Tomorrow's Eclipse

petrochemist
Posted 14/06/2011 - 22:20 Link
I've not seen any messages here about it so I thought I'd post something in case anyone interested has not heard (or forgotten).
July 15th is due to have one of the deepest lunar eclipses a total of 101 minutes, finishing at 23.03 BST. With the recent volcanic eruption it's expected to be particularly red.
In the UK/north Europe it will be eclipsed at moonrise (totally eclipsed for most of the UK) and will be fairly low in the sky so you'll need a good view of the eastern horizon - Luckily I live near the east coast
Mike
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johnriley
Posted 14/06/2011 - 22:21 Link
Thanks for that, I for one certainly hadn't noticed anything about it.
Best regards, John
Dodge69
Posted 14/06/2011 - 23:23 Link
Cheers indeed.

BBC weather does not hold good news for me however! Damn!
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pentaxian450
Posted 14/06/2011 - 23:29 Link
Something's not "kosher". Your title says tomorrow, but your post says July 15th, so which one is it?:::
Yves (another one of those crazy Canucks)
Edited by pentaxian450: 14/06/2011 - 23:30
petrochemist
Posted 14/06/2011 - 23:59 Link
pentaxian450 wrote:
Something's not "kosher". Your title says tomorrow, but your post says July 15th, so which one is it?:::
Thanks Yves

JuNE 15th - July is some other photo related events locally I've just been discussing (Tendring Hundred show, Harwich maritime festival & another potential exhibition)

UK info can be found here

I really must recalibrate my time machine...
Mike
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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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wvbarnes
Posted 15/06/2011 - 10:53 Link
Here in the north of England the moon rise is almost too late so we'll only catch the end of the event around 11pm. The further south you are the better chance.

Cloud does tend to spoil such things! I'll be out looking from about 9pm BST though!

Last night my wife caught me trying to photograph bats busy bug hunting in the twilight! Yes she thinks I am!
Frogherder
Posted 15/06/2011 - 14:33 Link
For those of us in the Midlands who might be interested
Tonights moon rise is nominally 21:26 @ 130degrees

Going off topic for a moment, weather watchers may be interested in the following :-
http://www.ukstorms.com/


Bernard
Edited by Frogherder: 15/06/2011 - 14:33

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