Author Topic: The lunar eclipse Sept 2015 (Read 3985 times)

Jaded · « **on:** 28 September, 2015, 01:54:21 am »

Has started

Jaded · « **Reply #1 on:** 28 September, 2015, 02:33:33 am »

simonp · « **Reply #2 on:** 28 September, 2015, 03:34:59 am »

The moon is mostly missing.

Jaded · « **Reply #3 on:** 28 September, 2015, 03:37:36 am »

It's a bit red. And has a few minutes to go. It is very quiet here. Although the neighbours have just been out for a gawp.

Jaded · « **Reply #4 on:** 28 September, 2015, 03:54:19 am »

In case you missed it!!

T42 · « **Reply #5 on:** 28 September, 2015, 08:26:30 am »

Lovely!

We had a squint at it when it was at 3/4, but it was almost out of our angle of vision from the house and would have been from the road as well.

Congrats on your fortitude in the wee small hours and bon courage for this morning. I'm crawling round snarling at everything.

Mr Larrington · « **Reply #6 on:** 28 September, 2015, 11:01:24 am »

P9270252 by Mr Larrington, on Flickr

Once upon a time

P9270254 by Mr Larrington, on Flickr

The moon hung like a gleaming amputated tit¹ in the inky vastness of space

P9270255 by Mr Larrington, on Flickr

When along came a giant wolf

P9270257 by Mr Larrington, on Flickr

Who proceeded to eat the moon

P9270261 by Mr Larrington, on Flickr

Bite by cheesy bite

P9270262 by Mr Larrington, on Flickr

Until there was scarcely any of it left.

P9270263 by Mr Larrington, on Flickr

Greedy old wolf!

1: Blame Gilbert Shelton for this simile.

Jaded · « **Reply #7 on:** 28 September, 2015, 01:34:05 pm »

I made a composite.

Apparently the difference between the first and last is 10 stops.

Peter · « **Reply #8 on:** 28 September, 2015, 03:23:13 pm »

Thanks, everyone. Jaded, you could print your strip and make bookmarks from it!

Mr Larrington · « **Reply #9 on:** 28 September, 2015, 04:09:10 pm »

I suspect that Jaded:

Has a better camera than me, and/or
Knows how to use it

Mine only strays out of "Auto" mode by accident; in the first of mine I used the flash to bamboozle the camera into a short exposure

hellymedic · « **Reply #10 on:** 28 September, 2015, 08:27:25 pm »

Quote from: Jaded on 28 September, 2015, 01:34:05 pm

I made a composite.

Apparently the difference between the first and last is 10 stops.

Yeah, that fits with partner stating full moon usually needs 1/1000 second exposure but eclipsed moon took a full second.

Jurek · « **Reply #11 on:** 28 September, 2015, 08:32:21 pm »

Quote from: Jaded on 28 September, 2015, 03:54:19 am

In case you missed it!!

Cool!
Thank you.
I did miss it.

geraldc · « **Reply #12 on:** 28 September, 2015, 08:52:23 pm »

Here are my goes.

Taken at 10pm

Taken at 4.23am

After I wandered back into the house to fiddle with my tripod in the light, when I came back out and repositioned, the neighbours aerial got in the way (that,or the USS Enterprise)

I will have to resize them all to get the moon consistent at some point

andyoxon · « **Reply #13 on:** 28 September, 2015, 10:57:57 pm »

Good pics peeps!

Jaded · « **Reply #14 on:** 29 September, 2015, 12:15:22 am »

That's definitely the USS enterprise

red marley · « **Reply #15 on:** 29 September, 2015, 06:12:49 am »

Question for the astronomers. If you experienced the eclipse on the moon (i.e. a total solar eclipse from that p.o.v), would the light appear as red as it does from Earth?

PaulR · « **Reply #16 on:** 29 September, 2015, 07:34:23 am »

Yes - my understanding is that you would see a ring of refracted sunset light around the edge of the earth's disc. It must be quite impressive.

I was struck, too, by how huge the dynamic range was. And when totality arrived, loads of stars appeared that had previously been drowned out by the wash of moonlight. I could even see M31 overhead with the naked eye.

Here's one of the shots I took.

hellymedic · « **Reply #17 on:** 29 September, 2015, 12:41:48 pm »

David found the same. http://staglaneobservatory.co.uk/the-total-lunar-eclipse-of-2015-september-28/

Aunt Maud · « **Reply #18 on:** 29 September, 2015, 02:16:23 pm »

Just wondering, seeings we're doing The Moon.

Has anyone ever recorded, on film or sum such, a meteor hitting it ?

simonp · « **Reply #19 on:** 29 September, 2015, 02:48:03 pm »

Quote from: PaulR on 29 September, 2015, 07:34:23 am

Yes - my understanding is that you would see a ring of refracted sunset light around the edge of the earth's disc. It must be quite impressive.

I was struck, too, by how huge the dynamic range was. And when totality arrived, loads of stars appeared that had previously been drowned out by the wash of moonlight. I could even see M31 overhead with the naked eye.

Here's one of the shots I took.

Is that a Borg cube near to Tycho?

PaulR · « **Reply #20 on:** 29 September, 2015, 05:28:26 pm »

Blimey, well spotted Simon! I'll check the other shots tonight. I'd hate to think that the Collective were gathering on the moon the other night.

Author Topic: The lunar eclipse Sept 2015 (Read 3985 times)

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