Popular Post +Bino-viewer Posted October 28, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted October 28, 2023 Fellow stargazers, In case you we not aware we have a small partial lunar eclipse happening this evening, at a nice social time. So, if there is a small window in the weather, there is a good chance you will see it, finger's crossed 🤞🏼 Times are : First umbral contact : 20:36 hrs Max eclipse : 21:14 hrs (its only a grazing sort of eclipse : only about 6% of the moon will be in shadow, but still well worth a look) Final umbral contact with the eclipse ending at 21:52 hrs All timings are BST, its the last day before the clocks go back an hour at 02:00 hrs tomorrow (Sunday) morning. I hope i've got those timings correct ; please correct me if they are wrong. Hopefully one of us can grab an image of it, so please post your results ! 🙂 +Derbyshire Dave, +Glafnazur, Bob Dobber and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Glafnazur Posted October 28, 2023 Share Posted October 28, 2023 I reckon if it is clear then I'll have to take a walk because by my reckoning the moon will behind one of the trees on the green opposite my house, probably the oak which still has virtually all of its leaves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Dobber Posted October 28, 2023 Share Posted October 28, 2023 (edited) 4 hours ago, Bino-viewer said: Fellow stargazers, In case you we not aware we have a small partial lunar eclipse happening this evening, at a nice social time. So, if there is a small window in the weather, there is a good chance you will see it, finger's crossed 🤞🏼 Times are : First umbral contact : 20:36 hrs Max eclipse : 21:14 hrs (its only a grazing sort of eclipse : only about 6% of the moon will be in shadow, but still well worth a look) Final umbral contact with the eclipse ending at 21:52 hrs All timings are BST, its the last day before the clocks go back an hour at 02:00 hrs tomorrow (Sunday) morning. I hope i've got those timings correct ; please correct me if they are wrong. Hopefully one of us can grab an image of it, so please post your results ! 🙂 Thanks for the heads up!! Edit: though you've made me think of this now: Edited October 28, 2023 by Bob Dobber +Bino-viewer and +Glafnazur 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Bino-viewer Posted October 28, 2023 Author Share Posted October 28, 2023 Jaffa cakes : one of lifes pleasures 😋 Bob Dobber and +Glafnazur 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightspore Posted October 28, 2023 Share Posted October 28, 2023 It's raining here, I can't even see the sky. I have some Jaffa doughnuts aka Jonuts. Do these count? Bob Dobber, +Glafnazur and +Bino-viewer 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Glafnazur Posted October 28, 2023 Share Posted October 28, 2023 ooh I've not seen those, must put them on my next shopping list 🙂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightspore Posted October 28, 2023 Share Posted October 28, 2023 6 minutes ago, Glafnazur said: ooh I've not seen those, must put them on my next shopping list 🙂 They're a bit addictive. Basically the love child of two of the best things in the world: doughnuts and Jaffa cakes! I gotta a feeling I'll be eating Jonuts while missing the eclipse tonight. +Glafnazur and +Bino-viewer 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Bino-viewer Posted October 28, 2023 Author Share Posted October 28, 2023 I'm supposed to be on a diet, so it will have to be coffee and snooker for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightspore Posted October 28, 2023 Share Posted October 28, 2023 What does snooker taste like? As for going on a diet, just give it up! lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Bino-viewer Posted October 28, 2023 Author Share Posted October 28, 2023 Eclipse report : ☁️☁️☁️☁️☁️ ☁️🔭❌🌧️🌧️ 🌧️🌧️☔☔☔ 🌧️☁️☁️🫤☕ Right at the end of the eclipse, with perfect timing, the clouds started to break up a little, and i eventually spotted the Lunar disc a few times. I did detect some darkening around the limb of the moon though, but by then the eclipse was officially over. Nothing worth photographing unfortunately. Did anyone else do any better ?? Not that long to wait till the next one anyway : September 18, 2024. Similar to this one, a small partial eclipse , but at about 03:15 in the morning. Better luck next time hopefully 😀 +Streetbob and Nightspore 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightspore Posted October 29, 2023 Share Posted October 29, 2023 2 hours ago, Bino-viewer said: Eclipse report : ☁️☁️☁️☁️☁️ ☁️🔭❌🌧️🌧️ 🌧️🌧️☔☔☔ 🌧️☁️☁️🫤☕ Right at the end of the eclipse, with perfect timing, the clouds started to break up a little, and i eventually spotted the Lunar disc a few times. I did detect some darkening around the limb of the moon though, but by then the eclipse was officially over. Nothing worth photographing unfortunately. Did anyone else do any better ?? Not that long to wait till the next one anyway : September 18, 2024. Similar to this one, a small partial eclipse , but at about 03:15 in the morning. Better luck next time hopefully 😀 At least you caught something, well done. I saw nada, ended up streaming 'Up in Smoke' on YouTube. I haven't seen it for years, it's still hilarious, man. lol tuckstar 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Glafnazur Posted October 29, 2023 Share Posted October 29, 2023 If I remember rightly that's Cheech and Chong, isn't it? Must be around 40 years since I watched that, I can't remember any details about the film other than the fact it had us all in stitches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightspore Posted November 2, 2023 Share Posted November 2, 2023 On 29/10/2023 at 09:27, Glafnazur said: If I remember rightly that's Cheech and Chong, isn't it? Must be around 40 years since I watched that, I can't remember any details about the film other than the fact it had us all in stitches. I think it's still banned on UK terrestrial TV. AFAIK it's only been shown once on TV, when Channel 4 showed it on its 'Banned Season Films' sometime in the early 90's, when I was at university. Far out ... man .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Glafnazur Posted November 2, 2023 Share Posted November 2, 2023 Me and my mates watched it on video along with another of their films. I can't remember which one though, the 80s are all a bit of blur to me, the result of a misspent youth 🙂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightspore Posted November 2, 2023 Share Posted November 2, 2023 The '80s were a blur to everyone. +Glafnazur 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Glafnazur Posted November 11, 2023 Share Posted November 11, 2023 On 28/10/2023 at 17:54, Nightspore said: It's raining here, I can't even see the sky. I have some Jaffa doughnuts aka Jonuts. Do these count? @Nightspore I nearly bought some of these today but got these instead Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightspore Posted November 11, 2023 Share Posted November 11, 2023 3 hours ago, Glafnazur said: @Nightspore I nearly bought some of these today but got these instead I haven't seen those .... I may have to try some, they hardly look toxic. lol +Glafnazur 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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