Australia/New Zealand total lunar eclipse off NZ, Eastern Australia 14 April

[lynnb]

from the IceInSpace newsletter:

On the 15th April 2014, we'll (weather pending!) experience our first total lunar eclipse in 2.5 years!

For Australians and New Zealanders, the eclipse will be in progress at Moonrise - approx 5:28pm AEST when the totality phase will have just started. So you'll need access to a good Eastern horizon, but it will still be difficult to spot the eclipsed moon until it gets a bit higher.

The further East you are, the more of the eclipse you'll see. If you're in the Western half of Australia, you'll only see the very end of the partial phase. New Zealanders will see almost the entire eclipse.

more details here.

I'll be sitting on the coast with a tripod

 

[jmilkins]

fantastic. thanks Lynn. I think I'll set the intervalometer on the GR, while cracking out the long lens on the DSLR. Not very RF but sometimes its a case of the right tool eh?

 

[madras_seersucker]

*sighs* Knowing our luck it will be cloudy in Wellington that night!