Not looking good for Moonpics
Posted 27/07/2018 - 21:39
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All set up and ready on a hill in plenty of time for once, but just blanket cloud so have given up. Saw a hare in a wheat field so might just come back early one morning and see if he obliges.
Posted 27/07/2018 - 23:22
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Mike-P wrote:
3 weeks of clear skies .... tonight just cloud
3 weeks of clear skies .... tonight just cloud
Indeed the eclipse has been eclipsed. We actually had a thunderstorm all the way through totality, and still have rain now.
Mike
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Pentax:K5ii, K7, K100D, DA18-55, DA10-17, DA55-300, DA50-200, F100-300, F50, DA35 AL, 4* M50, 2* M135, Helicoid extension, Tak 300 f4 (& 6 film bodies)
3rd Party: Bigmos (Sigma 150-500mm OS HSM),2* 28mm, 100mm macro, 28-200 zoom, 35-80 zoom, 80-200 zoom, 80-210 zoom, 300mm M42, 600 mirror, 1000-4000 scope, 50mm M42, enlarger lenses, Sony & micro 4/3 cameras with various PK mounts, Zenit E...
Far to many tele-converters, adapters, project parts & extension tubes etc.
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Posted 28/07/2018 - 03:55
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Where I am in NZ I just missed out this morning. Moon set just when it was getting good, and was too low to the horizon for me to see it in town. Cloudy skies didn't really help either...
Posted 28/07/2018 - 07:27
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Posted 28/07/2018 - 09:03
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Like some others, a 4:30am start to the day. A quick look outside before getting ready to pack and leave, and the stars and the moon was out, and looking good. No clouds. So we hit the road for a good look out point, and off we went. We found a good place to set up, and was ready and waiting for the event.

Still no clouds around

Still no clouds

The first high clouds are starting to appear

And the clouds roll in, and this is the last one that I was able to get before it all went South

No Blood Moon here either
Regards
Gary

Still no clouds around

Still no clouds

The first high clouds are starting to appear

And the clouds roll in, and this is the last one that I was able to get before it all went South

No Blood Moon here either
Regards
Gary
Armed with a K3, some M, A, FA, DA, and star lens. With an eye open for "just one more lens".
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Posted 28/07/2018 - 09:17
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I haven't looked at my efforts yet. I don't expect anything wonderful from them but I enjoyed watching it with my own eyes even if the photos are rubbish.
There was a band of low cloud so the moon was fuzzy but visible. I also took some of it with Mars. If they are any good I may post some later.
We sat on the Afsluitdijk overlooking the Ijsselmeer. We could have gone closer to home on the sea dike, from where we could have watched the sun set then turn to see the moonrise, but it was packed. Good view of the ISS too. It was quite windy but still 28C at 11 pm!
Today heavy cloud and some much needed rain promised.
There was a band of low cloud so the moon was fuzzy but visible. I also took some of it with Mars. If they are any good I may post some later.
We sat on the Afsluitdijk overlooking the Ijsselmeer. We could have gone closer to home on the sea dike, from where we could have watched the sun set then turn to see the moonrise, but it was packed. Good view of the ISS too. It was quite windy but still 28C at 11 pm!
Today heavy cloud and some much needed rain promised.
Posted 28/07/2018 - 09:21
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A no show in Brighton and surrounding area as well. Went down tot he seafront hoping to get the moonrise behind the west pier ruin - but
Andy
Posted 28/07/2018 - 17:52
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The crowds gathered too, and the Milky Way made an appearance along with Mars.

_EVE8297-Edit by Steve Everitt, on Flickr

_EVE8297-Edit by Steve Everitt, on Flickr
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"Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans" (John Lennon)
"Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans" (John Lennon)
Posted 28/07/2018 - 19:48
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Very nice Steve.
All I can say about my efforts is I am glad I watched it, because my photos are rubbish.
All I can say about my efforts is I am glad I watched it, because my photos are rubbish.
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Lots of cloud cover so unless it suddenly clears we aren't going to see anything.
Anyone with nice clear skies?