Astronomy / Space Longest Lunar eclipse (Blood Moon) of the century Friday 27 July

Zak Gordon

Zak Gordon
I had too much cloud until about 10:30pm and onwards. I caught a magnificent 'ring' (i think it is called?) where the majority of the moon was a deep red than on it's left most edge a bright brilliant white/yellow 'dot' appeared.

And then to the lower right part of the sky a brilliant bright red dot of Mars was visible. All quite stunning and it really made me wish i had some decent astronomy gear to view and catch good photo's of this kind of thing. Still very awesome with the naked eye :)

As the red of the moon faded (to be more like a normal moon), the clouds came back.
 

AkenBosch

AkenBosch
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Seeing was murky at best, but still far better than having nothing to see. :)
 

AkenBosch

AkenBosch
Zak Gordon said:
Very nice! Is that third one Mars?! You got some great kit going on those shots :D
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drama said:
Better than mine. That's for sure :)
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Thank you :), yes third one is Mars, a shame that seeing was so horrible due to low height above the horizon, mist from the muggy climate and a lot of turbulence due to the heat radiating from rooftops after a day of excruciating heat. Not mentioning the still ongoing planetary dust storm that deleted all but the most prominent surface features. If not for all these conditions, at the current angular diameter there would be plenty of detail to be seen. High hopes for 2035 though :rolleyes:...

To give a reference, I processed another of the videos from the evening made a bit earlier when low-altitude mist wasn't still as prominent, colour here is a bit more natural and there's a tiny hint of surface detail other than the polar cap, apparent size and resolution though are smaller due to the different capture technique (cropped sensor at prime focus, compared to the full sensor at eyepiece projection of the former image):

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And this is the actual footage where the processed image comes from (more or less what you could see in the eyepiece):

[video=youtube_share;pf9NdyIf-uw]https://youtu.be/pf9NdyIf-uw[/video]


As for the kit, not even that great actually, on the "Amateur astronomer" scale mine qualifies just a notch above "old scraps and spare parts" :D. Some time ago probably I posted a picture of it in some old thread but I can find it anymore:

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A "cheap" Skywatcher Maksutov 102/1300 (aperture/focal length), and a "cheap" Canon 60D, the mount has been slightly upgraded from the EQ-2 in the picture to an EQ-3 found as bargain in a thrift shop (sold as a simple photo tripod for 30 €). "Cheap" as in "less than 1000 € total", and rest assured that's very, very cheap by the hobby's standards!

Un1k0rn said:
It's all fun and games until the neighbours see you.
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I can say from experience that the creepy guy staring down a bizarre optical contraption doesn't concern them near as much as the repeated "click" of the camera :p. (apparently, the clicking sound of a DSLR mirror at night has the ability to travel for kilometers on end)

Zak Gordon said:
And for those that missed it, some amazing pics from around the world:

https://www.theguardian.com/science...-blood-moon-seen-around-the-world-in-pictures

I would have liked to see more shots with both the moon and Mars (like AkenBosch showed us), but well i'm sure they are out there somewhere :)
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Spaceweather.com eclipse gallery should have plenty of them. ;)

http://spaceweathergallery.com/eclipse_gallery.html
 

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Flash_Baggins said:
I was practising photographing the moon to take a photo of the eclipse, but no, total cloud. The weather didnt even grace me with lightning to make going out worth my while :c

Went to the pub instead
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That is a solid plan B.

BTW, is that a Corgo™ in your avatar?
 
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