Total Lunar Eclipse - Saturday 3rd March

Beenom · 3 Mar 2007 at 22:07

Yes it's half shaded now. Can't wait for it to turn copper/blood red.

thepharcyde · 3 Mar 2007 at 22:11

Beenom said:
Yes it's half shaded now. Can't wait for it to turn copper/blood red.

armageddon when it does

Guru · 3 Mar 2007 at 22:11

Anyone know what time roughly will be the best to look at it?

WotDa · 3 Mar 2007 at 22:12

Guru said:
Anyone know what time roughly will be the best to look at it?

Bout 20 to 11, apparently.

Zefan · 3 Mar 2007 at 22:13

WotDa said:
Bout 20 to 10, apparently.

I know you're probably aware of this and I don't mean to be an ******* but do you mean 11?

Watch the language

WotDa · 3 Mar 2007 at 22:14

Zefan said:
I know you're probably aware of this and I don't mean to be an ******* but do you mean 11?

Go pick on Pyro's oversized sig.

VaderDSL · 3 Mar 2007 at 22:14

Clear all evening, decided to ******* cloud over now

great

Alchemy · 3 Mar 2007 at 22:16

Zefan said:
I know you're probably aware of this and I don't mean to be an ******* but do you mean 11?

You must get bored.

Toekiller · 3 Mar 2007 at 22:17

My rubbish effort.

ASH1982 · 3 Mar 2007 at 22:20

Tachyon said:
Just fwiw, but when looking at the moon, if you travel from the 1 o'clock position, what looks to be the second star out is actually saturn. If you have binoculars you'll see the elongated shape due to the rings & if you have a telescope you probably knew that already.

I can just about make out a faint ring with my binoculars... very hard to get a steady shot but i can defo see something that makes it stand out... thanks for that

to be exact if my eyes dont deceive me with these binoculars its a half saturn

haha if thats the correct term with the ring poking out at the 2 o'clock region

syke · 3 Mar 2007 at 22:21

starting to get out of my 200mm focal range

SiriusB · 3 Mar 2007 at 22:22

VaderDSL said:
Clear all evening, decided to ******* cloud over now great

Bloody annoying isnt it! Was clear 10 mins ago, went outside and another arse of a cloud had parked itself over Denton

Killa_ken · 3 Mar 2007 at 22:22

Syk3 said:
starting to get out of my 200mm focal range

What the hell is this photorange rubbish? surely you just point and shoot? :confused:

syke · 3 Mar 2007 at 22:24

Killa_ken said:
What the hell is this photorange rubbish? surely you just point and shoot?

Well you can only see it depending on a focal length.

Mines 200mm, and thats a 100% crop. Not enlarged.

Some people on here are using 300+ and getting a great picture.

thepharcyde · 3 Mar 2007 at 22:24

Killa_ken · 3 Mar 2007 at 22:25

5bjoshua said:
Getting pretty covered now.

Seems like a different angle in Portugal.

snip

Josh

You still in portugal old chap? How was the M5 on the way down?

Kol · 3 Mar 2007 at 22:28

Almost all gone now here in NG2. Looks awesome. I'm wasted on Neuroscience, I knew I should have done an Astrology degree!

Logsi · 3 Mar 2007 at 22:30

Killa_ken said:
You still in portugal old chap? How was the M5 on the way down?

Check the thread! Was awesome! Great drive! Great Scenery!

Thanks for asking!

Seems like its going a bit orange now!

Josh

Logsi · 3 Mar 2007 at 22:31

Syk3 said:
Well you can only see it depending on a focal length.

Mines 200mm, and thats a 100% crop. Not enlarged.

Some people on here are using 300+ and getting a great picture.

Using a 300mm Tamron here, i think 400mm is the least you should use!

Josh

SiriusB · 3 Mar 2007 at 22:33

******* clouds!!! :mad:

Might see something in about 20-30 mins but I doubt it. Cannot believe how unlucky that is. It has been clear more or less all night, and now when the time comes for it to happen I can't see a bloody thing!

/rant