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Post by stevemacdonald on Mar 2, 2007 23:33:59 GMT
Hayley will have to sing a different tune tomorrow when the lunar eclipse turns the moon an amber or copper color. Read about it HERE! |
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Post by stevemacdonald on Mar 4, 2007 8:05:00 GMT
Unfortunately for those of us in the USA's midwest the moon rose just past full eclipse. What we saw was basically leftovers. I wonder what kind of Hayley song that would make.
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Post by Dave on Mar 4, 2007 14:04:42 GMT
From the photography thread, last night. I missed this thread but I thought it needed a bit of colour  A professional Meteorologist who had the same view at the same time (around midnight) has confirmed that it is indeed a star you can see in the photo, by chance it had just "popped out" from behind the moon! Orange Moon? And star!  Dave |
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Post by Stuart H on Mar 4, 2007 15:00:08 GMT
Hi Dave - Great pictures. Here are a few more I took later last night with the SLR. HALF ECLIPSE ALMOST TOTAL TOTAL ECLIPSE |
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Post by Dave on Mar 4, 2007 15:13:00 GMT
Nice set of photos, well done Stuart! i.postimg.cc/9fYxy370/smilie-big-grin.gifLove the top photo! Or should I say "photos"?  Here's a wider view of my photo above in this thread - See, it really is a star... and here are some more. Look what i had to do to the brightness and contrast to see them all  Midnight GMT last night: Does anyone recognise the constellation? Cheers, Dave |
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Post by Richard on Mar 4, 2007 16:16:06 GMT
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Post by Stuart H on Mar 4, 2007 17:21:48 GMT
That one's lost on me Dave, you'll have to explain??? I had to use a tripod and long exposure once the moon lost its light source. Did you also need one to capture the stars as you did? Re Richard's post, i am not sure that the moon will be in the same place in the sky in the US so it might not be Leo. I'll investigate.... Stuart |
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Post by roger on Mar 4, 2007 18:21:33 GMT
Hi Stuart,
I am no expert but I suspect the relative positions of the earth, the moon, and any constellation would not make any discernible difference to the area of the heavens in which the moon appears from anywhere on earth. But, due to the curvature of the earth, those constellation will appear rotated.
Great photographs, by the way!
Roger
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A professional Meteorologist who had the same view at the same time (around midnight) has confirmed that it is indeed a star you can see in the photo, by chance it had just "popped out" from behind the moon!
