Moon right now

[Chubster]

If you cant see it dont it look great ! I love it when its low like that....looks like you can reach out and touch it

[blinky]

up here in Edinburgh. Does not look good for tonights event

[Chubster]

Still got a couple of hours to drive south - north

[orion f6.3]

looks good so far not a cloud to be seen got 10" dob out with new 2" 30mm EQ6 and 80mm refrac and binos on paramount oh and a beer

[GordonCopestake]

Clear as a bell here...... although 30 mins to go before first contact. Probably be clouded out and raining before then hehe

[orion f6.3]

there you go!

[Ant]

Rightn now it looks really good.

The camera is attached and focused, it still looks alittle soft - think the collimation needs attention. Not going to risk that tonight.

Can't see any sign of the shadow yet., but it should be there.

Ant

[GordonCopestake]

I'm currently sat in my garden with the bins out waiting for first contact. I've not seen such a clear night in months! Typically it's when I dont have a mount for my OTA so I may have neck ache by the end of the night hehe. I have some great false colour on these cheap bins though! The moon is yellow on the left, blue on the right and LIME GREEN on the underside!! Great stuff

[GazOC]

Same here Ant, I cant see the shadow yet.

[blinky]

I am here and so is camer with K3ccd!!

Looking good, but no shadow yet.............

[Ant]

according to Starry Night 4 you should start to notice things in around 15 minutes (around 9:35).

Thats for my position (essex), this will be different for others? Not sure???

Ant

[Mr Spacely]

2 minutes ago,clearest night for ages 8)..................

now buckets of thick black clouds

[GordonCopestake]

My eyes may be deceiving me but i think I see a shadow on the limb

[Ant]

Well and truely underway!

I have slight snag, I've mislaid my 1GB CF card and card reader.

So I'm stuck with a 128MB spare card with a capacity of 33 images. Can't download the images from the card without removing the camera from scope (therefore screwing up the focus).

So not happy, but it's clear here

Ant

[Black Shuck]

East Suffolk - just got a shadow in the last 10 mins and here come the clouds !!! Looks as though they will pass quite quickly?

Bill £

[Ant]

This is the life you know, sitting outside with the laptop. Watching an eclipse, imaging an eclipse and talking to you lot at the same time.

Not a cloud in the sky at the moment.

Ant

[John]

Cracking view from North Somerset - big shadowy "bite" out of the bottom of the moon now !.

John

[GordonCopestake]

Great stuff. Just what I needed! Something to re-fire the enthusiasm for this hobby! If a blood red moon under clear skies doesn't do it for me, I have no idea what will!

[Kai]

Im sure i can see colour in the part in shadow at the moment

[GordonCopestake]

Yup, brown hehe, it wont go red till near totallily

[Ant]

I agree brown/copper down below.

Should be great at 11pm.

Ant

[Mr Spacely]

Can't see anything

Too much cloud

[Ant]

I started taking images at 1/2000th of a second at ISO100. (300D& 8" F5 Newt).

To try and get some of the red, I'm now at 1/13th and ISO800...

EDIT: make that 2 seconds at ISO800, gets the red and nearby stars.

Ant

[orion f6.3]

:D

[extent2007]

can just about see the tip of the moon, but the rest is not

going red, just disappearing completely! quite possibly too cloudy :shock: