Supermoon Lunar Eclipse:
Taken at St Brelade, from Tony Bellows' back garden, using night settings on a Pentax Optio P80, a tripod, and a timer on the shots of 10 seconds to avoid wobble.
"A solar eclipse is spectacular, but a lunar eclipse has a quiet beauty all of its own" Sir Patrick Moore.
Journal of events:
Just woken up: Clear skies, moon very high, and half eaten away.
Moon the shape of one of those candied orange and lemon sweets you can buy at Christmas.
You couldn't wish for better. Moon so high it is visible virtually anywhere looking up, and no clouds whatsoever.
The outline of the earth's shadow against the moon is very clear. You can see the moon is being obscured by our shadow.
The Inca thought a jaguar was attacking the moon, and beat their dogs! Nasty. But if you have dogs, are they reacting? Please don't beat them!
Getting down to a tiny sliver of light..
Camera on tripod getting nice shots Almost entered totality This was definitely worth setting alarm to see
As the light of the moon fades more stars can be seen around that area of the sky. Looking to the south east, Orion s Belt and Rigel very clear. Capella almost vertically above looking east
Moon now like a lump of coal, glowing in the sky
Off to bed, but far east and low, Venus has just risen, very bright in the sky.
Taken at St Brelade, from Tony Bellows' back garden, using night settings on a Pentax Optio P80, a tripod, and a timer on the shots of 10 seconds to avoid wobble.
"A solar eclipse is spectacular, but a lunar eclipse has a quiet beauty all of its own" Sir Patrick Moore.
Journal of events:
Just woken up: Clear skies, moon very high, and half eaten away.
Moon the shape of one of those candied orange and lemon sweets you can buy at Christmas.
You couldn't wish for better. Moon so high it is visible virtually anywhere looking up, and no clouds whatsoever.
The outline of the earth's shadow against the moon is very clear. You can see the moon is being obscured by our shadow.
The Inca thought a jaguar was attacking the moon, and beat their dogs! Nasty. But if you have dogs, are they reacting? Please don't beat them!
Getting down to a tiny sliver of light..
Camera on tripod getting nice shots Almost entered totality This was definitely worth setting alarm to see
As the light of the moon fades more stars can be seen around that area of the sky. Looking to the south east, Orion s Belt and Rigel very clear. Capella almost vertically above looking east
Moon now like a lump of coal, glowing in the sky
Off to bed, but far east and low, Venus has just risen, very bright in the sky.