Currently forecast to be clear here from 18:00 until the cloud moves in between 01:00 and 02:00 ... I'll be hoping it's late.DRT wrote:It seems that the east of the country will have clearer skies than in the west so you might be lucky. The forecast here has now changed to a blanket of cloud
A reason to get up early
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The astronomy weather app that I use is not predicting good news for my location...
So I am choosing to believe the BBC...
Only time will tell.
So I am choosing to believe the BBC...
Only time will tell.
"The first duty of Port is to be red"
Ernest H. Cockburn
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We're showing clear here, so I'll be checking it out! Happens at 7:11 pm here, though, so probably won't be all that spectacular.
Glenn Elliott
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South London: sky clear. Moon still white.
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Maybe, label-bias-tastic, I could now convince myself that the moon has a slight pinkish hue.
And I could definitely convince myself that I need strong spectacles. Or less Madeira.
And I could definitely convince myself that I need strong spectacles. Or less Madeira.
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It is white again.jdaw1 wrote:Maybe, label-bias-tastic, I could now convince myself that the moon has a slight pinkish hue.
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Shadow now very obvious at top-left of moon.
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Moon half-eaten.
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That is very impressive. I feel I ought to propitiate something, somehow.
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What if it never comes back?
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The Port will still keep you happy.LGTrotter wrote:What if it never comes back?
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The end is nigh.
But I can't see any blood.
But I can't see any blood.
"The first duty of Port is to be red"
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No! Effing cloud!
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I am suffering from immense quantities of dew. My equipment is soaking wet causing things to mist up and preventing me from taking photographs
"The first duty of Port is to be red"
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I'm getting a bit of blood now though.
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Very glad I stayed up. Never seen one before and it was worth the wait. A good shooting star were the sprinkles on my cupcake. Goodnight.
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Gentlemen, I give you the Blood Moon...
"The first duty of Port is to be red"
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Nice job. Superb viewing here too, all very clear.
Will post my 35mm SLR attempt in the morning (when I can get the camera connected to a PC without waking others), but I can definitely say that your photo above will be far better - I only have a 200mm lens, which reduces the pixels more than I would like for this. I noticed something tiny and bright pass in front of the Blood Moon, which I think I caught on camera - possibly a satellite? Tbd. Photos taken around the same time as yours - which I think is upside-down btw, the white is/was at the bottom?
Will post my 35mm SLR attempt in the morning (when I can get the camera connected to a PC without waking others), but I can definitely say that your photo above will be far better - I only have a 200mm lens, which reduces the pixels more than I would like for this. I noticed something tiny and bright pass in front of the Blood Moon, which I think I caught on camera - possibly a satellite? Tbd. Photos taken around the same time as yours - which I think is upside-down btw, the white is/was at the bottom?
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Yip - taken through a refractor with a diagonal fitted so it is upside down and flipped right to left.PhilW wrote:Photos taken around the same time as yours - which I think is upside-down btw, the white is/was at the bottom?
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Ernest H. Cockburn
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Nice! I could see it in Seattle, but at 7:11 pm there was too much ambient light for it to be really impressive. That and there was a bit of haze on the horizon making it less optimal.
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Somewhat less impressively than Derek, these were with a 35mm DSLR with 200mm lens; normal moon from earlier in the evening, and blood moon:
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Surely a tawny moon rather than blood!?DRT wrote:Gentlemen, I give you the Blood Moon...
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Doggett wrote:Surely a tawny moon rather than blood!?
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Nice pictures, Phil.
It wasn't easy to get the focus/exposure right given the differences in surface brightness on the moon's disk.
It wasn't easy to get the focus/exposure right given the differences in surface brightness on the moon's disk.
Perhaps "blood moon colour" can be added to the port tasting lexiconDoggett wrote:Surely a tawny moon rather than blood!?
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Thanks Derek. I was reasonably pleased with the pictures, though I had expected better resolution; I was surprised to find that the moon only covers about 1% of the frame on my 35mm DSLR with 200mm lens. While longer lenses would be nice, they get cost-prohibitive quickly; for astro-photography at least, a camera mounted on the scope (ideally a tracking scope) would clearly be both better and cheaper.DRT wrote:Nice pictures, Phil.
I took a few shots of the sky in general as well; is the top left star in Orion usually a distinctly different colour (orange/yellow) to the (blue/white) others?