Saturday 3/04 2007 Lunar Eclipse - Page 3

davieddy · 2007-03-03, 21:59

Quote:

Originally Posted by Flatlander

Getting interesting now.

Yep. Bottom left was correct. Moon orbits in the same sense as
earth rotates.
Does moon really get brighter at maximum eclipse as the pictures
suggest? That is worth waiting for.

michaf · 2007-03-03, 22:01

The apparent brightness will increase when the moon changes from partially eclipsed to fully eclipsed (The eye just gets relaxed a bit more).

It's perfectly clear weather now here :)

ltd · 2007-03-03, 22:20

Witten (Germany) many clouds.

I was able to see the moon for about 30 seconds now.

Flatlander · 2007-03-03, 23:38

Well that was fun!
Got hundreds of stills and I am frozen.
Had to set the exp. from 1/60 all the way to 4 secs. in manual steps.

I'll start saving for a 'scope and decent camera for the 2029 one.

S485122 · 2007-03-04, 07:35

Quote:

Originally Posted by Flatlander

I'll start saving for a 'scope and decent camera for the 2029 one.

Don't delay too much : the next total eclipse visible from the Netherlands and Belgium would be in February 2008 according to http://www.astro.uu.nl/~sluys/Hemel/..._20080221.html If you saw this one (it was beautiful in a clear sky in Belgium !) you should be able to see that one as well.

Jacob

mfgoode · 2007-03-04, 09:13

This morning on my TV I saw some beautiful pictures of the moon in eclipse over the Mid East.

Im glad that my 'calling attention' in this thread generated a lot of interest from you in England and Europe.

I was just wondering where Xilman and cheesehead were when the lights went out!

Mally

michaf · 2007-03-04, 09:37

True, but the next one is a bit low in the sky.
The moon is at the max. eclipse about 29°, compared to 44° with this one.
(all the eclipses upto 2029 will be relatively low in the sky)

Quote:

Originally Posted by S485122

Don't delay too much : the next total eclipse visible from the Netherlands and Belgium would be in February 2008 according to http://www.astro.uu.nl/~sluys/Hemel/..._20080221.html If you saw this one (it was beautiful in a clear sky in Belgium !) you should be able to see that one as well.

Jacob

arminius · 2007-03-04, 10:14

I had a wunderfull view (Cologne - Germany). At 22.00 (UTC) - no moon, only clouds and then at 22.20 - no clouds for the next hour

michaf · 2007-03-04, 21:31

FlatLander,

do you already have processed the stills into a movie?
If so, are you willing to share it?

Flatlander · 2007-03-04, 23:11

Not yet. Ideally I need to crop the images and double the size. The moon is very small because whenever I tried to use the zoom the time-lapse program crashed. About the size of this

on the screen, but no face!
I did take some stills of the totality without the USB attachment with the 3 x zoom on. A bit less embarrassing.
I also took a analogue video clip at 20 x zoom. I should be able to get some reasonable stills from that.

One of the no-zoom stills (cropped). Just after beginning of totality:

Flatlander · 2007-03-04, 23:16

A bit later, 3 x zoom:

2007-03-04, 09:13	#28
mfgoode Bronze Medalist Jan 2004 Mumbai,India 2²×3³×19 Posts	Eclipse. This morning on my TV I saw some beautiful pictures of the moon in eclipse over the Mid East. Im glad that my 'calling attention' in this thread generated a lot of interest from you in England and Europe. I was just wondering where Xilman and cheesehead were when the lights went out! Mally

2007-03-04, 23:11	#32
Flatlander I quite division it "Chris" Feb 2005 England 31·67 Posts	Not yet. Ideally I need to crop the images and double the size. The moon is very small because whenever I tried to use the zoom the time-lapse program crashed. About the size of this on the screen, but no face! I did take some stills of the totality without the USB attachment with the 3 x zoom on. A bit less embarrassing. I also took a analogue video clip at 20 x zoom. I should be able to get some reasonable stills from that. One of the no-zoom stills (cropped). Just after beginning of totality: Attached Thumbnails

2007-03-04, 23:16	#33
Flatlander I quite division it "Chris" Feb 2005 England 81D₁₆ Posts	A bit later, 3 x zoom: Attached Thumbnails

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2007-03-03, 22:01	#24
michaf Jan 2005 479 Posts	The apparent brightness will increase when the moon changes from partially eclipsed to fully eclipsed (The eye just gets relaxed a bit more). It's perfectly clear weather now here :)

2007-03-03, 22:20	#25
ltd Apr 2003 2²×193 Posts	Witten (Germany) many clouds. I was able to see the moon for about 30 seconds now.

2007-03-03, 23:38	#26
Flatlander I quite division it "Chris" Feb 2005 England 31·67 Posts	Well that was fun! Got hundreds of stills and I am frozen. Had to set the exp. from 1/60 all the way to 4 secs. in manual steps. I'll start saving for a 'scope and decent camera for the 2029 one.

2007-03-04, 10:14	#30
arminius Sep 2006 Germany 166₈ Posts	I had a wunderfull view (Cologne - Germany). At 22.00 (UTC) - no moon, only clouds and then at 22.20 - no clouds for the next hour

2007-03-04, 21:31	#31
michaf Jan 2005 479 Posts	FlatLander, do you already have processed the stills into a movie? If so, are you willing to share it?