Did any of you stay up to watch the eclipse last night?

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2014/04/15 23:19:05 (permalink)

Did any of you stay up to watch the eclipse last night?

I almost missed it, but my wife mentioned it. She had to get up early, but I was off today, so I stuck it out.
It was a perfect night, clear skies. It was cold at 3:00AM, but worth it.

Moon moving into earth's shadow about 2:15AM.

Almost in full shadow, about 2:40AM

3:00AM It looked like this, more or less for about an hour.
I lost power in the camera after this shot, so I just kicked back and enjoyed the view.
I woke up around 9 this morning. Man I love it when a day off is timed right.

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    Re: Did any of you stay up to watch the eclipse last night? 2014/04/15 23:54:54 (permalink)
    I was up, but too many clouds here.

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    Re: Did any of you stay up to watch the eclipse last night? 2014/04/16 00:01:12 (permalink)
    Nice pix.  I was thinking about it when I nodded off.  

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    Re: Did any of you stay up to watch the eclipse last night? 2014/04/16 00:32:47 (permalink)
    I stayed up here in California and paid for it today at work!  It was worth it though.

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    Re: Did any of you stay up to watch the eclipse last night? 2014/04/16 08:04:31 (permalink)
    cool pics Bob.  I missed it myself.

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    Re: Did any of you stay up to watch the eclipse last night? 2014/04/16 08:47:22 (permalink)
     
    Nice shots Bob.

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    Re: Did any of you stay up to watch the eclipse last night? 2014/04/16 13:51:57 (permalink)
    I was up and remembered so I went out a few times with some binoculars and, yep, it looked just like it does in Bob's nice pics up there!
     
    I was weird to go outside and have to search for the smudge though, you really get a sense of just how much light is reflected normally.

     
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    Re: Did any of you stay up to watch the eclipse last night? 2014/04/16 18:39:21 (permalink)
    I watched it back in '07 and took pics of the whole thing very similar to the ones you have there. At the same time there was an aurora going on to the North, so I was swinging the camera back and forth pretty much all night long. My focus was slightly off which made the whole thing a little disappointing.
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    Re: Did any of you stay up to watch the eclipse last night? 2014/04/16 21:00:56 (permalink)
    soens
    I watched it back in '07 and took pics of the whole thing very similar to the ones you have there. At the same time there was an aurora going on to the North, so I was swinging the camera back and forth pretty much all night long. My focus was slightly off which made the whole thing a little disappointing.




    Maybe you just have ADD? 
    (Aurora Dis-focus Disappointment?) 

     
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    Re: Did any of you stay up to watch the eclipse last night? 2014/04/16 22:54:57 (permalink)
    Hi guys, glad you like the pics.
    For anybody that's into this sort of thing, this was the first of four consecutive total lunar eclipses. Each will be followed by a solar eclipse two weeks later. The Americas had a prime viewing spot for this one. I haven't seen stats on who will be able to see the other three.
    Soens, an eclipse and the Aurora Borealis at the same time? How cool is that? I've only seen the Aurora once and it was spectacular on its own.

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    Re: Did any of you stay up to watch the eclipse last night? 2014/04/17 04:53:58 (permalink)
    Even more cool, tho I don't celebrate, is that it was also on my birthday. All 3 events on the same day definitely a once-in-a-lifetime experience. The pics weren't bad, but they could have been better. I made a mini poster out of them:

      
    What would have been even more cool is if the eclipse and aurora had overlapped each other so I could get them in the same (tho off focused) shot. I have yet to ever see that happen. If not impossible I've probably already missed it.
     
      
    "this was the first of four consecutive total lunar eclipses."
     
    2 this year and 2 next year, about 6 months apart with solar eclipses.
     
    http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/OH/OH2014.html
     
    http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse.html
     
    Craig, GREAT! Now I have 2 forms of ADD to deal with...
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    Re: Did any of you stay up to watch the eclipse last night? 2014/04/17 07:09:31 (permalink)
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    Craig, GREAT! Now I have 2 forms of ADD to deal with...




    Sorry about that.  I didn't mean to get you all...  Hey!  Squirrel!!! 

     
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    Re: Did any of you stay up to watch the eclipse last night? 2014/04/17 07:18:16 (permalink)
    I see you were distracted by my Rode NT post!
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