Bark at the moon?

thinfourth · Post by **thinfourth** » Sat Mar 03, 2007 7:42 pm

Who fancys standing the the middle of nowhere in the freezing fecking cold if the cloud cover stays away?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/6411991.stm

dezzy · Post by **dezzy** » Sat Mar 03, 2007 7:52 pm

It's well worth it folks if you get the chance to look. Seen (and photographed) a couple of lunar eclipses and also had the pleasure of seeing the total solar eclipse from France in 1999 (was a chilling almost life-changing experience! amazing!).

While a lunar eclipse is pretty, I highly recommend seeing a total solar eclipse at some point in your lifetime! You will never have seen anything like it!

/former astronomy geek faction

Post by **pete** » Sat Mar 03, 2007 8:13 pm

dezzy wrote:It's well worth it folks if you get the chance to look. Seen (and photographed) a couple of lunar eclipses and also had the pleasure of seeing the total solar eclipse from France in 1999 (was a chilling almost life-changing experience! amazing!).

So did I!!

(France '99 faction. Although it was cloudy where we were.)

thinfourth · Post by **thinfourth** » Sat Mar 03, 2007 8:36 pm

think i shall try for here

http://www.aberdeenastro.org.uk/

Anyone else heading along i am going to take my camera and new lense

Lawrence · Post by **Lawrence** » Sat Mar 03, 2007 8:36 pm

The moon is very clear here at the moment....don't suppose it'll stay clear tho'

renmure · Post by **renmure** » Sat Mar 03, 2007 9:02 pm

Moon gazing later from the hot tub in the garden out here in the countryside

jason · Post by **jason** » Sat Mar 03, 2007 9:09 pm

We're watching it from our patio also in the pitch-blackness of middle o'nowhere

... lots of patchy cloud about [fingers crossed mode].

mac · Post by **mac** » Sat Mar 03, 2007 10:06 pm

Cove bay had some great views of the moon earlier this evening.

Mac

dezzy · Post by **dezzy** » Sat Mar 03, 2007 11:19 pm

It's looking good from here too . . . nice and clear in Elderslie

pete wrote: (France '99 faction. Although it was cloudy where we were.)

Where were you? We were in Reims . . . was cloudy all morning but we headed out into the countryside for the eclipse and got a bit of blue sky just in time for totality . . . nice coincidence!

Got some damn good photos of it.

Stewart · Post by **Stewart** » Sat Mar 03, 2007 11:26 pm

It's getting there now. Had a look at it through the binoculars which helped.

mckeann · Post by **mckeann** » Sat Mar 03, 2007 11:31 pm

its a bit boring tbh. i would love to see a total solar eclipse though

dezzy · Post by **dezzy** » Sat Mar 03, 2007 11:40 pm

I agree it's not that exciting to look at . . . I think it's what's causing it that's more interesting. It's also quite nice for some pretty pictures if you have a decent zoom lense on an SLR camera and a tripod for a long exposure.

dezzy · Post by **dezzy** » Sat Mar 03, 2007 11:58 pm

@ Neil

kenny · Post by **kenny** » Sun Mar 04, 2007 12:40 am

Stewart wrote:Had a look at it through the binoculars which helped.

No binoculars, I had to make do with my beer googles.

thinfourth · Post by **thinfourth** » Sun Mar 04, 2007 12:51 am

dezzy wrote:I agree it's not that exciting to look at . . . I think it's what's causing it that's more interesting. It's also quite nice for some pretty pictures if you have a decent zoom lense on an SLR camera and a tripod for a long exposure.

ahem