15 April 2014 Total Lunar Eclipse

[Unstung]

This event will be visible to everybody in the Americas, so I thought I would give a heads-up. The greatest eclipse will occur at 7:46 AM UT, 3:36 AM EDT, or 12:46 AM PDT. Click here for more information.

Greatest eclipse is [eventTimer]2014-04-15 07:45:40?in the future|ago;%d% days, %hh% hours, %mm% minutes, and %ss% seconds %c%[/eventTimer].​

I personally plan on photographing the event and will share the results.

 

[Kyle]

Looking forward to this event! Will be photographing it with my Dobsonian.

 

[Tycho]

Hopefully, I'll have some clear weather for this. But, then again, it's April.

 

[Swigert]

I'd be the type of person that'd wait outside an hour or so early just to truthfully say they saw it start to finish. :shifty:

 

[Artlav]

Wrong side of the planet...
Fortunately, i've seen one back in 2008 - http://orbides.1gb.ru/ecl-080221-gal.php?lng=eng

 

[Cosmic Penguin]

Total Lunar Eclipse of April 15, 2014 (& A Martian Close Encounter of the pi-th kind)

....well I will not be able to see this as it happens during afternoon daytime here (except on the web), but those in the Americas are in the prime spot to see this one, with a total eclipse time of 1 hour and 18 minutes. With Spica only 2 degrees away from the Moon during eclipse and Mars, itself approaching to be closest to Earth for the 2013/14 window only hours from the eclipse (actually 4 hours from now, and 6 days after opposition) being only 10 degrees away, it should make for a spectacular show over the spring skies.

Please report if you intend to observe this (or just Mars at its brightest till 2016). :tiphat:

Detailed information here: http://www.mreclipse.com/LEdata/TLE2014Apr15/TLE2014Apr15.html

 

[Kyle]

Except of course, most of the Eastern US as it'll be cloudy! I, might, have a short window to observe it and in which case I'll be taking pictures.

Mars opposition, lunar eclipse, and a SpaceX launch all in 24 hours -- all of which will be visible in my backyard? Awesome.

 

[Codz]

I'll try to have a go at it in Seattle, if the weather permits.

 

[sorindafabico]

Weather forecast indicates 50% cloud cover and high humidity.

But the next chance is only in September next year, so, i'm going to the planetarium.

 

[Matias Saibene]

Normally when I attend an astronomical event something bad happens and prevents me. But this time the occasion is good.

Climatological data are:

Humidity: 59%
Wind: NW at 19km / h
Pressure: 1014.7mb
Temperature: 14 ° C
http://freemeteo.com/default.asp?pid=15&gid=3864881&la=4

It's cold but, I promised that although rain down meteors, or nitrogen stalactites, was to witness this event.

I take this post to thank everyone who helped me to buy the telescope, and from here I send greetings to my science teacher Hugo Candino:tiphat:.

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I upload an image in this forum, but then I'll upload the full album MediaFire (because I do not want to go to sleep late).

 

[Quick_Nick]

It's happening!

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Since the NASA page is down.

 

[Scav]

Moon is half-eclipsed now; I'm out there in -5C with light clouds taking pictures.

 

[Yurik]

Not visible from my location Is 10 am right now

 

[Scav]

Here ya go Yuri:

 

[Yurik]

Here ya go Yuri:

:thumbup:
Here it's from 25-04-2013, partial Lunar eclipse.

 

[Matias Saibene]

Moon is half-eclipsed now; I'm out there in -5C:shifty: with light clouds taking pictures.

Implacable astronomical observer, and winner of Galileo Galilei observer's Seal Of Approval:thumbup:.

I thank the Probe by the following miracle: when I was watching half the eclipse, the sky was covered with clouds. Something annoying, I enter in my house and fifteen minutes later the clouds had completely disappeared, and the sky was a deep black color that had hitherto only seen in NASA photos!

 

[Izack]

It sadly wasn't visible from here. It went under the treeline some time before the eclipse started.

 

[Messierhunter]

I shot this 4 frame mosaic of the moon during the deepest part of totality (moments before clouds set in) using my 8" LX200 and a Canon XTi with 15 second exposures at ISO 400.

 

[Unstung]

I'll contribute some unedited JPGs since I won't have enough time to make them prettier for a few days. They're in order by time.

Not entirely in the umbra:

Shortly after entry:

By the way, the blue dot is Spica and Mars was nearby:

The final shot which was taken near greatest eclipse:

I have a few photos before I set up the tripod and when the moon half lit, but they're obviously not as spectacular. Photobucket's compression looks ugly on these images.

Actually, I'll include a (nearly) full-size photograph for science:

This one was taken between the third and the fourth photo above.

 

[Codz]

Too cloudy up here in the Pac-Northwest to see it, unfortunately.