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[Skywatcher]

November 18 and 19 Lunar eclipse

 

 

We are going to have a near total lunar eclipse on the night of November 18th /19th. Not quite total, but will only have about 3% not in shadow. The appearance will be total with a slightly bright edge.

This is going to be a quite long eclipse, lasting approximately 3 hours and 28 minutes.

 

There is some specific time info with charts of where it is visible here:

https://www.timeandd...021-november-19

 

Enjoy !!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited by Skywatcher, 16 September 2021 - 08:59 PM.

[TVCasualty]

I look forward to seeing the usual overcast/hazy conditions get a bit dimmer for a while that night!

 

While it's nice to live in a place where I'm not at all concerned about drought, a subtropical climate tends to make clear skies rare so it's not great for stargazing (or eclipse watching). The spectacular thunderstorms sort of make up for it (when I'm not seeking shelter from them when they get twisty, that is).

[Juthro]

I would like to get some shots of the eclipse :)  Here is a shot from last nights moon, and one of a cloud I posted earlier in the photo thread.   I'm posting it here to ask weather or not yawl think that this is a microburst (see what I did there, lol), or just an unusual cloud. 

 

I think it might be, but I got some push back from friends/family.

 

 

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Edited by Juthro, 20 September 2021 - 01:24 PM.

[Skywatcher]

Nice near full moon. The tiniest fraction of shadow in the upper left is just enough to highlight a few good craters...

 

I am not too experienced with microbursts, but understood them to originate in large thunderheads. I would ask if there was heavy thunderhead activity, and what direction the pictured cloud mass was moving. If rapidly going to the ground with much more massive cloud above, I would say yes.

[Juthro]

Thanks Skye, it was thunderstorm type weather we were having.  With hail, and downpours that would drown a duck if couldn't find cover, lol, but there was no no large cloud mass that seemed to be feeding the storm.   To me it looks like it is just flat drowning the area under that cloud, and it looks almost focused, IMHO.   What ever that kind of cloud is called, it was energetic.  I'm happy I got a picture of it, but I'm glad it didn't dump like that on me.

 

This pic shows the entire cloud, top to ground level.

 

One of the things I noticed about the moon shot, compared to the one you shared a few posts up (of the eclipse), is how the perspective is quite a bit different due to the significant change in latitude.   It looks rotated in the sky, comparatively.  

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Edited by Juthro, 20 September 2021 - 03:37 PM.

[TVCasualty]

Microbursts are actually pretty big, strong storms. They're not a large-scale weather pattern like a front ("micro" is relative).

 

Photo of a microburst over Phoenix:

 

[FLASHINGROOSTER]

Sad I missed this one. One of my good friends caught it and said it was pretty amazing

 

[Juthro]

We were socked in with clouds here, and didn't get to see a thing.

[Skywatcher]

Just a reminder ..............

The Longest Lunar Eclipse in 580 Years Takes Place This Thursday Night into Friday Morning !

https://mycotopia.ne...52#entry1492246

[rockyfungus]

Bumping! I tend to wake up at 3-4am and check out the stars. Hoping it's a clear night. 

[pharmer]

Got up to check the weather - snowing

 

haven't had a clear night for an event in a few years now

[Skywatcher]

Clouds came in late Thursday afternoon, and threatened to obscure the eclipse here. Fortunately they thinned out and were mostly gone by 11 PM, and stayed that way through the eclipse.

 Very nice copper/red at 1: 00 during the maximum....

[rockyfungus]

Clouds rolled in right at like 9-10pm. It's always clear here. Then around 11:30-12am it cleared up.

 

I'm one part sleep deprived and 2 parts pissed off...
Chantix has kept me wired for the past 2 days. Cool I won't miss this eclipse for once.

 

Took photos throughout documenting it. Got a few hours of sleep and tons of awakenings. 

Wake up to edit my photos from last night and they are all fucking corrupted except the normal fucking baseline moon!

Hope ya'll enjoyed it. Lunar eclipses are special to me and my wife. We were the only 2 who stayed awake 20 years ago to check one out in our mutual group. 

Dang was able to salvage 1 photo out of 10. Had to screenshot it send it to a friend and have them send it back...I ain't bothering with these as now the quality is gone from screenshotting and already crap image.

to my eyes it was full eclipse. My camera said otherwise. I noticed as I moved my camera the amount of the eclipse changed. I'll have to try and wrap my head around that physics. 

Edited by rockyfungus, 19 November 2021 - 10:06 AM.