Super moon

goosey · #1 (**permalink**) 19-03-2011, 08:16 PM

Thanks Doserea for the link you gave on the "What's your weather like thread"

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Super Full Moon - NASA Science

This was the moon at 8.16pm. I took the picture from the balcony as I couldn't see it from the garden over the other house's.
I used 20x zoom, no tripod and cropped the image. Not as detailed as people get with more powerful camera or what astronomers take who know what they are doing but I am really pleased with it .

Drosera · #2 (**permalink**) 20-03-2011, 09:27 AM

Climbed a small hill in the fading light with deep snow and uneven ground underneath. Set up camera, sat on an exposed rock for 45 minutes and watched a cloudy sky. The only think I got was a wet b*m!

Woke on the sofa at 1 o'clock and went to bed - but not before seeing the bright moon with misty rings around it. I hope it will be similar for a few nights

Drosera · #3 (**permalink**) 23-03-2011, 06:52 AM

Finally managed to get one - not as full as Gooseys!

goosey · #4 (**permalink**) 23-03-2011, 06:58 AM

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Originally Posted by Drosera

Finally managed to get one - not as full as Gooseys!

But just look at the detail and it looks more imposing not being full - a super-duper image

paul m · #5 (**permalink**) 23-03-2011, 03:09 PM

Yes, good picture and worth getting up for .... looks a bit like a gigantic egg at the bottom of the garden ....

Drosera · #6 (**permalink**) 03-12-2011, 04:32 PM

Next possibility!

ScienceCasts: A Super-Sized Lunar Eclipse - YouTube

goosey · #7 (**permalink**) 03-12-2011, 05:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Drosera

Next possibility!

ScienceCasts: A Super-Sized Lunar Eclipse - YouTube

That was interesting! It looks like we will get to see something at moonrise in The Netherlands but you being in Stockholm might see a slighty more intense eclipse.
Get your camera's ready!

goosey · #8 (**permalink**) 10-12-2011, 11:24 AM

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Originally Posted by goosey

That was interesting! It looks like we will get to see something at moonrise in The Netherlands but you being in Stockholm might see a slighty more intense eclipse.
Get your camera's ready!

I just heard on the British news (not that I am Britain

but haven't heard it mentioned on the Dutch news) that it won't be seen south of the Shetlands so I don't think I will get to see it after all being this far South.

Drosera · #9 (**permalink**) 10-12-2011, 11:31 AM

It should be starting here in Stockholm within the next 30 minutes but it is pretty cloudy at the moment. Going out to have a look soon .........

goosey · #10 (**permalink**) 12-12-2011, 11:03 AM

I did see the moon at 5.15pm (or should I say had glimpses of it) it was very low in the sky but clouds passing over it and a very windy so I couldn't get a decent piccie. It didn't look particularly large to me so I guess I was either too late I should have looked when it got dark at 4.45ish or it just wasn't visible from here.

Drosera · #11 (**permalink**) 12-12-2011, 07:01 PM

Total washout here.I watched it on a live satelite link from Australia instead.