dombanks Posted September 28, 2015 Posted September 28, 2015 Anyone else silly enough to get up and have a look? Quote
Man On The Clapham Omnibus Posted September 28, 2015 Posted September 28, 2015 Looks like "No"! Quote
John K Posted September 28, 2015 Posted September 28, 2015 0230 nothing much going on 0400 had gone red, approx 20% occluded I think they over hype things by calling it a blood moon, if my blood was that colour I would be on the iron tablets. And BTW I didn't get up special, SHMBO was tossing and snoring like a beached whale and whilst I was awake I took a look. My excuse and I'm sticking to it..! Quote
John K Posted September 28, 2015 Posted September 28, 2015 Continuing the geeky theme, if there are any astronomy anoraks out there, I'm currently on the SKA project headquartered out of Jodrell Bank. I sit in meetings staring at the Lovell telescope. My dream project..! Quote
Man On The Clapham Omnibus Posted September 28, 2015 Posted September 28, 2015 I was up for a pee at sometime when I really should have looked out but my principal concern was getting back in bed! Oh the joys of advancing years... But still, the alternative to getting older doesn't bear thinking about. Quote
Howard Posted September 28, 2015 Posted September 28, 2015 Silly enough to get up and look, yes. Silly enough to go on the boardroom at that time? No! 1 Quote
dombanks Posted September 28, 2015 Author Posted September 28, 2015 Silly enough to get up and look, yes. Silly enough to go on the boardroom at that time? No! i couldn't sleep so thought i might as well get dressed and go outside to have a look. it was a sort of rusty colour and full with a nice bright crescent around the bottom. i was impressed but that could have been a lack of sleep Quote
TrophyJem Posted September 28, 2015 Posted September 28, 2015 I got up and took a picture. It was a bit of a pain to take a picture of as it was much darker than I was expecting. Meant I couldn't take it with a long lens as the exposure was too long so the moon moved and blurred the picture. 4 Quote
Geoffrey Carter (Buttercup) Posted September 28, 2015 Posted September 28, 2015 WOW. I like that. Quote
dombanks Posted September 28, 2015 Author Posted September 28, 2015 nice... much better than the blob i got on my iphone Quote
John K Posted September 28, 2015 Posted September 28, 2015 I got up and took a picture... That is a nice pic..! When did you take it? That very much the view I dimly remember at 0400... Quote
TrophyJem Posted September 28, 2015 Posted September 28, 2015 That is a nice pic..! When did you take it? That very much the view I dimly remember at 0400... It was about 04:15. Had been trying since 03:30 and failing miserably, then switched to a shorter lens and just cropped the picture. Quote
SootySport Posted September 28, 2015 Posted September 28, 2015 I was up for a pee at sometime when I really should have looked out but my principal concern was getting back in bed! Oh the joys of advancing years... But still, the alternative to getting older doesn't bear thinking about. Me too, got up at 3.30 and the blood moon was there in all it's glory. Wife was awake already, out in the garden playing with her camera but didn't get a worthwhile snap. I was back in bed and sleep after 5mins. Quote
Paul Hurdsfield - Joint Manchester AO Posted September 28, 2015 Posted September 28, 2015 I was up for a pee at sometime when I really should have looked out but my principal concern was getting back in bed! Oh the joys of advancing years... But still, the alternative to getting older doesn't bear thinking about. Yep same here I kept looking out up til' bedtime but there was some wispy cloud about \then I woke up for a pee at 3am and forgot about it, so I got straight back in bed. Quote
pistonbroke Posted October 1, 2015 Posted October 1, 2015 Only Lunatics stare at the Moon at 3am Quote
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