Lunar Eclipse tonight

[Riot Maker]

Sure is going to be one hell of a night to look up at the sky.

http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/080220-eclipse-news.html[/

[Lucid Seeker]

Yeah, in 2003.

Looks like you misread the article.

Heres the one your looking for :D

http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/080220-eclipse-news.html

[Riot Maker]

Yeah, in 2003.

Looks like you misread the article.

Heres the one your looking for :D

http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/080220-eclipse-news.html


hahaha looks like i did.

im stealing you url and trading it for my own:).

[Jeff777]

Yeah, in 2003.

Looks like you misread the article.

Heres the one your looking for :D

http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/080220-eclipse-news.html

P.W.N.E.D

[pj]

TOTAL lunar eclipse, I might add.

And at an hour that isn't going to be uncomfortable to view it!

Too bad it's going to be like ten below here tonight. Heh.

[Xei]

Cool... so, 3.00am in the UK?

[suttsman]

This is perfect. There's clear skies in Wisconsin, and there's few lights around here. I'll try to get a pic of it at 9:00 to 10:00 pm here. :D

[Mes Tarrant]

This is perfect. There's clear skies in Wisconsin, and there's few lights around here. I'll try to get a pic of it at 9:00 to 10:00 pm here. :D

:D I'll join ya!

Okay we probably live kind of far apart.

[FreeOne]

it says its in like 2 hours for me.

too bad its cloudy out :pissed:

[Xox]

I remember trying to take pics when it happened last time, it was hopeless. :P

Oh well, can't wait until tonight!

[Burns]

It's crystal clear at my house right now. And the moon is really full and large, though low in the sky. I'm hoping to get some good shots with my camera, though I have trouble getting good moon shots normally. I'll post any good ones, if I get any. :)

[suttsman]

Only 2 hours left... come on...

And btw the next full eclipse here will be sometime in 2010. Camera don't fail me now!

[Xox]

Looking out now, the moon is beautiful...it may even be bright enough to get pics.

[Abra]

IMMA CHARGIN MAH CAMERA!

Astronomy = hawt.

[StephenT]

:( It's raining bad here and the clouds cover the moon up, so I can't see. :cry:

[Man of Steel]

I too shall endeavour to get some pictures. In about 20-30 minutes, right?

[pj]

It's like 3/4 right now here Detroit.

[NeAvO]

It's completely foggy outside where I am. Youtube will have it tomorrow hopefully.

[Jeff777]

This...has...got...to...be...the...meanest...joke. ..played...by...god. I can't even see the moon it's soooo cloudy. -shakes fist at the heavens-

[Bayside]

Amazingly, it's a clear night here tonight, thank god. It's like 3/4 covered over here right now....

[Aquanina]

*looks around the sky for Sirius*

[Man of Steel]

Damnit, it's cloudy here too. There's an eery reddish glow in the northern sky, though. Maybe I can get some pics in the later stages.

[ninja9578]

Almost complete in PA. It's pretty :content:

[Abra]

My camera sucks. So hard. You want proof? Here's proof! (http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/2989/mvc044slx6.jpg) I won't get a picture at all when it's full. T_____T

It's only a few degrees outside. That means my telescope would fog up if I brought it out there, right?

[ninja9578]

Yeah, but it will defog after the lens gets cold.

[Abra]

Yeah, but it will defog after the lens gets cold. Would, say, 45 minutes be long enough?

[ninja9578]

I'd bet 20 would be.

[skysaw]

100% here with completely clear sky! A beautiful shade of red. Amazing!

[ranma187]

It looks nice.

[Vex Kitten]

Totality.
Perfectly clear night and my ass is perfectly frozen now.

[ninja9578]

Totality.
Perfectly clear night and my ass is perfectly frozen now.

Aww *rubs VK's ass*


Oh oh, I'm gonna fly to the moon tonight. :)

[Oneironaut]

I almost forgot about it, while sitting here, but made it out in time to see it before it got fully covered.

[Xox]

The moon has been beautiful, but the same shade for the past few hrs. :P

[Mes Tarrant]

Well... uh... :P .. here's at least some proof that I saw it and attempted to take a pic of it.

http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z73/mestarrant/moonnn.jpg



Funny, but I guess my camera's zoom isn't good enough to span thousands and thousands of miles. Also, as you can see, there are a total of three moons above Wisconsin.

[LifeStandsStill]

Also, as you can see, there are a total of three moons above Wisconsin.

:lol:



Here are some of the most decent pictures I got... :banana:


http://img337.imageshack.us/img337/4792/img0028we0.jpg

http://img75.imageshack.us/img75/1259/img0043qq6.jpg

http://img102.imageshack.us/img102/1593/img0045qg8.jpg

http://img102.imageshack.us/img102/3503/img0051fp5.jpg

[Umbrasquall]

Just saw it. Pretty cool. First one I've seen since middle school.

[Mes Tarrant]

Life, that last one is pretty darn good. :goodjob2:

[LifeStandsStill]

Life, that last one is pretty darn good. :goodjob2:

Thank you, I tried my best :P
Was my first time seeing one, I was kind of hysterical :lol:

[Vex Kitten]

Ooh, nice photos.
Mine didn't turn out so well.

Just wondering if you know that that bright 'star' down to the right of the moon is Saturn. It's quite lovely through a telescope.

[Mes Tarrant]

Yep, that's Saturn alright... As I was looking at the moon, I was imagining how wonderful it'd be if we had a ring around our planet like Saturn does. I'd probably spend half my life staring at it. :content:

[thegnome54]

I went outside with my little tripod and took like 15 pictures with 8-15 second exposures. This is the best I got, cropped a bit (my camera only has a 4x optical zoom)
http://photos-a.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v192/171/113/1085700272/n1085700272_30166196_3762.jpg

The reddish color you see is the light of all of the sunrises and sunsets on earth right then, shining back at us. Were you on the moon, you would see a thin ring of brilliant sunset/rise-colored light around the earth - that's all of the sun's light which is still reaching the moon. :)

[Mes Tarrant]

Ha, I knew you'd have a good picture Gnome! :content:

Btw I hope we all already knew what a lunar eclipse is... :cheeky:

[LifeStandsStill]

Great picture Gnome, :banana:

[Man of Steel]

I just got in from taking pics, I'll try to get some up here soon. I took a TON, so maybe two or three turned out decent enough to post. :D

[Spartiate]

Beautiful night here in Quebec. Wish I still had my telescope.


http://img96.imageshack.us/img96/9045/img2103ib6.jpg

http://img45.imageshack.us/img45/7671/img2103bbd4.jpg

http://img45.imageshack.us/img45/4029/img2103acz2.jpg


I bet I was the only one outside in a t-shirt :P.

[Burns]

Detroit, Michgan:

8:55pm
http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e284/burns91/DSC06642-2.jpg


9:27pm
http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e284/burns91/DSC06643-2.jpg


9:41pm
http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e284/burns91/DSC06655-2.jpg


10:31pm
http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e284/burns91/DSC06659-2.jpg

http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e284/burns91/DSC06661-2.jpg

[Aquanina]

Wow awesome pics guys! :D

[Man of Steel]

Burns, that shot at 9:41 is awesome. Here are the few of mine that I feel were good enough to post, and a couple goofy long exposure shots taken without a tripod. I went and set up my tripod in front of my brother's house in the driveway; it's the only place with enough of a clearing to get a good shot. These were all in the vicinity of 10:30-11:00 PM EST, just with slightly different exposures for some.

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f188/Kyp_Degal/Photographs/LunarEclipse1.jpg

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f188/Kyp_Degal/Photographs/LunarEclipse2.jpg

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f188/Kyp_Degal/Photographs/LunarEclipse3.jpg

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f188/Kyp_Degal/Photographs/LunarEclipse4.jpg

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f188/Kyp_Degal/Photographs/LunarGoofy1.jpg

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f188/Kyp_Degal/Photographs/LunarGoofy2.jpg

[Xox]

Great pics everyone.

Burns and Mos - Wow!

[Spartiate]

Kind of cool how all of us were looking at the same thing at the same time from pretty distant locations.

[Adam]

I cant believe I missed this :( I have a 300mm zoom lens for my Canon and invested in a tripod, would have been perfect to test this out on :(

Oh well maybe in another 2 years...

[Tornado Joe]

I managed to see it starting from about half covered going towards full eclipse. Took some pics, but they came out silly as I didn't use a tripod. Took about 40mins of video, though. I'll post some shots from it once I import it into the computer (I used Hi8 :roll: ).

[Burns]

Can't wait to see video of it, Joe :)

MOS, you got some good shots too - very cool! :D I love stuff like this!

[Spartiate]

I cant believe I missed this :( I have a 300mm zoom lens for my Canon and invested in a tripod, would have been perfect to test this out on :(

Oh well maybe in another 2 years...

Was the Moon even above the horizon in England (Austria?) at that hour?

[suttsman]

Gah my camera fails horribly. I couldn't get one good shot.

Oh well, I got an awesome view of it with my binoculars! :D

[Ne-yo]

It was way too overcast to see much of anything here so during the breaks in the clouds I tried to get a good shot, this is the best one I was able to get. After I took this photo the entire sky was overcast so I just went back in the house. :P

http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q113/qwikxx/LunarEclipse1.jpg

[Mes Tarrant]

^^ :o Wooowww that looks really cool! :D

[Umbrasquall]

Yeah that's a really cool picture Neyo!

I really want to see a solar eclipse... I think the next one is in 2009? It's in Asia or something though...