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(Message started by: Spannerdemon on Mar 3^rd, 2007, 11:31pm)

Title: Lunar Eclipse
Post by Spannerdemon on Mar 3^rd, 2007, 11:31pm

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. :)

Title: Re: Lunar Eclipse
Post by mazzy_j on Mar 4^th, 2007, 12:30am

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

Title: Re: Lunar Eclipse
Post by mr._floppy on Mar 4^th, 2007, 1:10am

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 .

Title: Re: Lunar Eclipse
Post by jonnycab on Mar 4^th, 2007, 1:42am

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 ;D

Title: Re: Lunar Eclipse
Post by Spannerdemon on Mar 4^th, 2007, 8:36am

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I'd been oustide earlier lying on the drive looking up at it

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Title: Re: Lunar Eclipse
Post by Daven on Mar 4^th, 2007, 8:51am

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

Title: Re: Lunar Eclipse
Post by - Mike - on Mar 4^th, 2007, 11:37am

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 :'(

Title: Re: Lunar Eclipse
Post by scorpio_man on Mar 4^th, 2007, 12:34pm

hi there

the moon from glasgow (best i could do ;))
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v521/scorpio_man/scorpio%20bits/DSCN0157s.jpg

Title: Re: Lunar Eclipse
Post by macroy on Mar 4^th, 2007, 2:16pm

Saw it here in Rochdale too,thought my eyesight was going.Roy ;D

Title: Re: Lunar Eclipse
Post by VSBlue on Mar 4^th, 2007, 5:28pm

Lunar Eclipse last night? I'm sat here, looking at in taunton somerset, and it is brilliant. took a few photos

Title: Re: Lunar Eclipse
Post by - Mike - on Mar 4^th, 2007, 5:34pm

Cool photo scorpio_man........eery looking - definitely didn't look that good here.

Title: Re: Lunar Eclipse
Post by RichardMS on Mar 5^th, 2007, 7:01pm

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.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v480/RichardMS/Scorpio/DSCF1351.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v480/RichardMS/Scorpio/DSCF1372.jpg