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Spannerdemon
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Anybody else see the Lunar Eclipse tonight? I'm sat here, looking out over Torbay, and it is brilliant.
Just a shadowy browny-red ball now. Really stunning, and a fantastic sight which I probably will never witness again. 
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mazzy_j
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Re: Lunar Eclipse
« Reply #1 on: Mar 4th, 2007, 12:30am » |
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Quite a sight indeed I'd been oustide earlier lying on the drive looking up at it. Crystal clear sky with all the stars twinkling away.
Matt
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mr._floppy
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Re: Lunar Eclipse
« Reply #2 on: Mar 4th, 2007, 1:10am » |
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A fairly pathetic showing in Scotland, just looked like a normal moon with a bit of shading to me.
I've lost count of the times that a media advertised " spectacular asteroid shower " or " a Aurora Borealis Lightshow " has been, on the night, less than exciting ( dull, if truth be told ).
The Hale Bopp Comet was the last decent thing to be seen in the sky
I suspect Astronomers and other lovers of the astral world have
rather a different meaning for the word Spectacular .
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Jonnycab
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Re: Lunar Eclipse
« Reply #3 on: Mar 4th, 2007, 1:42am » |
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At full eclipse it went a kind of an orangy/pink colour.....looked a little like Venus.
Not quite as stunning as the 1999 solar eclipse.....which I actually captured on my camcorder.
It was pretty bright, but by putting both lenses of a pair of cheap sunglasses over the camcorder lens, I managed to record it 
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Spannerdemon
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Quote:| I'd been oustide earlier lying on the drive looking up at it |
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THAT many beers eh!!! 
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Daven
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Re: Lunar Eclipse
« Reply #5 on: Mar 4th, 2007, 8:51am » |
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I saw it here in Kent didn't know that what it was though! Thought it was just pollution from London! 
Should have taken some photos
Dave
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granorpio
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Re: Lunar Eclipse
« Reply #6 on: Mar 4th, 2007, 11:37am » |
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Looked OK but never actually appeared as a FULL eclipse I could always see a partial segment of the moon shining unless I missed it to due the usual Manchester clouds 
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scorpio_man
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Re: Lunar Eclipse
« Reply #7 on: Mar 4th, 2007, 12:34pm » |
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hi there
the moon from glasgow (best i could do  )
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macroy
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Re: Lunar Eclipse
« Reply #8 on: Mar 4th, 2007, 2:16pm » |
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Saw it here in Rochdale too,thought my eyesight was going.Roy
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Re: Lunar Eclipse
« Reply #9 on: Mar 4th, 2007, 5:28pm » |
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Lunar Eclipse last night? I'm sat here, looking at in taunton somerset, and it is brilliant. took a few photos
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granorpio
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Re: Lunar Eclipse
« Reply #10 on: Mar 4th, 2007, 5:34pm » |
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Cool photo scorpio_man........eery looking - definitely didn't look that good here.
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RichardMS
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Re: Lunar Eclipse
« Reply #11 on: Mar 5th, 2007, 7:01pm » |
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Did see it and took some photos for my Daughter, I don't know what all the fuss was about either TBH
If I had remembered how to use the camera properly I would have had some better ones of the full eclipse, they were all out of focus though.
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