lunar eclipse

deamonstar · 11-09-2003

did anyone else get to witness the lunar eclipse?
I watched the whole show. it was spectacular! saw it naked eye, with binos and through my 8" scope. great with each one. took a few pictures by way of eyepiece projection with my digital camera. the photos didn't come out as well as I would have liked... probably due to its fast shutter speed (which is not adjustable). editing the photos only resulted in very minor contrast improvement, but not significant enough to make quality prints of.
anyway... I had a great time with the observing. my 5 yo son was just as entusiastic as I was. my 12 yo son (who has NO interest in astronomy whatsoever) even came outside and thought it was pretty cool and also liked the view of m47 through the binos and the double cluster through the scope.
I am so glad that I got to see this one considering the previous one was clouded out at my location. can't wait till the next one! well... I guess it's almost time for some good meteor showers!
clear skies!

Tormod · 11-09-2003

It was at 2 am over here so I missed it...I had to spend the entire Sunday on an astro-festival here in Oslo so I couldn't stay up last night. And a wise choice too...it had clouded over about an hour before the eclipse!

Tormod

Noah · 11-09-2003

Nope

Was out at my girlfriends family deer camp, and it was completely clouded over. And stayed that way and rained in the morning, so no hunting either.

Noah

Dent · 11-10-2003

Over here we had the annual bonfire festival in town with plenty of marvellous displays and plenty of beer.
I left the local club with the rest of the town and managed to see both of them like two bronze pennys in the sky.

O dear hiccup.

deamonstar · 11-10-2003

welll...... there's the leonid meteor shower coming up sometime soon... if only I could remember the date...

Dent · 11-10-2003

usually the 17th of november coming out of Algieba the bright one above Regulus ... not as good as the gemini shower on the december 13 .........

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deamonstar Questioning Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 112	lunar eclipse did anyone else get to witness the lunar eclipse? I watched the whole show. it was spectacular! saw it naked eye, with binos and through my 8" scope. great with each one. took a few pictures by way of eyepiece projection with my digital camera. the photos didn't come out as well as I would have liked... probably due to its fast shutter speed (which is not adjustable). editing the photos only resulted in very minor contrast improvement, but not significant enough to make quality prints of. anyway... I had a great time with the observing. my 5 yo son was just as entusiastic as I was. my 12 yo son (who has NO interest in astronomy whatsoever) even came outside and thought it was pretty cool and also liked the view of m47 through the binos and the double cluster through the scope. I am so glad that I got to see this one considering the previous one was clouded out at my location. can't wait till the next one! well... I guess it's almost time for some good meteor showers! clear skies! __________________ an open mind with a closed fist

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Tormod Hypographer Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Oslo, Norway Posts: 12,944 Blog Entries: 4	RE: lunar eclipse It was at 2 am over here so I missed it...I had to spend the entire Sunday on an astro-festival here in Oslo so I couldn't stay up last night. And a wise choice too...it had clouded over about an hour before the eclipse! Tormod __________________ Your Friendly Neighborhood Administrator Want to sponsor Hypography? Buy a print in our Fall 2008 Benefit Sale Found a problem? Report it in our Bug Tracker Science is not only compatible with spirituality; it is a profound source of spirituality. - Carl Sagan

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Noah Questioning Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 113	RE: lunar eclipse Nope Was out at my girlfriends family deer camp, and it was completely clouded over. And stayed that way and rained in the morning, so no hunting either. Noah __________________ Noah Moses "And, when he shall die, take him and cut him out in little stars, and he will make the face of heaven so fine that all the world will be in love with night, and pay no worship to the garish sun."--William Shakespeare

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Dent Thinking Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 19	RE: lunar eclipse Over here we had the annual bonfire festival in town with plenty of marvellous displays and plenty of beer. I left the local club with the rest of the town and managed to see both of them like two bronze pennys in the sky. O dear hiccup.

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deamonstar Questioning Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 112	RE: lunar eclipse welll...... there's the leonid meteor shower coming up sometime soon... if only I could remember the date... __________________ an open mind with a closed fist

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Dent Thinking Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 19	RE: lunar eclipse usually the 17th of november coming out of Algieba the bright one above Regulus ... not as good as the gemini shower on the december 13 .........

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