Anticipating eclipse - hoping for clear sky.

Philippe wrote:

> mianileng.RemoveThis@yahoo.com wrote:
> > Rudy Benner wrote:
> >
> >
> >><mianileng.RemoveThis@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> >>news:1157641430.736760.69810@m73g2000cwd.googlegroups.com...
> >>
> >>>A lunar eclipse may not be of much scientific interest
> >>>compared to a solar eclipse, but tonight's eclipse will
> >>>be the first one since I bought a digital camera. It's
> >>>still a couple of hours away, but it doesn't look as if
> >>>we're going to have a clear sky tonight. It cleared up
> >>>in places awhile ago, but it's completely overcast right
> >>>now. Not much I can do except hope.....
> >>>
> >>
> >>before you get all excited, you might check to see if you will even see any
> >>of the eclipse in your part of the planet. If you are in North America,
> >>forget it.
> >
> >
> > I'm in India, right smack in the ecliptic zone. It's
> > only a partial eclipse, of course. Only a few more
> > minutes to go before the umbral shadow starts to show.
> > Right now the sky's rapidly alternating between thick
> > clouds and light haze.
> >
> best of luck, and step away from the computer.. you have pictures to
> take..
>
> P.
>

Thanks for the wish. Just popped in for a quick check of
the exposure. Light conditions are changing so quickly
- due to atmospheric conditions, not the eclipse - that
it's hard to estimate the correct values. And it's very
hazy at best. Damn.
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<mianileng.TakeThisOut@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>A lunar eclipse may not be of much scientific interest
> compared to a solar eclipse, but tonight's eclipse will
> be the first one since I bought a digital camera. It's
> still a couple of hours away, but it doesn't look as if
> we're going to have a clear sky tonight. It cleared up
> in places awhile ago, but it's completely overcast right
> now. Not much I can do except hope.....
>

before you get all excited, you might check to see if you will even see any
of the eclipse in your part of the planet. If you are in North America,
forget it.
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I'm in the valley's of South Wales and whilst out walking my dog
earlier I caught sight of the moon rising between two hills....deep red
with the shadow on top. Totally devasted as I did not have my camera
and in the 15 mins it took me to walk home it had risen above the hills
and had lost it lovely colour/size.

I took a couple of snaps with my Canon S3 but nothing like the
"picture" I had seen that little bit earlier...still at least I caught
a glimpse.

http://www.photobox.co.uk/album/3938951
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mianileng.DeleteThis@yahoo.com wrote:
> Rudy Benner wrote:
>
>
>><mianileng.DeleteThis@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>>news:1157641430.736760.69810@m73g2000cwd.googlegroups.com...
>>
>>>A lunar eclipse may not be of much scientific interest
>>>compared to a solar eclipse, but tonight's eclipse will
>>>be the first one since I bought a digital camera. It's
>>>still a couple of hours away, but it doesn't look as if
>>>we're going to have a clear sky tonight. It cleared up
>>>in places awhile ago, but it's completely overcast right
>>>now. Not much I can do except hope.....
>>>
>>
>>before you get all excited, you might check to see if you will even see any
>>of the eclipse in your part of the planet. If you are in North America,
>>forget it.
>
>
> I'm in India, right smack in the ecliptic zone. It's
> only a partial eclipse, of course. Only a few more
> minutes to go before the umbral shadow starts to show.
> Right now the sky's rapidly alternating between thick
> clouds and light haze.
>
best of luck, and step away from the computer.. you have pictures to
take..

P.

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I do *NOT* have a short attention sp...(Oooh!! shiny!!)
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The Valley Walker wrote:

> I'm in the valley's of South Wales and whilst out walking my dog
> earlier I caught sight of the moon rising between two hills....deep red
> with the shadow on top. Totally devasted as I did not have my camera
> and in the 15 mins it took me to walk home it had risen above the hills
> and had lost it lovely colour/size.
>
> I took a couple of snaps with my Canon S3 but nothing like the
> "picture" I had seen that little bit earlier...still at least I caught
> a glimpse.
>
> http://www.photobox.co.uk/album/3938951

Beautiful and unusual. I intended to shoot at regular
intervals every few minutes, but cloud conditions made
it impossible. It changed literally every second, and
ranged from hazy to completely obscured. At f/4, I had
to use shutter speeds from 1/40 to 1/640. I couldn't
shoot at all for 21 minutes during the greatest depth
of the eclipse.
Here are four samples pasted together, straight out of
the box without any post processing. They were taken
roughly 25 minutes apart. Camera = FZ20.
http://s48.photobucket.com/albums/f223/keimah/?action=view&current=Ecl...e-07Sep
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The Valley Walker wrote:

> I'm in the valley's of South Wales and whilst out walking my dog
> earlier I caught sight of the moon rising between two hills....deep red
> with the shadow on top. Totally devasted as I did not have my camera
> and in the 15 mins it took me to walk home it had risen above the hills
> and had lost it lovely colour/size.
>
> I took a couple of snaps with my Canon S3 but nothing like the
> "picture" I had seen that little bit earlier...still at least I caught
> a glimpse.
>
> http://www.photobox.co.uk/album/3938951

Beautiful and unusual. I intended to shoot at regular
intervals every few minutes, but cloud conditions made
it impossible. It changed literally every second, and
ranged from hazy to completely obscured. At f/4, I had
to use shutter speeds from 1/40 to 1/640. I couldn't
shoot at all for 21 minutes during the greatest depth
of the eclipse.

Here are four samples pasted together, straight out of
the box without any post processing. They were taken
roughly 25 minutes apart. Camera = FZ20.
http://s48.photobucket.com/albums/f223/keimah/?action=view&current=Ecl...e-07Sep
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The Valley Walker wrote:

> I'm in the valley's of South Wales and whilst out walking my dog
> earlier I caught sight of the moon rising between two hills....deep red
> with the shadow on top. Totally devasted as I did not have my camera
> and in the 15 mins it took me to walk home it had risen above the hills
> and had lost it lovely colour/size.
>
> I took a couple of snaps with my Canon S3 but nothing like the
> "picture" I had seen that little bit earlier...still at least I caught
> a glimpse.
>
> http://www.photobox.co.uk/album/3938951

Well I think your view is just cloud or something as it hasn't actually
started yet. I'm in Bristol and out side my window is a perfect full moon,
bright and white. Acording to
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3020737.stm
it won't be starting until around about 02.10am.
Unfortunately I'll be sound asleep at that time so will miss it altogether.

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"sid" <sidshouse DeleteThis @thecrap.blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message
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> The Valley Walker wrote:
>
>> I'm in the valley's of South Wales and whilst out walking my dog
>> earlier I caught sight of the moon rising between two hills....deep red
>> with the shadow on top. Totally devasted as I did not have my camera
>> and in the 15 mins it took me to walk home it had risen above the hills
>> and had lost it lovely colour/size.
>>
>> I took a couple of snaps with my Canon S3 but nothing like the
>> "picture" I had seen that little bit earlier...still at least I caught
>> a glimpse.
>>
>> http://www.photobox.co.uk/album/3938951
>
> Well I think your view is just cloud or something as it hasn't actually
> started yet. I'm in Bristol and out side my window is a perfect full moon,
> bright and white. Acording to
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3020737.stm
> it won't be starting until around about 02.10am.
> Unfortunately I'll be sound asleep at that time so will miss it
> altogether.


He's describing a "harvest" moon, where the earth's atmosphere filters the
sunlight striking the moon.

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<mianileng RemoveThis @yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>A lunar eclipse may not be of much scientific interest
> compared to a solar eclipse, but tonight's eclipse will
> be the first one since I bought a digital camera. It's
> still a couple of hours away, but it doesn't look as if
> we're going to have a clear sky tonight. It cleared up
> in places awhile ago, but it's completely overcast right
> now. Not much I can do except hope.....
>

this is from a link in the sci.astro,amateur group, taken in Athens, Greece.
http://www.perseus.gr/Astro-Eclipses-2006-09-07.htm
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Matt Clara wrote:


> He's describing a "harvest" moon, where the earth's atmosphere filters the
> sunlight striking the moon.

Well no, actually, the page I refered to was an old one from May 2003!
I'm an ass and it looks like I missed it because I didn't read the web page
properly. Doh!

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Mandriva 2006
2.6.12.25
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"sid" <sidshouse.RemoveThis@thecrap.blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Matt Clara wrote:
>
>
>> He's describing a "harvest" moon, where the earth's atmosphere filters
>> the
>> sunlight striking the moon.
>
> Well no, actually, the page I refered to was an old one from May 2003!
> I'm an ass and it looks like I missed it because I didn't read the web
> page
> properly. Doh!
>

Not you, Valley Walker is describing a harvest moon.

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Matt Clara
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