Moon eclipsed in rare show

pies4ever · Joined: 11 Feb 2002 Location: rosebud,vic,australia

Moon eclipsed in rare show
August 28, 2007

RARER than a blue moon, the moon is set to turn blood red tonight in a free night spectacular.

The full moon eclipse will be visible in Melbourne from 6.52pm to 9.22pm tonight, with the total eclipse visible at 8.37pm.

In the first such occurrence since 2000, the Earth will block the sun's light shining on the moon, allowing only scattered sunlight to illuminate the planet's biggest satellite.

Stargazers can expect the moon to shift between shades of red, orange and yellow, as the atmosphere filters out most of the blue light.

The colours will depend on the extent of volcanic gas and dust in the atmosphere filtering the light.

Senior weather forecaster James Taylor said today the best views of the astronomical event would be in Melbourne's northern and north-western suburbs.

http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,22321352-24331,00.html

fan4collingwood · Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2007 2:11 pm

I am hoping its not too cloudy to see this tonight in Adelaide. Last Night was perfect for stargazing.

EBB · Joined: 26 Apr 2007

~Madness~ · Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2007 9:13 pm

It was too cloudy from where I was looking earlier...will check again soon...

Proud Pies · Joined: 22 Feb 2003 Location: Knox-ish

i've tried to take pics but my pissy little digital isn't strong enough

Syd_Magpies_Girl · The Russell Street Pole Dancing Bogan Joined: 08 Feb 2007

We had an awesome bright reddish copper view here before!

bazdaddy · Joined: 26 Jan 2006

Just had a squizz then, rather interesting really. A reddy orangey colour.

magpiesgirl · Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2007 10:23 pm

Was a sorta pinkish colour here

Magpie Jack · Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2007 11:55 pm

We had a nice clear night for it up here on the coast.

Looked like a Sherrin stuck in a tree.

Dale61 · Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2007 12:51 am

Once the clouds cleared, we had a perfect view down here.

Unfortunately, I have misplaced the camera mount for my tripod, so I could only take hand-held pics, but every one was too blurry to even download.

Piethagoras' Theorem · the hypotenuse, is always a cakewalk Joined: 29 May 2006

I'd've noticed it if it weren't for some huge cow grabbing my attention. Weird Confused

pies4ever · Joined: 11 Feb 2002 Location: rosebud,vic,australia

i live down in rosebud,and i got a perfect view of it.

David · I dare you to try Joined: 27 Jul 2003 Location: Andromeda

Good view in Canberra. Had a look through the binoculars, and it was pretty cool. Tried to capture it with my digital camera and ended up with a picture of a tiny red dot Confused

EBB · Joined: 26 Apr 2007

It started overcast for me, then much later the sky cleared, looked OK but could've been more exciting in the country.

My happy snaps from last night.

~Madness~ · Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2007 6:14 pm

Great pics ebb