May 15th Lunar eclipse

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May 15th Lunar eclipse

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What plans, if any, do y'all have for this event?

Thinking about staying up to capture the entire sequence with a camera setup but 5 hours is a long time.


Event Time in Providence
Penumbral Eclipse begins May 15 at 9:32:05 pm
Partial Eclipse begins May 15 at 10:27:52 pm
Full Eclipse begins May 15 at 11:29:03 pm
Maximum Eclipse May 16 at 12:11:28 am
Full Eclipse ends May 16 at 12:53:55 am
Partial Eclipse ends May 16 at 1:55:07 am
Penumbral Eclipse ends May 16 at 2:50:49 am
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Re: May 15th Lunar eclipse

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Pete,

Keep in mind that the eclipsed full moon will be in Scorpius and will be riding very low in the south.

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Re: May 15th Lunar eclipse

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I'm so used to the equatorial being winter high that I'd not bothered to check on this Steve. And I'd never noticed that at this time of year the equatorial belt does not run east-west but north east to south west, slewed at about 45°.

As for height, it's only 15° above the horizon when the penumbral part begins, 22° high when partial eclipse begins, and 27° at total eclipse. Quite disappointing as that's just too low to get decent telescopic images.
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Re: May 15th Lunar eclipse

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AstroGeek wrote: Tue May 03, 2022 10:47 pm Pete,

Keep in mind that the eclipsed full moon will be in Scorpius and will be riding very low in the south.

Steve
Well that's a rather sudden and unfortunate change from the position we've been used to, isn't it? Thanks for bringing this point to our attention, Steve. As the old Honda yard equipment ads once said, "This changes everything". :)

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