Lunar Eclipse the other night

 With clear skies, a great opportunity to see a Lunar Eclipse from the back yard,  Enjoy,

Essentially, all 4896x3672 pixels

Shot with a DMZ-ZS40 Camera

f/6.4, 4 seconds, ISO-400

Tripod of course and shot at 2 am, CDT, 14 March 2025 in Carbondale IL.

Tsuchinshan-ATLAS Comet

 

Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan–ATLAS) is barely visible to the naked eye after sunset for the next week or two.  But point your cell phone camera to the west, and use "night" option. This graphic is from Sky & Telescope.

Some shots from last night across a soybean field looking west at 8 pm central time.

Details of photos are Samsung Camera, Model SM-G781U, F-Stop 1.8, 1/3 second, ISO-5000, Focal length 5 mm, Maximum aperture 1.69.  (this is for sixth picture, others are about the same).

That is a plane crossing the bottom of the last pic.

Aurora Borealis in Southern Illinois

 Some pics from last night.

Aurora - 30 Minute Forecast | NOAA / NWS Space Weather Prediction Center

Eclipse

The Eclipse (1907)

by Georges Méliès

Free here.

Silent movie 9 minutes, 10 seconds

Eclipse Coming 8 April 2024

 April 8, 2024 • 1:59 p.m. CDT

Do a search and you can find a bunch of info including:

2024 Total Eclipse - NASA Science

Why 2024's Total Solar Eclipse Will Be So Special | Scientific American

The path of totality through North America - the Great North American Eclipse of April 8, 2024 | eclipse2024.org

and for me in Southern Illinois

2024 Solar Eclipse in Carbondale, IL with NASA (siu.edu)

For me back in Massachusetts in 2017, I shot this short clip.

Go Dark - A Wild East Story on the Appalachian Trail

A video from the Appalachian Trail Conservancy. 

Enjoy

Banana Sun

Well, forget all the science stuff.  This site explains it so well, that even this guy can understand the Eclipse.  It has a neat countdown clock too.

Hiking History

Found this neat little article on hiking history that you can read while you are waiting for the eclipse to arrive on Monday.  enjoy.

Pluto

Should be some exciting imagery coming our way from the "dwarf" planet.

See the BBC report.  And the images from NASA.

super moon tonight

We took a break from playing Mexican Train (Dominoes) tonight to enjoy the full moon.

Every once in a while you need to look into the sky and enjoy the view.