Attached Link: Spaceweather.com

**BIG FULL MOON:** Tonight's full moon is the closest and biggest of 2006. Why? The Moon's orbit is lopsided: one side is closer to Earth than the other. When the Moon turns full on Sept 7th, it will be on the close side, making it seem a bit wider than usual. Look for the extra-wide Moon rising in the east at sunset--very pretty. **BONUS--A LUNAR ECLIPSE:** If you live in eastern Europe, Asia, Africa or Australia, you might also see a partial lunar eclipse tonight. The Moon will dip into Earth's shadow for about 90 minutes around 1851 UT on Sept. 7th. Only 19% of the Moon will be covered, but that's enough for a nice display. **A SPOT OF FOLKLORE:** September's full Moon is usually called the Harvest Moon, but not this year. By definition, the Harvest Moon is the full Moon closest to the autumnal equinox. This year's equinox falls on Sept. 23rd and the full Moon closest to that comes on October 7th. The 2006 Harvest Moon will have to wait until October.

Aaaah the old apogee/perigee thing...thought it was looking a bit large up here in the soon to be frozen north...LOL..interesting factoid about the Harvest Moon...one time, think it was my 25th B-day year, there was a Harvest Moon  around the 23rd October that was soooo friggin huge I thought it was gonna crash into the earth. When it sat on the horizon it seem'd 30 or 40 stories high. Tho it may well have been me that was 30 or 40 stories High..LOL...it was the '70s. That  would have been in 1973....waaaay back in the Last Millenium...god I love writing that. heh heh heh......

Ahh, the 70s -- that might explain it, heheh. (wink)

Excellent !!!

Sigh..the weather gawds must hate me a lot cuz all week we've been having pure starry cloud free skies...right up to Wed. night, along with teasers of the coming full moon, then last night when it will actually be full we get some screwed up weather system, likely caused by that massive forest fire in Wash./Oregon/British Columbia, that installed a haze filter to start and then drug clouds across the friggin moon all night. Guess I'll have to wait for the October one to "Shoot the Moon"

The previous night we had a super hazy moon, but the gods were smiling on me last night and the hoizon was clear just after sunset. Here's my attempt. The main image was shot using the night mode on my C-8080. That of course blew out the moon. I then shot a frame at 1/40 and ISO50 which I find gets some pretty decent moon detail. I then merged the shots to get this colorful composite. Think I should put it in my gallery, or is it not interesting enough? Anyone else have any luck?

Well I would post it....shots of the full moon are always worth posting...

Valou...lovely close up....was gonna say youse guyz are just rubbin it in but that would sound less than grateful. I really wanted this shot as a pal was born om Sept 7 with a full moon and I wanted to make a belated b-day for him with a FullMoon On Birthday theme...If I may I'd like to use both images in this one only card...If it's o k post here please or IM me.

Great shootin folks

Feel free Bobby...mine should be big enough for a decent pring. BTW, that is shot with my 5x zoom. I've been looking at some 12x zoom moon shots and am drooling for a cam with that kind of range. :)

Thanx man....is that shot taken with a Digital Camera?...I think the problem I'm having is I need a real good tri pod. Been resting the camera on existing objects but they are often in the wrong place for the shot I want.

Yep, the Olympus C-8080 is a 8MP digital cam with 5x optical zoom. Not quite enough for a really clear shot of the moon, but not too shabby. :) By all means, get a tripod!

Sigh...guess my SonyDSC S60 4.1 megapixel shots would actually be shabby for the moon, tri pod or not then...oh well...I'll stick to closer stuff...LOL

Attached Link: My collage of the eclipse

This photo was taken (as is the collage I posted) with the Sony DSC-717 5MP showing the partial eclipse as seen from South Africa (Leeudoringstad for those who want to get co-ordinates)  at 1/30 sec  f/8,  focal length 267mm,  07 September 2006, 08:52 pm

I plan to get an adaptor for my MEADE telescope (114mm) for the next event.

I know the quality is not comparable to decent SLR gear, but I am particularly proud of the results seeing I used a camera (CCD) known for the noise in these circumstances. I had to experiment and did everything manually until I was happy with the results. I turned off the AF as well.

It is a pity we don't see more entries in this thread, where were the other 10 members of RR? :huh:

Too bad I discovered too late the moon eclipse had passed by! Great to see it's recorded anyway! :) I love eclipses but lately I've seen them only rarely. Although no moon eclipse would beat a sun eclipse! :)

It is a pity we don't see more entries in this thread.

There was not a lunar eclipse here.

The moon was full so much less detail can be captured in a photograph.

It caused the highest tide in 25yrs so I was making sure I could find my water wings

I'm a little slow posting, but I took this shot while at work. The focus is a little soft and the irregularities at the top right are from leaves that I hadn't noticed (they were really obvious in the next couple of shots). No eclipse here.

 

Great moon photos everyone and it is great you were able to capture the eclipse Piet.

Excellent photos everybody.I didn't get a decent one to share because I didn't have my tripod with me. :(

Kort,I couldn't believe the skies you guys are having.Friday night,when we landed,had one of the most dramatic cloudscapes I've ever seen. We get nothing like that in New York.No wonder you're into meteorology.I would be,too,with skies like that!

( LOL at Richard's water wings! )

Oops, I missed something...you were in FL?!? And didn't stop by!?!?!? ;o) Yes, this time of year we get some great clouds. I've always got my eyes to the sky. It is wonderful to wake up to scenes like this!

LOL and just a hop,skip and a jump away from you...Too bad I was only there for the weekend...I was in awe of the skies.I guess something's got to make up for that unbearable heat,lol.

Your photo is beautiful.I wouldn't mind waking up to that!

...or this. Awww. you shoulda poked your head in. :)

That photo could easily have been up at the lake up here in the frozen, well not yet but soon, north. I could not live without the "cloudpictures" I've been inspired by since I first looked up. So sorry they don't have these in NY Margana, must be all the population/buildings, and general build up scares em away...LOL.  Guess there is an up side to living here after all.

Admitted, these are incredible cloud formations! They beg to be captured.

I'm not sure why we don't have them...maybe you're right.They're scared of us 'tough' New Yorkers,lol.

PS Maybe next time,Kort...ya never know... :^)

Look familiar,Kort?

PS-I know it's not the moon... ;^)