AJ Posted February 21, 2008 Report Share Posted February 21, 2008 http://www.spaceweather.com/ http://www.spaceweather.com/swpod2008/28jan08/chat_bubble_icon.gifTOTAL LUNAR ECLIPSE: Tonight the full Moon over Europe and the Americas will turn a delightful shade of red. It's a total lunar eclipse—the last one until Dec. 2010. Exactly when should you look? Click here for an animated timetable. http://www.spaceweather.com/swpod2008/19feb08/Hackmann1_strip.jpg As explained in a recent Science@NASA story, red isn't the only color to look for when the Moon glides through Earth's shadow. Observers of several recent lunar eclipses have reported a flash of turquoise. For example, note the upper left corner of the above photo taken by Jens Hackmann during the European lunar eclipse of March 2007. The source of the turquoise is ozone. Earth's ozone layer absorbs red sunlight while allowing blue rays to pass. This has the effect of turning Earth's shadow turquoise-blue around the edges. Look for it during the first and last minutes of totality (10:01 pm EST and 10:51 pm EST). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest FooFooMaru Posted February 21, 2008 Report Share Posted February 21, 2008 a yay thanks weeeeeeeeeeeeeee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wheezy Posted February 21, 2008 Report Share Posted February 21, 2008 cool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJ Posted February 21, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 21, 2008 about half covered right now. about 10 should be fully covered. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam1647545489 Posted February 21, 2008 Report Share Posted February 21, 2008 Whoever it was that took those space pics, I hope you are taking pics of this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramsey Posted February 21, 2008 Report Share Posted February 21, 2008 Whoever it was that took those space pics, I hope you are taking pics of this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam1647545489 Posted February 21, 2008 Report Share Posted February 21, 2008 Remember saturn is there as well and supposely you can see the rings of saturn if you have a telescope. I wish i had one right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wease Posted February 21, 2008 Report Share Posted February 21, 2008 Almost covered, looks really cool from my office window. I'm gonna take some pics with my digital camera, but I'm sure they won't be that nice. Still cool to look at... :nod: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam1647545489 Posted February 21, 2008 Report Share Posted February 21, 2008 Some pics I got http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v31/LizzyCamizzy/Eclipse/eclipseNOSE.jpg http://www.ccnyddm.com/221Fall2006/EclipseGum.gif Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Apex Posted February 21, 2008 Report Share Posted February 21, 2008 Very cool to see, I could see Saturn but also wishing I had a telescope!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJ Posted February 21, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 21, 2008 http://www.yissels.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/corvettec5pink2.jpg http://www.yissels.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/corvettec5pink1.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractor Posted February 21, 2008 Report Share Posted February 21, 2008 I gotta get a few more adapters to be able to take good pics of Saturn. I watched the eclipse, but my scope is to powerful to get the whole moon in a single frame. I'd have to buy some more expensive focal reducers to be able to fit it in and I'm not spending $300-500 just to take a pic of the moon. I did however use the dark sky created by the eclipse to take a bunch of shots of a galaxy. I'll be processing them over the next couple of days and we'll see what I got out of them. Evan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coty061885 Posted February 21, 2008 Report Share Posted February 21, 2008 I stepped outside of work just in time to catch it at full coverage. The red shade was pretty cool to see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin R. Posted February 21, 2008 Report Share Posted February 21, 2008 Missed it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rustlestiltskin Posted February 21, 2008 Report Share Posted February 21, 2008 pics? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boosted98gst Posted February 21, 2008 Report Share Posted February 21, 2008 I seen it, looked pretty cool, but sorry no pic's Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpaceGhost Posted February 21, 2008 Report Share Posted February 21, 2008 Evan you get pics? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Science Abuse Posted February 21, 2008 Report Share Posted February 21, 2008 Blood moon! I got a few shots, but all that came through was the circle and the color, no detail. I has no tripod. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpaceGhost Posted February 21, 2008 Report Share Posted February 21, 2008 no worries, I had a tri-pod and that is all I got with mt crappy kodak digital camera.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest FooFooMaru Posted February 21, 2008 Report Share Posted February 21, 2008 pics! I saw most of it. perdy stoff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TTQ B4U Posted February 21, 2008 Report Share Posted February 21, 2008 I caught a couple good shots. Will have to post tonight. I got much better ones this year, but here's one from 2004. http://www.pbase.com/pdqgp/image/35606571 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boosted98gst Posted February 21, 2008 Report Share Posted February 21, 2008 sweet~! I will be sure to come back and check the pictures tonight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
99FLHRCI Posted February 21, 2008 Report Share Posted February 21, 2008 http://www.videosift.com/video/Feb-20th-Lunar-Eclipse-Timelapse Nice quick video for everyone (myself included) that missed it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boosted98gst Posted February 21, 2008 Report Share Posted February 21, 2008 nice little video. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractor Posted February 21, 2008 Report Share Posted February 21, 2008 Nope I got a few shots before it started, but the moon bores me. I stopped giving it serious attention when I was probably 11 or 12. I had intended to take a series of shots throughout the cycle to create a pretty neat image, but I got bored with it and started shooting nebula and galaxies. I also did a couple 20 sec video's of Saturn to use the frames for learning a processing technique I've been reading about. Evan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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