supermoon lunar eclipse

emo72

so this is happening sunday night into the early morning?

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/science/space/11891850/Supermoon-lunar-eclipse-Where-and-what-time-can-I-see-it-on-Sunday-and-how-long-will-it-last.html

weather is decent over the next few days.
dont want to jinx it. but. we. could. be. lucky.:p

liamo

Yep - clear skies and a lovely, big bright moon tonight in Dublin.

Here's hoping it stays like that for tomorrow night (well, not the "bright" obviously).

ps200306

Irish Met says it will be cloudy tomorrow and overnight. BBC/UK Met is less pessimistic. Cloudy in the west at eclipse time, but clear in the north and along the Cork/Waterford coasts. East coast may be hit and miss, but mostly cloudy.

Is Ireland the only country that can have wall to wall high pressure and still be cloudy? :mad:

liamo

And here she is tonight .....

Hopefully the skies will be as clear tomorrow night!

Oscar Bravo

Some nice clear skies out there this evening, if anyone gets some good shots of the moon rising please post them.

OldRio

The moon tonight looks spectacular at the moment. A glow around it. Stunning.
Not sure if I can remain awake for the main event:D

emo72

get the feck in. it looks spectacular tonight. as it pushes up from the horizon it will appear smaller.

Colash

I'm working nights outdoors tonight so can't wait for this . Knowing my luck it will be cloudy

DanC90

The Supermoon itself looks amazing! Hope I can stay awake to see the eclipse later on

mickmackey1

Not great quality but it is quite misty here in Limerick

Bongalongherb

Just waiting for the moon to move up a bit higher from the bushes to see it in the garden, but quite cloudy/misty at the moment in Co. Dublin just like that picture above. It might clear up later hopefully.

_Tombstone_

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kgbK2FZFFdw

Bonedigger

Unfortunately, the horizon was a little cloudy this evening, but here's a few shots of the moon rising above the Wicklow mountains. These shots were taken from the Curragh in Co.Kildare.

breadbin

is the eclipse still set for a little after 01:00? was going to video it but unfortunately didnt realise it was gonna take nearly 6 hours to do! whats a good way to record this event?

Lord PuppyMcSnuggle of Cuddleshire

breadbin wrote: »

is the eclipse still set for a little after 01:00?

I think I saw 2am on one site? I actually came here to find out... I thought there'd be more buzz about it on here.

[edit] Good site that shows time vs coverage: http://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/in/ireland/dublin

breadbin

yeah me too. everyone interested is probably watching it though or getting sleep before it.

_Tombstone_

Starts at 1.10, peaks at 3.10.

Looks like a normal moon at the min.

Zyzz

Camera and telescope at the ready, and a lot of coffee! :pac:

Is1ldur

Should I be seeing some kind of change? The moon looks kinda the same it did an hour ago

Is1ldur

Okay. Looks like something may be starting now. Did they forget we move the clocks an hour or something?

shedweller

Theres a nice wee bite out of the moon now. Clear skies!

Red21

very clear down here in kerry

paulusdu

I wonder how long the cloud will hold off, very lucky so far.

Slydice

Been trying to take photos of the moon for ages and finally one comes good. I don't believe it.

Austria!

Sorry to break it to you mate, but you're missing the top left part of it.

Peregrine

Nice shot

Clear in Dublin. Looks like it will stay clear for a while. I have a perfect view from my window.

Bongalongherb

Just the start of the eclipse.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UfqQiKChcOI

Slydice

Peregrine wrote: »

Nice shot

Clear in Dublin. Looks like it will stay clear for a while. I have a perfect view from my window.

I'm taking the photos from Dublin! :-)

Went out again:

dragona

Just WOW:)

Slydice

Getting darker. My camera is finding it really hard to focus now :-/

Second Toughest in_the Freshers

Slydice wrote: »

Getting darker. My camera is finding it really hard to focus now :-/

my eyes are too, but that could just as easily be the beer...

JupiterKid

About 95% eclipsed now. I've a great view from my little balcony.:)

paulusdu

just a sliver left

shedweller

It looks a bit darker than the one i photographed a few years ago. Could the moon be that much closer to earth that the umbra is bigger and therefore a darker shadow??

The Randy Riverbeast

Is this the peak now? Want to sleep but don't want to miss anything

shedweller

The Randy Riverbeast wrote: »

Is this the peak now? Want to sleep but don't want to miss anything

Pretty much.

Aufbau

Doesn't look red through the binoculars, ball of pale orange brick. Still a small sliver of light at the lower edge.

Peregrine

The Randy Riverbeast wrote: »

Is this the peak now? Want to sleep but don't want to miss anything

The peak would be in 17mins.

km991148

Some nice pics so far..! Can't believe I left the tripod in a place that would mean washing the whole house up! Oh well.. Next time!

Aufbau

Peregrine wrote: »

The peak would be in 17mins.

That'd be in Dublin. The west is about half an hour behind I think 😕

corcaigh07

Looks amazing in Dublin now. Wish I had a proper camera now, don't say that too often!

moc moc a moc

Aufbau wrote: »

That'd be in Dublin. The west is about half an hour behind I think 😕

Not for a lunar eclipse. If it were solar, you might be right.

njs030

Can anyone shed some light on why the sky went bright red for a while too? I don't have a decent camera so just got pics on my phone but can clearly see the sky getting redder and then fading back to black.
Is it clouds also reflecting the red colour?

I don't know anything about astronomy so apologies if it's a stupid question!!

endacl

notjustsweet wrote: »

Can anyone shed some light on why the sky went bright red for a while too? I don't have a decent camera so just got pics on my phone but can clearly see the sky getting redder and then fading back to black.
Is it clouds also reflecting the red colour?

I don't know anything about astronomy so apologies if it's a stupid question!!

Longer exposure.

njs030

endacl wrote: »

Longer exposure.

I'm not sure what that means? Thanks for the reply though

endacl

notjustsweet wrote: »

I'm not sure what that means? Thanks for the reply though

Your camera adapted to the lower ambient light and exposed the shot for longer. If you can adjust the exposure time manually, try it. The longer you leave the shutter open when photographing the sky, the more red tinge you'll get.

njs030

endacl wrote: »

Your camera adapted to the lower ambient light and exposed the shot for longer. If you can adjust the exposure time manually, try it. The longer you leave the shutter open when photographing the sky, the more red tinge you'll get.

I had a quick look online at my phone cameras user tips and it seems it can be done manually so I'll try that. Thanks, that's really interesting!!

Bongalongherb

Full eclipse but the usual light limitation is a problem when fully eclipsed And yes, I forgot to turn automatic focus off :eek:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17VBSJhFcOE

Slydice

Don't know why Camera started workin but got the blood moon

and start of the other side of the eclipse

Slydice

Red is gone. It's kinda back to looking like a regular eclipse now.

dubhlinn55

Slydice wrote: »

Red is gone. It's kinda back to looking like a regular eclipse now.

Thanks for sharing your pics really was great to see the lunar eclipse