I know i'm nosy, but something we've got in common is our birthdays!

[squiffything]

:) I know everyone was saying happy bday to you and they missed me....:(

Nah not really the bods from team crumble made me feel good and we did have the seventies night coz it was my 40th last year

[squiffything]

and something else we both have m620ie coz we're little short botts

[Scotty]

best i could manage http://www.drscott.plus.com/moon.jpg

:hissy:

lets have a proper picture then

[andros]

Nice piccy Scotty, we got a few photos till it went really dark n we couldnt tell where the moon was on the viewfinder!

[SazzaG]

I'll find out tomorrow if my mum got any good photos.

I don't know what size her telescope is (don't know about these things), but it's almost as wide as it is long, and she's got GPS tracking on it! Hopefully she's got her camera attached to it.

All that modern technology, and she still can't use a mobile phone.

Anyway, the eclipse is cool. I popped out before it started, and the moon was incredibly bright, so now it's really dark here. Great for stargazing! Really glad we don't have much light pollution here.

[claicerrig]

Just got in nice views of it over here :mand: :mand:

[Bodybag]

well im almost inspired to take a photograph of it, however i think i may struggel (terabble hand shake) and no tripod

Whats going on? its very dark here but I think I forgot to tunr the lights on. I',m a tripod, can i help???"

[lcjohnny]

Well
The view was very good from teh Wess-Cunnry. Despite the light pollution :worried: and alcohol :chuckle: pollution we suffered last night.

Luvverly Eclipse.

When's the next one.


Jon

[benson]

even from my east London lit up skies it was mightily impressive and the red/orange glow was a treat to behold (see I've gone all poetic because of it!!!)

[gremlin]

We were lucky in our part of Norfolk we have no light pollution. It was stunning. Wish I'd been able to photograph it.

[squiffything]

looked so cool from here in suffolk lovely clear skies and just through bino's was a great sight. It made the cat go mad though ooo er

[scrumpster]

I ended up on Portsdown Hill watching it, cup of coffee off Micks Monster Burgers, very impressive (the eclipse, not the coffee!) and looking out over the City too :)

[Scotty]

found a better one ish

http://www.drscott.plus.com/moon10.jpg

[Melnie Mouse]

and something else we both have m620ie coz we're little short botts

ha ha I thought yes we have the same bike size, but it's not cos i'm short, i'm actually 5'6! it's what i was given to ride is to why i've got this one. I'd like the monster 1000DS that would be nice :) But this is one of the best little engine's I've even ridden, and what fun!




SCOTTY - great photo's! It was great to see though wasn't it?
Think there is a small partial in September.. but i'll have to check, i know that's the last full eclipse for a long time... Apparently if our sun was at solar maximum it would have made a real redder moon than we had.. we've got another 4 years til it's that...

[squiffything]

5'6 is short Mel I know coz it's all I am and I'm shorter than anyone I know.

Great pic Scotty

[banditloon]

Good pictures :D Better than this tog could managed, as I've somehow cut my eye ball and on Saturday afternoon the nurse made me look like Captain Jack Sparrow!! Bastids!! :chuckle:

[benson]

How do you cut your eye ball??? That sounds like it must have hurt!! Anyway - CAptain Jack is cute so can't be all bad!!!

The eclipse was a real treat - lay in the bath looking at it out through the window, glass of wine in hand feeling very small and insignificant in the vastness of everything else :dizzy: