Lunar Eclipse on Saturday from 10.45 pm till Midnight

mike65

Just a heads up for total eclipse event at a decent hour will the weather play ball?

Mike.

Kevster

What can one expect to see? I've never witnessed one of these before.

mike65

The moon will dissapear! Oooooooooh! :eek:

The most interesting aspect is that as the earths shadow crosses, the moon goes red. Blood red. Ooooooooooooh!

Mike.

slade_x

Kevster wrote:

What can one expect to see? I've never witnessed one of these before.

See Here and Here

Kevster

Wow, that's pretty ... ...funky(?). I'll make sure to watch out for it.

Flukey

Saturday itself is meant to be showery, so we'll definitely have some cloud, and there is rain due on Sunday, so it could be getting very cloudy on Saturday night.

As to what you'll see Kevster, as those links demonstrate you'll have a strong disappearance of the moon at best or that copper-coloured effect at least. The total phase is good, but in some ways it is more dramatic seeing it come across and leaving again. We won't go into the details of umbra and penumbra and other technical terms associated with eclipses, but it's safe enough to say that it will be worth watching, particularly as you have never seen one before. Enjoy it.

Stargal

Can anyone recommend somewhere good to watch the eclipse from? I was thinking of going to either Howth Head or else Dún Laoghaire pier to watch it over the whole of Dublin, but does anyone have any other recommendations?

Also it looks like the weather is actually holding up; there are no clouds at all in the sky (for once!)

mike65

Just looking at accuweather site it looks like we will be under at least 50% cloud by this evening.

Mike.

Flukey

It is looking good. There should be a good chance to see it.

Stargal, anywhere where you have a view of the sky will do. The whole thing will last for several hours. You won't be able to watch it all. It is best to take a look out every once in a while. Somewhere close to you should do.

karltimber

Clear as a whistle in navan right now -looks good.

Have my 300mm zoom with a 2X teleconverter to get some good shots...

K

hamster

It's still clear from where I'm looking from - Waterford - Kilmacthomas Rural skies. Looking excellent right now. Simple tools. Binos and a digital camera. I have it on a tripod and will take a few photos tonight. Fingers crossed! Enjoy everyone!

hamster

Look out for Saturn to left and up from the moon while you're looking.



If you take any photos...please link 'em

Stargal

Flukey wrote:

Stargal, anywhere where you have a view of the sky will do. The whole thing will last for several hours. You won't be able to watch it all. It is best to take a look out every once in a while. Somewhere close to you should do.

Thanks for that Flukey, appreciate it.

Ice_Box

View From Kildare
(Not bad for a cheap digital.)

zAbbo

looks pretty clear at the moment here (Dundalk)

Will be keeping an eye out for the redness

CrowdedHouse

Perfectly clear in the west - Oranmore atm,hope it stays that way

Taken at 8:16

Takeshi_Kovacs

The evening started great, very clear sky and bright moon. Unfortunately some high level hazy cloud is moving across the sky in the last half hour and the moon is more or less a white blob.. Ah well i guess i have to wait until August for another shot.
Hope it goes well for the rest of ye..

Takeshi_Kovacs

#Elites wrote:

how do you guys zoom in so far? my camera can go nowhere near that..

You need a long lens and dslr camera, something like a 400mm lens (or more if ya got the dough). Also some people attach their camera right onto the telescope to get even closer.

civdef

Near Abbeyleix, 21:31

darkmaster2

Its starting to cloud over here in Cork.:rolleyes:

hamster

civdef wrote:

Near Abbeyleix, 21:31

Nice shot....

those times again.... almost halfway to totality. Now 21:54....

Moon enters penumbra: 2018
Moon enters umbra: 2130
Totality begins: 2244
Mid-eclipse: 2321
Totality ends: 2358
Moon leave umbra: 0111
Moon leaves penumbra: 0224

civdef

Near Abbeyleix 21:50

Kevster

Why will the light from it become red? ... ...Something to do with wavelength lengthening?


Kevster

mr_angry

Looks fantastic here in Dundalk. No sign of any redness yet, but we'll probably have to wait until its in the umbra for that. Assuming there's enough dust in the atmosphere, that is.

radiospan

I don't think so. It looks like that here too. (although covered in a bit of a haze)

EDIT: Weird. I was answering #Elites below...

hamster

Kevster wrote:

Why will the light from it become red? ... ...Something to do with wavelength lengthening?


Kevster

The red will be the earthshine from the earth's atmosphere when the glare of the remaining visible moon is cut off...

civdef

Near Abbeyleix: 22:07

hamster

civdef wrote:

Near Abbeyleix: 22:07

Keep 'em coming civdef. They are excellent photos! Putting these in my diary. One to remember. Ooh only a thin cresent of moon left now.

hamster

mike65 wrote:

Its so calm down here the sky is misting up.

Mike.

same here Mike. Hazy but not too much. Not a cloud thank god.


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Try John Silence's triquintat.mp3 !!!!
And (((stereofect)))_Earthrise.mp3 I love those.

mike65

Its so calm down here the sky is misting up.

Mike.

mike65

Spooky!

Mike.

hamster

mike65 wrote:

Spooky!

Mike.

yea! So dark... gawd! That's a really thin sliver now.... 2244 seems to far away from my pov.

mr_angry

The redness is starting to come through now.

ninebeanrows

Looks really cool now with the rest of the moon starting to redden, and the white cap on the top!

CrowdedHouse

Mist/high cloud in Oranmore now :mad:

pp_me129

I am makin a gif anime image of the whole thing taken pictures here in waterford every 2-3mins zoom not as good AS SOME PEOPLES HERE BUT SURE..

Will post up tomorow and moon just dissapeared in waterford

rediguana

Why's the moon RED? I thought light didn't bend? And the moon has no atmosphere, so it can't be partially-lit dust...

Sorry, I just noticed someone asked already...

vallo

An amazing view from my attic in Dublin - just the odd wispy cloud.
And a real bonus is seeing Saturn - thanks Hamster - though it seems to be up and to the right as per the map posted. We are pretty sure we see the rings - well a sort of sideways elongation of the bright blob.

vallo

rediguana wrote:

Why's the moon RED? I thought light didn't bend? And the moon has no atmosphere, so it can't be partially-lit dust...

I heard it explained today.
The red hue is the light from all the earths sun-rises and sun-sets. So it is our atmosphere that is making the lights rays scatter and red light is the only light that reflects onto the moon.

hamster

vallo wrote:

An amazing view from my attic in Dublin - just the odd wispy cloud.
And a real bonus is seeing Saturn - thanks Hamster - though it seems to be up and to the right as per the map posted. We are pretty sure we see the rings - well a sort of sideways elongation of the bright blob.

no bother at all... I'd like to make out the moons.. but Saturn is a bit too high for me now using binos - creaking my neck

Wisesmurf

any more pics?

rediguana

vallo wrote:

I heard it explained today.
The red hue is the light from all the earths sun-rises and sun-sets. So it is our atmosphere that is making the lights rays scatter and red light is the only light that reflects onto the moon.

It's a nice image - sunrise and sunset on opposite sides of the globe sprinkling a red tinge over the moon.

It's better than what I had imagined, that it was the devil that was causing it

Cheers, Vallo!

g5hn710m4xpdwy

Moon is almost gone slight red coming on here Cant see Satern from my bedroom window, will go out into the garden and have a look

Delphi91

Here's a later view.

Mike

civdef

Back in to warm up a bit, not much to see now really till around 23:20.

First pic @ 22:26
Second @ 22:32
Third @ 22:39

civdef

Couple More

First @ 22:46
Second @22:49
Third @ 22:59

As you can see the last few have got fairly blurry, exposure times of 15-20 second and a breeze aren't helping.

Mothman

Fairly red in Wicklow

Digiscoped picture taken at about 22:45
8 sec exposure, blurred but captured colour well.

Steffano2002

I'm gutted I sold my bloody tripod a few ago now! :mad: Could have taken some really nice pics with my 300mm lens!

Cionád

Looks pretty sweet to me

hamster

civdef, Delphi - they are awesome shots! The red comes out well with exposure and magnification. Not so much by eyesight alone. Oh well. Thanks for taking time to put 'em up.

*edit* Methinks I spy a nice dark red hue on the proceeding now... 23:24... mmmm!

CrowdedHouse

Was about the best I could manage.....