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Lunar Eclipse new yrs eve
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I feel ever so slightly mortified putting up this pic after the exhibition standard stuff earlier in the thread.
Nevertheless I got a Neximage Imager thingy as a Christmas Present and this is the fruit of my first blurry experiment using a beginner scope.
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I think there is one in the pacific this year, Easter island is the place to be
( or was that a solar eclipse?)
Figured out why my pics were crap. had the apeture and shutter speed set wrong .:mad:
now i'm getting great pics, !
ah well next time.
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carchaeologist wrote: »Whats the story with the blue moon people are on about?Probably a very ignorant question to ye astrononmy people?:D
Ever hear of the phrase 'once in a blue moon'?
Its only what the 13th full moon in a year is called.
Happens once every 2/3 years (due to lunar / solar year cycles - most years have 12 full moons).
Oh, and its not actually 'blue'.
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I think there is one in the pacific this year, Easter island is the place to be
( or was that a solar eclipse?)
Figured out why my pics were crap. had the apeture and shutter speed set wrong .:mad:
now i'm getting great pics, !
ah well next time.
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Set your camera on Shutter Priority, then aperture is taken care of! You still may need to bracket your shot to get exposure right however...0 -
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Dublin_Gunner wrote: »Ever hear of the phrase 'once in a blue moon'?
Its only what the 13th full moon in a year is called.
Happens once every 2/3 years (due to lunar / solar year cycles - most years have 12 full moons).
Oh, and its not actually 'blue'.
That's actually a myth - one of these things that people keep repeating until most people believe it to be true.
Sky & Telescope Magazine inaccurately said that this was the meaning of a blue moon back in the 1940's, and this definition stuck around. A blue moon is when the moon literally does appear blue, due to atmospheric refraction caused by a lot of dust in the atmosphere, such as after the Krakatoa eruption in 1883. Something that is very very rare indeed, hence the saying "Once in a blue moon".0 -
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The moon may have looked full on Jan 1 but it was not. A full Moon only lasts for a split second but to human eyes it looks full for a day or two. A "Full Moon" simply means the moons face is totaly illuminated by the Suns rays as seen from the Earth. This happened during the eclipse on Dec 31st. An lunar eclipse can only happen when the Moon is "Full". Likewise a Solar eclipse can only happen at the moment the moon is "New" or not illuminated as seen from the Earth.SaganScience wrote: »I was watching the blue moon/partial eclipse on new year's eve and then went to investigate when the next full moon would be. According to several sources it will be Jan 30th 2010.
But on Jan 1st (Friday) I noticed a full moon.
Am I imagining things or is there an explanation??
So while you may see the moon as full before and after the full moon date it is not.
Hope that clears it up for you
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