Tonight's Eclipse
Discussion
MartG said:
Mojocvh said:
Camera phone useless stop
Bridge camera also useless - too dim for electronic viewfinder to register or focus Still got to see it. Even in London, there was a huge starscape.
Lunar eclipses are quite common. The next full lunar eclipse visible from the UK is actually on 27/28 July 2018 - so only three years away.
The special part of last nights eclipse is that the moon happened to be at the closest point in its orbit to earth. In reality, this does not make that big a visual difference to an observer on earth - so the 27/28 July 2018 total lunar eclipse may be just as good to watch.
A full list of upcoming lunar and solar eclipses is shown here -
http://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/list.html
The special part of last nights eclipse is that the moon happened to be at the closest point in its orbit to earth. In reality, this does not make that big a visual difference to an observer on earth - so the 27/28 July 2018 total lunar eclipse may be just as good to watch.
A full list of upcoming lunar and solar eclipses is shown here -
http://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/list.html
ukaskew said:
MartG said:
Bridge camera also useless - too dim for electronic viewfinder to register or focus
For future reference, just pop it in Manual Focus Mode. The moon is the easiest thing in the world to focus on manually.ukaskew said:
MartG said:
Bridge camera also useless - too dim for electronic viewfinder to register or focus
For future reference, just pop it in Manual Focus Mode. The moon is the easiest thing in the world to focus on manually.HewManHeMan said:
jmorgan said:
Had to get up early for work so no Eclipse for me.
Cracking result of the effects of the Moon on the tide locally though.
Aww blast, what was the effect? I'd have gone down the coast if Id known something weird was happening!Cracking result of the effects of the Moon on the tide locally though.
jmorgan said:
HewManHeMan said:
jmorgan said:
Had to get up early for work so no Eclipse for me.
Cracking result of the effects of the Moon on the tide locally though.
Aww blast, what was the effect? I'd have gone down the coast if Id known something weird was happening!Cracking result of the effects of the Moon on the tide locally though.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-34382215
jmorgan said:
HewManHeMan said:
jmorgan said:
Had to get up early for work so no Eclipse for me.
Cracking result of the effects of the Moon on the tide locally though.
Aww blast, what was the effect? I'd have gone down the coast if Id known something weird was happening!Cracking result of the effects of the Moon on the tide locally though.
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