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I got up around 5:41 but it was too cloudy in that part of the sky. I hope someone got photos.

I managed to get two somewhat fuzzy photos, regrettably we had a fair amount of high level cloud.

Unfortunately my camera is overseas at the moment, so I didn't get any pics.  It was beautifully clear here, and the light pollution wasn't enough to obscure the moon.

Thanks Bluenose!

Aggie- did you see any red?

Yes, it was a brown/red/orange colour, particularly around the edges. 

Nice nightlight to fall back asleep to....   I was going to stand out on the balcony until I realized I could keep my head on the pillow to watch.

Quote from: Sibling Lambicus the Toluous on August 28, 2007, 02:27:50 PM
BTW - does anyone here have the software to make a whole whack of JPEGs into some sort of movie format, maybe slide show style?  That might be cool for this.

Yes. Although I'm on a Mac. I'd be happy to glue them together if you sent them to me, though.

I didn't end up seeing it myself. 

At long last, eclipse photos!

The order of the photos got a bit messed up - go by the number in the photo, not the order they're in the album.  The first two were tests; the photos at 2-minute intervals start with eclipse03.jpg.

Quote from: Alpaca on August 29, 2007, 02:33:38 PM
Yes. Although I'm on a Mac. I'd be happy to glue them together if you sent them to me, though.

Sure... is the photobucket album good enough, or do you want me to send you originals?  The whole bunch of 'em come out a little under 25 MB.

Has anybody else heard about the Aurigid meteor shower tonight/tomorrow morning?  It's supposed to be short but intense - less than an hour in duration.  I might have to get up for this one.  It's probably not visible for most of the Siblings here, though.

http://aurigids.seti.org/

Quote from: Sibling Lambicus the Toluous on August 31, 2007, 04:58:44 AM
Sure... is the photobucket album good enough, or do you want me to send you originals?  The whole bunch of 'em come out a little under 25 MB.

That's just perfect. I'll have it done either tomorrow or Sunday, depending how events happen.

Raining out with 3 hours to go.

Drat! Wish I'd seen this. We had clear weather last night. 

I think it was a west coast showing only.  That was so unfair for us east coasters.

Alrighty! Stiched together Lambicus's photos.

http://burlesondems.org/upload/Eclipse.mov

Do let me know is anyone wants a different format, different size, different framerate, different whatever.

Make it into an animated gif?

Hey Astronomy Nerds!

It's time again for the Orionids meteor showers. They usually peak on October 21st, but occasionally they put on a preview on October 17th and 18th. Take a peek after ten p.m. if you're in the Northern Hemisphere. They appear to eminate from Orion, which appears in the eastern sky at this time of year.

Orionids tend to be very fast, sometimes bright and leave persistant trains about half the time.