Eclipse Tonight at 10:44PM

[Ian]

More info here:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/6411991.stm

Skywatchers eagerly awaiting Saturday's total lunar eclipse say that the spectacle could be the "best in years".

The eclipse begins at 2018 GMT, with the Moon totally immersed in the shadow of the Earth between 2244 and 2358 GMT.

During "totality", only light that has been filtered through the Earth's atmosphere reaches the Moon's surface, making it appear a reddish colour.

The eclipse will be visible from the whole of Europe, Africa, South America, and eastern parts of the US and Canada

No harm in taking a peek at this

 

[Me__2001]

ooh thanks for the heads up

 

[V_R]

Cool, that will be worth seeing if its clear enough here, a mates got a 'Sky Watcher Telescope' would be nice to see it through that!

 

[psd99]

thanks admin

i love these sort of events

just on the blower telling everyone

 

[Ian]

Cool, that will be worth seeing if its clear enough here, a mates got a 'Sky Watcher Telescope' would be nice to see it through that!

Oh now that would be cool! I'm going to try some binoculars and take a peek

 

[V_R]

Yeah, he loves stuff like that, spent a fortune on it! Its all counter balanced and he can attach his camera to the viewfinder to take pictures through it! The damn things as big as me!

Typically hes the guy that lives in Wolverhampton, and i was up there last weekend!

If your interested Ian, its this one i think....

http://www.skywatchertelescope.net/1021EQ3-2.html

 

[Ian]

I hope he makes use of it, it would be great seeing it close up on a normal day but especially tonight

 

[psd99]

Yeah, he loves stuff like that, spent a fortune on it! Its all counter balanced and he can attach his camera to the viewfinder to take pictures through it! The damn things as big as me!

Typically hes the guy that lives in Wolverhampton, and i was up there last weekend!

If your interested Ian, its this one i think....

http://www.skywatchertelescope.net/1021EQ3-2.html

bloody heck

that looks like a beauty

i wish i had that tonight
instead i got my mince pies!

 

[WinkingPig]

Couple of links for tonights event:

http://www.lunarobservers.com/mooncam.htm (Live @ 21:15)

http://www.klipsi.ch/eclipsewebcam.htm (Live... No idea, but expect it to be the same timeframe as above)

EDIT: Few more:

http://www.xs4all.nl/~carlkop/maaneclips2007/leclips2007.html

http://www.astroversum.nl/artikelen/observeren/maansverduistering_3_maart_2007.html

 

[michael 118]

I remember the one from last year..

Stood on a beach for 40 minutes but it was a nice spectacle

 

[WinkingPig]

Well it's started now, bottom left hand of the moon is beginning to go dark.

 

[V_R]

I hope he makes use of it, it would be great seeing it close up on a normal day but especially tonight

Yep, Just phoned him, he's all set up and ready to go!

 

[ChristopherP]

Wanted to photograph this tonight but am doing the overnight shift at the homeless shelter. gr.

 

[crazylegs]

supposed to go a red colour at totality between 22:44 and 22:56 when the only light will be filtered through the earths atmosphere turning the moon red in colour...

 

[floppybootstomp]

I was in the middle of Greenwich and saw this thing.

Moon went dark.

Moon went red.

Moon went half red.

I thought to myself 'You seen one eclipse, you seen 'em all'

I went back into the pub....

 

[muckshifter]

Froze my testicles watching the man in the moon go red ... will post the pics when I get em developed.

 

[CITech]

All looked quite impressive from down here

It looked like there was a very light band around the top, a bit like the old "diamond ring" you might have seen with the solar eclipse back in 1999 (I think it was )

Looking forward to seeing some piccies from around the world to see what variations there might be.

 

[psd99]

yes pretty good in my back garden

the best bit was when the moon went red
it was brilliant

but then it got a bit boring!

I tried taking pictures, but I did not have the right equipment and i failed at taking a decent pic.

it would be nice to see your pics on pcreview im sure they will be brilliant quality.

 

[CITech]

Just found these on the BBC site incase anyone is interested:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_pictures/6416721.stm

 

[Abarbarian]

Luverly sight last night but was a bit cloudy so I never saw the start or the end . The clouds did lift for a while and I tried out me new camera ( well it was second hand of e-bay) a Canon Poweshot SI 1S .
Took me ages to get the moon in the frame , like looking for a needle in a haystack . An I realy need a remote firing button to stop the camera shake . I managed to get some pics though , heres the best of em . I might make up a screensaver as all the pics looked pretty neat jumping around the screen when I viewed them as a slide show .