31st January: super blue blood moon eclipse

[ricktas]

Here is one for the boffins.

On the 31st January we are going to have a "super blue blood moon eclipse".

What the hell, you ask?

On the 31st January we experience something we have not since March 1866.

It will be super because the moon will appear to be about 14% larger than usual. It will be a blue moon because it will be the second full moon in the same month. It will be a blood moon because the sun light that hits the moon will have passed through earth's atmosphere making the moon look red. And finally it will be a lunar eclipse where the earth's shadow will pass across the moon.

Unless it happens to be cloudy that night.

[Mark L]

And at what time of night night will this be happening? Approximately is good enough.

[nardes]

Replace "Sydney" in the Search Box with your preferred location.

https://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/in/australia/sydney

Cheers

Dennis

[martycon]

thanks Deninis

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Thanks for the advanced advice Rick, I can build up some sleep reserves.

[Geoff79]

I’ll have to remember this is going on behind the thick cloud cover this night will no doubt offer.


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[antongorlin]

sometimes I wish I had a 600mm lens

[nardes]

Just a reminder:

Total Lunar Eclipse tomorrow night.

http://www.mreclipse.com/LEphoto/LEphoto.html

Mid-totality details:
Brisbane: around 11:30pm Wed 31^st January 2018.
Sydney: around 00:30am Thu 1^st Feb 2018.

https://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/...ralia/brisbane

https://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/in/australia/sydney

Clear skies to everyone.

Cheers

Dennis

[ameerat42]

Ta, Dennis.

[ameerat42]

For a good scroll down to the heading "Eclipse Viewing Safety"
in this link. /

[nardes]

Here is a test shot taken last night as a practice for tonight's event, although it looks like we'll be clouded out in Brisbane. Oh well, maybe I can catch up on some beauty sleep instead.

Taken through a Celestron C9.25 F10 telescope with a x0.63 Reducer to reduce the focal length from the native 2350mm/F10 to approx. 1500mm/F6.3 at ISO100, 1/320 sec, 5D Mk III, 21 frames stacked to improve image quality.

Clear skies!

Cheers

Dennis

[nardes]

And here is the colour saturated version where I have pumped the saturation to show the distribution of metals (mainly iron & titanium) on the lunar disc.

Cheers

Dennis

[jim]

The first is more or less natural colour I guess. Stunning detail anyway.

[Geoff79]

I’ll have to remember this is going on behind the thick cloud cover this night will no doubt offer.


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Well, in the most predictable occurrence of 2018 so far, today has been overcast equipped with showers, with zero percent chance of it clearing until tomorrow.

Great shot, Dennis.


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[Bear Dale]

Total bust here, absolute THICK cloud cover

[Fitzy1201]

Bust here too. Anyone get any vision of the moon at all tonight?

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[Mary Anne]

Been lightly raining here for a few hours and no Moon in sight.

[arthurking83]

Bust here too. Anyone get any vision of the moon at all tonight?

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Yeah, good conditions here tonight.

I'm in the proces of capturing images as we speak. Still a while to go before eclipse has peaked .. will post some semi eclipse images in a moment or two.

[Geoff79]

Absolutely nothing at all to see all night from the NSW Central Coast. My mum, in Port Macquarie was talking about glimpses here and there between cloud cover. Down here, not even a peek. Just thick cloud all night.


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[MissionMan]

Clouds cleared up for us in Melbourne. This was my shot with a monopod at 1/4s. Was too lazy to get out the tripod

[Fitzy1201]

Clouds cleared up for us in Melbourne. This was my shot with a monopod at 1/4s. Was too lazy to get out the tripod

https://photos.smugmug.com/Reviews/P...JH29371-X3.jpg

Great shot mate.