Saturday’s Lunar Eclipse was a real success through the Slooh telescopes, with many members collecting images and several creating collages and animations. The evening included live eclipse missions, lunar-science commentary, and a selection of moon-themed songs.
Following is a sampling of members’ eclipse creations. If you have eclipse images you’d like to contribute, send an email to tavianne@gmail.com and we’ll add them to the collection.
From Slooh member, DaveM:
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From Slooh member, OlafB:
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From Slooh member, TaviG:
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Slooh member AloysiusO took this image with his Nikon D80:
On August 16, Luna will pass through Earth’s shadow to bring us this year’s final lunar eclipse. Fortunately, Slooh’s Teide observatory is well-placed to observe much of the event, including the moment of greatest eclipse.
Saturday’s event is a partial eclipse, lasting just over three hours. With greatest eclipse occurring twenty-five minutes after the observatory opens, Slooh members will be able to witness three of the five contact moments of the eclipse. These include the last few moments of the first penumbral and all of the umbral and final penumbral phases.
Just as we’ve done with past lunar eclipses, the Slooh telescopes will target the moon to give members a close-up, real-time look at an eclipse as it occurs. We’ll also feature music and live commentary on SloohRadio throughout the event. Members can snap images of the evolving eclipse as various lunar craters slip through Earth’s shadow, while Slooh SkyGuides describe the interaction between our planet and its only moon.
This is an early evening event for the Teide location, beginning just after the observatory opens. Lunar missions have been scheduled, by Team Slooh and members, all throughout the eclipse, from 20:45 UTC through 23:50 UTC. Actual moon mission times will be noted to this Saturday’s Teide 1 Member Channel schedule on the Slooh Launchpad. And, of course, the event can be viewed and images snapped through the Member Channel on the Mission Interface.
Slooh SkyGuide Marleen Bryan compiled several of her Slooh images from March 2007’s partial lunar eclipse to create the following video, offering a preview of what we can expect to see with this Saturday’s event.
NOTE: SloohRadio can be accessed from the Mission Interface or through the SloohRadio link via your computer’s media player. The SloohRadio link works only during live airtimes.
Thanks to our new friends at Asociacion Argentina Amigos de la Astronomia, we were able to see the total lunar eclipse Wednesday on Slooh even though there were clouds over Mt. Teide. Thank you!
Here’s a wonderful animation from Slooh Member Dave M. Check for more Slooh member animations and personal astronomy pictures of the event at mySlooh. Remember to post your own!
Join us on Slooh for the total lunar eclipse tonight. Be sure to look up to your home sky and see it if you can! All or part of the celestial event will be visible by half the planet, three billion people in the Americas, Europe, Africa, and part of Asia. Totality will begin at 10:01PM EST/3:01AM UT.
Weather permitting, we will watch the whole eclipse unfold through the Slooh Telescopes in the Canary Islands. SkyGuides on Slooh Radio will explain how and why eclipses happen starting at 8PM ET/1AM UT. We’ll also have a “How-To Slooh” broadcast to help you get the most out of your membership.
Don’t forget to snap your own eclipse souvenir in the Slooh Mission Interface! This is the last total eclipse of the Moon until 2010.
UPDATE: Rain over the Slooh Domes, so we set up a special page for live viewing of the eclipse.
Join astronomy author and Slooh SkyGuide Phil Harrington on Slooh tonight for a special preview of the total eclipse of the Moon this Wednesday. The celestial event will be visible by all of South America, much of North America, Western Europe and parts of Africa. Weather permitting, we will be able to watch the whole eclipse unfold here on Slooh. Phil’s preview show on Slooh Radio will explain how and why eclipses happen, their history, and what to look for from your own backyard this Wednesday. Come into the chat room to ask questions that he can answer live on air.
Phil’s personal photo of the 10/04 Lunar Eclipse:
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Saturday’s Lunar Eclipse was a real success through the Slooh telescopes, with many members collecting images and several creating collages and animations. The evening included live eclipse missions, lunar-science commentary, and a selection of moon-themed songs.
