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Originally Posted by Dave Smith
There is a photo opportunity this Friday evening when the Moon will plough its way through the Pleiades (Seven Sisters) from around 10.30 GMT to around midnight. The forecast in the UK is not too good but in other parts of the world there may be a good chance.
Dave
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Well we missed that event as too much cloud cover.
The next major event which will be visible in the UK is a rare lunar eclipse on the 3rd of March. It will start around 20:18 with max exclpse at 23:21. From a general photography point of view, ie for those without fast lenses or special tracking kit, the period between about 20:18 to 21:30 will probably be the best, as the moon turns through a bright coppery colour to brick red as it passes through the Penumbral shadow. From 21:30 onwards light will diminish as the moon enters the Umbral shadow and turns deep red or rusty in colour before ulimately becoming hard to see at 23:21.
Dave in between almost permenant cloud and dull conditions here I did manage a moon shot 2 days ago ( 21 Feb ) and again early last night. Both taken with a 400mm f5.6 lens.
Don