So what's the word on this supermoon eclipse on Sept 27?

I was just reading about that, fantasia.

And, btw, happy equinox tomorrow morning—ushering in autumn for the northern hemisphere and spring for the southern hemisphere. Autumn—my favourite season—is finally here!

I was just coming on to mention Sunday's eclipse to find jo has already linked a helpful article. Thanks!

This is the last one until 2018. Eastern North America and the Atlantic Basin are favored this time around. Locally, it'll be over at a very convenient 11.30 pm.

I stepped outside last night for a very average Iridium flare (magnitude 1.0) and saw a -3.0 green meteor at the same time.

I'm with you jo...my favorite season is here!

stargazer!

For those who have cloudy skies tonight, Sky and Telescope are offering a webcast of the live lunar eclipse. Our skies are back-and-forth here, but right now it's cloudy. Boooo! It's not as good as being out under the night sky and viewing it firsthand, but at least there is this online option.

In Oslo, Norway, there are clear skies at the moment (4:25 am). The eclipse got total fifteen minutes ago, and the total should last for another hour.

I can see it from my window at the moment. It's the first time ever that I've seen a total lunar eclipse.

Unfortunately I haven't got equipment to take a proper photo of it, though (so I'm not even trying). But it's fascinating.

Fantastic that you were able to view the eclipse, Varna ... and for the first time! What a spectacular sight, eh?

I do believe ours was one of the few areas that was heavily-clouded. I heard that JillPole's location was cloud-covered, as well. *weeps* (She is a few hours east of me.) But everyone else I heard from had clear skies, even as close as less than an hour away (our youngest son). So glad for those of you who had that great viewing treat! Gorgeous photos are showing up in my FB News Feed, and I'm loving it. I watched part of the eclipse via skyandtelescope's live feed, and while that was amazing, it just isn't the same as experiencing it first-hand out from one's own yard (plus it kept cutting out right near totality ).

Here's to 2018!

I'm looking forward to hearing from others here who enjoyed a great view!

Glad you got to see it, Varna! Your first one? Neat.

Sorry you missed it, jo. Glad you got to see it online at least. (I can sympathize with the clouds/clear skies nearby. Last April, I was clouded out but people in downtown Seattle, less than 20 miles away, posted some great pics of the eclipse by the Space Needle).

Our weekend was very clear but warm; highs Sunday came close to the record of 88F/31C. I was a bit surprised to see forecasts yesterday of an approaching cold front bringing clouds and rain by morning, threatening to interfere with viewing.

It was clear at dusk, and the eclipse began shortly after that. I watched it with Ryadian and her family from their house. The Moon was fairly low in the sky until totality started, and we had to dodge trees (and a few mosquitoes) to see it. But it was great sitting in our camp chairs out in the yard with binoculars, relaxing and watching the progress. We even had an Iridium flare early on.

Clouds invaded from the west as totality started, but we could see it through gaps in the clouds. The red wasn't as prominent as in recent eclipses; I think this one was darker. Clouds came and went the rest of the evening. Seeing totality through gaps in the clouds was actually pretty neat, a different experience than a totally clear sky. By the time the show wrapped up around midnight local daylight time, the clouds were thickening, and there was rain this morning.

I can imagine viewing totality in the gaps would have been a kind of beauty all its own. When the moon first began rising in the east, I was on my walk. The clouds were beginning to cover the sky, and in between the long clouds, and through them, I saw what looked like a massive white orb rising up. Which it was, of course. But, being close to the horizon then, it looked so very huge. Almost surreal. Beautiful! So nice you had some unique viewing of the eclipse, stargazer.

I'm sorry that it was cloudy, Jo. It's really the worst when you can't properly see it due to clouds (or due to light pollution, actually).

I watched the lunar eclipse with most of my family (sadly, Valia had already left). We had a pretty good viewing with limited light and clouds. The moon was simply beautiful through all of the stages of the eclipse that I saw. I had stayed up late as it was and I decided not to stay up any later to watch the eclipse end, but I stayed out there for at least a couple of hours, I think. The moon was very bright, when we first went out! I was using the camera a bit, so I was having some contortions in my vision due to closing one eye and looked at the extremely bright moon with the other! But it was quite lovely, even with the mosquitoes and vision issues.

My husband and I went for a walk last night planning to be back before the eclipse started. Good thing we took our camera with us (intending to get super moon shots) because I misread the time the eclipse started and it started while we were walking. We actually stopped and started snapping pics very quickly. My hubby had to figure out the correct settings and all that. The poor kiddos were wondering what was wrong with their parents.
We got home, and our kiddos cooperated and fell asleep very quickly, so we busted out the telescope and looked at the fully eclipsed blood moon close up. We attempted to take some photos but because when you hook the camera up to the telescope, the telescope becomes the lens and A. it's hard to even find the moon, and B. it's very hard to focus it once you do, our super zoomed in pics were a bit blurry. We'll have to work on that. But I was quite pleased with the majority of pictures we did get.
Interestingly enough, because we were out driving around tonight, I saw the moon rise and it was waaaay more impressive than the super moon last night (which was a good deal higher when we were first able to see it above the trees). No camera sadly.

Seen from my angle the moon was hardly red at all, just dark grey. So I had no feeling of a blood moon. It was still a fascinating sight.

Yesterday (Friday) morning I enjoyed a spectacular view to the east just as twilight was lighting the sky. Bright Venus was close to Regulus, the brightest star in Leo the Lion, and just below it the Moon, Jupiter, and Mars made a fairly compact triangle about 5 degrees on a side.

The timing was rather lucky in that I'd only been out a few minutes when clouds rapidly moved in from the west and obscured the view.

In a sign of the times, someone walked by on a nearby sidewalk, eyes glued to his phone, apparently unaware of the beauty above.

Sure glad some of you saw the lunar eclipse. The photos that have been posted are wowser!

stargazer, that sounds absolutely lovely. Friday morning just before dawn was when I, too, viewed the planets in the eastern sky. Venus was like a floodlight; near to it, Regulus; the waning Moon (still a strong light); ruddy Mars; bright Jupiter; and then a brief glimpse of Mercury on the horizon before a low line of clouds covered it. What a sight!

In a sign of the times, someone walked by on a nearby sidewalk, eyes glued to his phone, apparently unaware of the beauty above.

Arrgghh, don't they know what they're missing? Apparently not. Look up, people, look UP! The glory in the heavens is far better than any TV show or movie ... or phone screen!

Aside from wonder of that stunning view on its own, my eyes circled around the skies, so beginning to the left of the planets (turn with me as I revolved from the NE to the SE)... the Big Dipper; Cassiopeia; up near the zenith, the Pleiades; then mighty Orion, with its belt pointing down to Sirius ... and back to the planets again. I'm probably missing some, but those are the ones that really stood out to me. ♥

Autumn is such a wonderful time for night-sky viewing with the dark arriving much earlier and the sky is filled with such glorious goodness in the lovely, cool temperatures.

I have not posted on here in awhile, but the Mrs., and I just got in from enjoying a grand blaze in the fire pit. Sadly the thin clouds blocked all but the brightest stars. Though we were treated to a passing glimps of the ISS.
I have noticed the show Venus, and Mars is making in the morning. Missed seeing Jupiter, maybe I just get out a little too late.
I was hoping to see some action in the way of a meteor shower. Someone said we are due for one this weekend. Anyone know anything of this?

I did not see Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and the Moon Friday morning when I guess they were all really close together, but my little family decided to do some backyard camping Friday night/Saturday morning and when I got up and went to go inside at about 6:30am, I did see all of the planets and moon. It was quite a sight.