Partial Lunar Eclipse - 2023 OCT 28-29

[CentaurZ]

A Partial Lunar Eclipse will occur during the night of 2023 OCT 28-29 for observers throughout Eurasia and Africa, including the British Isles.

Below is my preview graphic for the upcoming eclipse as seen against an imaginary blue wall to make the shadow fully apparent. The predicted event timings are in BST (UT+1), but will occur at essentially the same real time for all observers experiencing nighttime if adjusted for time zones. The depicted orientation and Moon altitudes are for an observer in London, England.

Photos and descriptions of the eclipse would be welcome additions to this thread.

Edited October 28, 2023 by CentaurZ

[bomberbaz]

alas I fear the weather gods will be conspiring against me on that night!

[Captain Scarlet]

Not to mention the rugby World Cup final too

[JeremyS]

Some more info on the BAA website: https://britastro.org/2023/observers-challenge-partial-lunar-eclipse-on-october-28

[LongJohn54]

Happening now if you are not clouded out.  I'm hopng there will be a better gap in the clouds in 15 minutes time.

 

[Nigella Bryant]

Got a great view here of rain drops 😌 Decided not to open the dome and go old school if the rain ever stops in time.

[bomberbaz]

got bins on standby but doubt thay will be needed

[Mark at Beaufort]

I saw the partial eclipse using my 90mm refractor. The clouds opened about 8.30 and stayed pretty well until 9.15pm. Not a great deal of shadow but it was worth the wait. Heavy cloud at the moment so I have about 30 minutes before the shadow disappears.

[John]

Got a break in the clouds here 🙂

Nice views with 11x70 binoculars. A few snaps taken with my wife's compact digital zoom camera. This was probably the best:

 

[Captain Scarlet]

Yup clouds cleared for us too in good time. Hopefully got some good pics, will get them off the camera later

 

[bish]

Just enough clear patches in the cloud to see it. Used my bins. Should have grabbed my camera too.

[david_taurus83]

A few breaks in the cloud here. Managed 10 mins with the Heritage 150.

 

 

[Neil_104]

Nice capture! Mostly cloudy here but I did manage to snap this with my bridge camera through some lighter clouds.

[LongJohn54]

Sadly, the clouds failed to part and I saw nothing.  Some nice images above. 👍

[Nigella Bryant]

I eventually saw a little of it as the clouds lifted a bit on and off for about 45mins. Just a pic of the camera screen. 

[geoflewis]

I forgot about it, but no matter as been lashing with rain here most of the evening. Some nice captures posted here so thanks for sharing the experience.

Edited October 28, 2023 by geoflewis

[Captain Scarlet]

Here's my best picture, taken through my Canon 400mm f/2.8:

[geoflewis]

10 minutes ago, Captain Scarlet said:

Here's my best picture, taken through my Canon 400mm f/2.8:

That's superb Magnus.

[Mandy D]

I managed to view most of the umbral eclipse up to the maximum, here in Fuerteventura, but then the clouds got in the way, so I gave up. I had quite a few people showing interest in what I was doing and some took photographs through my camera viewfinder. This is the last picture I took of the eclipse.

[geoflewis]

9 minutes ago, Mandy D said:

I managed to view most of the umbral eclipse up to the maximum, here in Fuerteventura, but then the clouds got in the way, so I gave up. I had quite a few people showing interest in what I was doing and some took photographs through my camera viewfinder. This is the last picture I took of the eclipse.

That's superb Mandy

[Mandy D]

2 minutes ago, geoflewis said:

That's superb Mandy

Thanks, Geoff!

[WolfieGlos]

Managed to grab some shots tonight between the clouds.

I really couldn't be bothered setting up the scope like I wanted to, so a simple tripod, ballhead and remote shutter release for these. All single shots with Canon 77D + EF 70-300 L, cropped in with some minor sharpening added.

In-camera HDR blend - with an offset halo. I couldn't replicate this with camera's bracketing mode, so well done to the in camera software!

First image:

Second image, note how the shadow has moved 🙂

And a widefield shot at 70mm, bringing Jupiter into shot.

 

[Dark Vader]

This was the best I could manage through the occasional gaps in the cloud. 

Skywatcher 200P, Televue 24 Panoptic & Samsung S21 phone camera. 

[John]

20 minutes ago, Dark Vader said:

This was the best I could manage through the occasional gaps in the cloud. 

Skywatcher 200P, Televue 24 Panoptic & Samsung S21 phone camera. 

Very nice Andy 🙂

I wish I'd got a scope out but the conditions here were so poor I honestly didn't think the clouds would break !

[Dark Vader]

Neither did I John, but the forecast said it wouldn't rain so I chanced it - ready to put the scope back in if they were wrong. Occasional 20 second or so gaps in the cloud were the most I had.