Tomorrow night we're going to get the longest Lunar eclipse this century.. it will last an hour and 45 minutes, so even with my rubbish camera I'm hoping to get a half decent picture of it. Only 2 things may prevent it.. by the time it gets to the UK around 9pm the moon will already be in Earth's shadow...and also we're forecast for possible heavy rain tomorrow but we'll see, it's supposed to be over a hundred degrees tomorrow.. so hopefully it will be a clear enough night to get a picture of a deep red moon...
Well ,very frustratingly, after 6 weeks of perfectly clear skies, last night we had a T&L Storm, and the clouds were too thick to see the Moon.. we couldn't even get a glance of even a little bit of red shining through the clouds!! hrrrmph!!
It seems like that is always how it is here when there is something that we might want to see that happens in the night sky. Even when the sky is clear, we really can’t see much, except directly above our heads. Since we live in town, there are streetlights all around, and we are in the midst of some really tall trees, which block out most of the sunlight, and almost all of the moonlight. I was hoping that you would have a good visibility to see the eclipse, @Holly Saunders ; but I remember you said that you had rain yesterday, and the cloudy skies probably came along with that.
We cannot even see the stars all summer due to clouds or sun, as it is too light to see much in the sky when it is war. We DO have stunning celestial displays in the winter, however, when it is sometimes -40.
In my 55 years as an Amateur Astronomer, I've found that I don't need to be bothered with the "hit & miss" attempts at getting a great picture of such celestial events with my own equipment. I just observe the Eclipse with my 9 x 63 mm Astro Binoculars, and let the professionals publish newspaper and magazine pictures of the event! Hal
Ours was bold and impressive, as our High Desert atmosphere was relatively clear. There's no doubt that the Earth is round, judging from our shadow on the Moon between First Contact and Totality. Hal
Moving this over from the duplicate thread... I missed it, and it was crystal clear here too. The first I heard about it was on TV after it was over. I did look outside after I heard the news and it was unbelievably light. You could see details of the whole yard at midnight.
It was great here, but very cold to be standing outside. The sky stayed crystal clear until after the eclipse, then started to cloud over.
It was about 18-20 ° here but since I probably won't be here for the one in 2029, I braved the cold to take some pictures. This was about 11:40. Then at about 12:00. I was surprised to see that it really was red. This one has a reflection. Must be some water up there somewhere.
Joking --- I wish they would plan these things in the daytime so I do not have to stay up all night. It was beautiful here in the Dominican Republic I enjoyed it but not the sleep lost