Lunar Ecplise this morning!

[angeline]

Yoz guys! I'm sure those peepz doing overnight observation last night/this morning at Singapore Polytechinc are having a GREAT~ time
For those who have to work today(me! ) did any ob?!?! Wahaha~ Some palz at SP woke me up abt 3.15am when the moon is at partial and towards totality. Some "irritating" passing clouds when the moon is almost reaching totality. Alright, that was the case in Bishan area lah... hehe
Really excited to see total lunar ecplise. I always "chiong" for it, but it always cloudy when the moon is at partial or reaching total. There one yr, i cant even see the moon!
Anyway, time for work.. haha!
Take care peepz

[VinSnr]

Yoz guys! I'm sure those peepz doing overnight observation last night/this morning at Singapore Polytechinc are having a GREAT~ time
For those who have to work today(me! ) did any ob?!?! Wahaha~ Some palz at SP woke me up abt 3.15am when the moon is at partial and towards totality. Some "irritating" passing clouds when the moon is almost reaching totality. Alright, that was the case in Bishan area lah... hehe
Really excited to see total lunar ecplise. I always "chiong" for it, but it always cloudy when the moon is at partial or reaching total. There one yr, i cant even see the moon!
Anyway, time for work.. haha!
Take care peepz

I was at Dempsey road.........and when I reached there, already another guy was there.

Mathew was busy doing his capturing via his laptop and his LX-90.

Quite nice to catch this event, except for some high clouds. Even at Dempsey, the sky wasn't really dark. I could just barely resolve M22 (one of nicest globular) even with an 8" SCT. However, with the UHC filter, nebulas were easier....M8 (Lagoon) and M17(Swan) were pretty easy to see.

First time put my LXD55 mount to operation ever since I got it hypertuned half a year ago. GOTO wasn't that bad considering I didn't train the motors at all (too last minute) and the alignment was "tikam" one because one of the alignment stars was behind a building and I just accepted as it is. Further sycnhing with other objects put the GOTO back correctly. Tracking was pretty good too.

All in all...worth the late night.

[kingkong]

my first lunar eclipse with my new scope...
rained out.
better sleep.

[ChaosKnight]

Let me tell you my sob story.

12mn: Boresighted scope, wondered about using webcam VS conventional SLR for this shoot.

12.10: Decided on using SLR. Started hunt for lost batteries, film and T-ring.

12.13: Found T-ring and film in messy drawer.

12:20: Found batteries. Remembered i need camera remote as well.

12.22: Found camera remote.

12.25: Everything laid out nicely, waiting to be packed,

12.30: Got ready for bed. Suddenly can't remember the eclipse timings. Got up and turned on computer, logged onto Singastro to get timings.

12:55: Finally had timings, turned off computer and went to bed.

12:57: Decided i better set the alarm for 2am, then went to bed.

1:30: Woke up. Sky was quite clear. Thought there might be hope of photographing the eclipse. Decided to sleep slightly longer, adjusted the alarm to 2.30.

2.20: Alarm rang. Woke up and saw the sky abit overcast. Wasn't sure if it was worth the effort to bring the equipment downstairs. Decided to go back to sleep and check conditions again at 3am.

4:20: Woke up to a slightly cloudy sky. Realised it was too late and all was lost. Went back to sleep.

No pictures of the eclipse. And no decent night's sleep. Damn...

[Kamikazer]

was observing with a small group of friends at a multi-story carpark in ang mo kio central...
even saw one guy at the corner of the carpark with a camera pointed at the moon...

[fizzy123]

managed to catch a bit of it at 4:30 am at camp, but it was quite cloudy in the east though 8) 8)