Would you recommend a location for the upcoming Total Lunar Eclipse?
It is due to occur during the early hours of next Monday morning 16th May.
The Moon will be in Libra, and therefore very low to the south western to west horizon.
Would the Sugarloaf car park be any good?
Of course we will have to check out the weather.
Clear skies will be vital for this event.
Best regards from Aubrey.
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The car park above lough
Dan
might be better given that we will need to see down to the horizon.
The other option would be to walk up the Sugarloaf a bit to gain some altitude.
The weather doesn't look too good though.
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I had a look at my map of Wicklow and if my maths are correct from the Sugarloaf, we will have a horizon of 3 degrees around where the Moon will set on Monday Morning.
Weather still looking bad though.
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Last edit: 8 months 3 weeks ago by michael_murphy.
Afraid not Aubrey, but a friend in South Africa sent through some lovely images.
On a related note, my new eyepiece arrived today. I've never seen anything like it. It's a 17mm with a 2 inch barrel, but the 2inch can be unscrewed to reveal a 1.25 inch barrel underneath it - very handy!
I might even get the chance to try it out tonight.
Clear skies,
Darren.
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Last edit: 8 months 3 weeks ago by Until_then-Goodnight!.
I am very pleased you have a friend in South Africa who saw and imaged the eclipse.
And I'm also very pleased you have received a 2" eyepiece today.
Sadly we have so much high cloud over Dublin tonight (Monday).
And I'm not sure when we are due to have clear night skies.
Funny! We have plenty of sunny afternoons but cloudy nights after sunsets.
I advise everyone here to keep an eye on their favourite weather websites.
Clear skies from Aubrey.
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But now it appears that www.met.ie keep changing their minds regarding tonight's weather!
We might, or then again, we might have an hour of clear skies before midnight.
How frustrating it all is!
Best thing to do is: just look out the window, and if it's clear out we go.
Best regards from Aubrey.
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Sorry to hear weather conditions in Ireland were not good for the eclipse.
Here in Massachusetts, the weather was generally poor. However, Sara and myself did manage to observe some of both the partial and total phases during gaps in the cloud of varying quality. It was a rather dark eclipse during totality (Danjon = 2).
The view from my Observatory in MA was blocked by trees. So I observed from the back of the garden.
