The sky is so cloudy even after the rain.

i had nothing to do with it, so don't shoot me, ok?

30th October is rapidly approaching! Anyone got some nice Mars closeup from past few days? Choostar, any goodies from APGM? Pls share with us....we're hungry.

There's an eclipse of the moon tonight at moonrise.

Hey right on, bro.
Only a small part of the moon will be in the umbra, though, so I guess most ppl will not even notice the event.
Are you going to do some shooting tonite, CompMac? U're our resident Moon photographer!
deepyu, can u think of any hill in KL with a clear viewpoint of the East Horizon to try some shooting? We only have about 3.5 hours to prepare loh!

I'll try to get some shots tonight... hopefully the sky in Butterworth will be clear. I'm keeping my fingers crossed...

no, no, don't keep them crossed, keep them on the shutter button!

Mr.LKM. are u ready down in Kluang?

Not on the shutter button, but on the remote control button.

Sky's looking really good here in Melbourne.. I'll try to get a shot.

Way to go, wKkay. Now we're international!
Any luck yet, anybody?
Silly me, everyone's outside now except me, still stuck in the office.....

The upper-right bit of the moon was shaded today. It wasn't really prominent, and could hardly be seen. Still, it's my first taste of a lunar eclipse. I'll be looking forward to the total eclipse in 2007.

I took 6 shots starting from 1100 UTC, in 15 minute intervals, to 1215 UTC.

300mm ISO100 f/11 1/125. I hope these will turn out well, since they were recommended exposures for a full moon under non-eclipse conditions. During a partial eclipse, is the EV of the moon lower? Crap. I think so. My photos should be underexposed then.

(developing in a few weeks time)

The moon was in the penumbra during the height of the eclipse, so definitely the EV is lower. Maybe you can ask the shop to push the film a couple of stops for you. But then the rest of your shots will be over......
It was beautifool from here, the weather suddenly changed for the better at about 7.30 pm, the moon came out from behind the clouds and put on a jolly good show! Even Venus came out to see what the fuss was all about!
How did you do in Butterworth, CompMac?
I fear deepyu & Mr.LKM may have missed the action; they were last online at 10 plus this morning...........still no sign of them now.

Ahh yes, and Mars was peeking from below

On a side note, my right contact lens fell out as I was rubbing my eye. Had to spend the whole hour in the park looking out through one eye! (tough, when you're trying to do assignments to kill time)

Didn't notice Mars, had no view of the horizon.
Did you recover the lost contact? Hope it was a disposable type......

Anyway, here are my shots:-
First, how the eclipse would appear to the naked eye:


Eclipse at 8.08 pm in Klang Valley.


Almost out of the Umbra at 8.48 pm


Eerie Moon

Butterworth was too cloudy. No sight of the moon at 8pm. Real unlucky.

Aaaawww, that means we're counting on wKkay's one-eyed jack shots do deliver the goodies!

BTW did you guys see the doctored eclipse pic in today's STAR? geez, the things ppl do to get their photos printed in the news....not that i wouldn't do it too.

yelorr..I only told this morning by my friend..but luckily i took
some shot of the moon last night. and notice that the right side of the
moon is a bit dark..will post later..
BTW nice moon shot there March

I am not that lucky, nobody told me I was busy studying yesterday...My exam will end up on 25/10/2005

I can just view the photos you guys took I am fed up...

By the way, do you know is there any local website that tell us these kinds of information?

This post has been edited by Mr.LKM: Oct 18 2005, 02:21 PM

How about Astronomy.MY?

How're you doing so far in your exams? Sure score, right? Study so hard until own thread also forget.......

I think Astronomy.MY can't provide this kind of informations, we need an expert to tell. Exams arr? Just score the average marks...... Not only this thread is forgotten even my computer...

and what is ur average.......95-98%?

better go study some more u get 99% ur dad get u the bigger telescope!