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03-04-2007, 11:36 PM
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Lunar Eclipse 4th March 2007
We had a Lunar Eclipse last night and it was a fully visible eclipse from this part of the world. The moon went blood red for most of it and then turned a deep blue coming out of the eclipse. We won't get another one for 22 years so we made sure we got plenty of shots.
We got some shots of it but they didn't turn out too well. Here are a couple of our shots. During the Eclipse:   I also got these from some Irish members of Astronomy Ireland. I have credited each of their photos with their names From John Lillis  From Paul Evans of Astronomy Ireland  These is taken as it was coming out of the eclipse. Photo by Peter  Photo from Astronomy Ireland  The rest of the photos can be found HERE |
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03-04-2007, 11:37 PM
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I hope this isn't too indicative, but I don't remember much beyound six o'clcok last night!
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03-04-2007, 11:39 PM
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that is awesome, thanks for sharing, we forgot about the eclipse until it was over :-(
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03-04-2007, 11:42 PM
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I'm not sure how much of it would have been visible from certain parts of the US but I figure you should have seen something if not the whole thing. The last one we had was about 15 years ago which I remember very well.
I've followed astronomy since I was a kid but lost touch in the past couple of years. It was great to get back out in the cold on starry night while an eclipse was on. We were blessed with the weather but the West of Ireland saw nothing. It was so rare to get a clear night though there was some haze that interfered with some shots, it wasn't bad at all. |
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03-04-2007, 11:55 PM
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No, see I don't remember it because I'd hahve coipous amounts of alcohol in my intake that night. Sorry.
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03-05-2007, 12:05 AM
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I loooooooooove the moon!! Thanks for those awesome pix and I'm pretty sure that we wouldn't have seen it in most parts of the US. I think the East Coast could have seen it really early on. Otherwise it was over before the moon rose here...
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03-05-2007, 01:20 AM
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aww man i can't believe i missed it, it looks so awesome
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03-05-2007, 07:28 AM
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My friend Lorri didn't get to see it either and she's only on the West of Ireland. It was overcast and raining which was a shame because out of all my friends, I knew she'd love it more than any of them.
I am so glad I didn't miss it. There was very little mentioned about it on the news here until it was too late for people to catch it. A lot of people didn't get to see it. I'm just glad I have photos of it. |
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03-05-2007, 10:56 AM
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I got some chinese food and went down to the beach here in fort laud,the moon started to rise on the horiz .it was at it's max about 7:00 pm around 8:00 it was going but a nice picknick never the less.
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03-05-2007, 01:21 PM
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what time did this happen?
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03-05-2007, 03:00 PM
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It happened here (Ireland) from around 9:20pm then went fully eclipsed aroung 11pm and was compeletly out of it by 12:30ish am.
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03-05-2007, 03:07 PM
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aaw man i went to bed at 11 but i couldnt really notice. the moon was really bright for some reason though.
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03-05-2007, 09:38 PM
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Thank you for posting these! I totally missed it!
 But I'll be sure to catch the next one in August!
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03-05-2007, 10:09 PM
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Well then I'll need you to get photos of that coz we won't see that here I don't think.
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03-05-2007, 11:40 PM
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I have to admit....it was an amazing spectacle to see, just as the pictures prove...great composition in those i must say..its actualy nice to have some clear weather here for a change, to see these sorts of things! normaly always clouds over. glad it aint like it is out here now (wet/gale force winds) bluuugh!
Next one is August 28th i believe!?
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