Post a Space related coin in honor of last night's historic lunar eclipse

1northcoin

OK, here is mine:

And for those who slept through it ..........

Unbeknownst to many, we just lived through an historic event this past evening. We experienced the longest partial (almost full) lunar eclipse in 600 years, with the last longest one being in the 1440s. Last night's extended for 6 hours.

Of note the eclipse was accompanied by a Blood Moon as its surface appeared red and the moon also qualified as a Beaver Moon as so named by Indian Tribes for a November Full Moon.

The first three positioning photos below were taken with my iPhone but the rest were taken with my tripod mounted Nikon D750 equipped with a 28-300 mm AF-S Nikkor lens with a 3.5-5.6 aperture. The almost full lunar eclipse here where I am located was reached at midnight. With temperatures ranging from minus 2 to minus 4 degrees below zero Fahrenheit the primary challenge was trying to keep my ungloved fingers warm while taking the photos.

And here are progressive lunar eclipse views as captured by the SLR Nikon:

And finally at almost full lunar eclipse:

Bullsitter

ricko

@1northcoin .... I do not have any space coins... However, those are great pictures. At those temperatures though, I would have stayed inside. Cheers, RickO

Goldminers

This one is a 12 ounce gold Philadelphia Mint medal.

P0CKETCHANGE

Our Eagle on the Moon. One wonders how it survives without a space helmet

bsshog40

Great pictures! It was a little too late for me to catch it but I was able to watch the International Space Station fly overhead last night.

Jzyskowski1

Here’s a variety 😉 Not going anywhere with out the top one. The second has a loop on it.

Meltdown

ms70

I would have loved to check it out had I known about it but stuff like this is hardly reported in the crap news anymore.

breakdown

Set my alarm for 4 am and arose and went outside to view it. Had to go back inside for my bifocals! Glad I saw it in a very quiet time of the morning. Part of the illusion of the moon being so high in the sky but my impression was that the eclipse made the moon look even smaller than normal. Very cool to see.

I took a few photos with my phone but none as nice as yours.

Goldminers

Was snowing all night, so we could not view it this time, but the photos were nice to see.

ndeagles

Was cloudy in Colorado springs, set my alarm for nothing...

ctf_error_coins

Jzyskowski1

gumby1234

@Goldminers is it really a 1/2 ounce?

Meltdown

Goldminers

@gumby1234 said:
@Goldminers is it really a 1/2 ounce?

The 3-inch medal is a troy pound, or 12 troy ounces. The obverse was designed by a 12-year old in a contest. A very scarce US Mint space collectable, only 2-3 shown graded of the 38 struck, and many were probably melted.

gumby1234

Holy Moly that thing is huge @Goldminers

vulcanize

My kid was unwell and so had to stay indoors and watch the telecast live on youtube

$1

$0.50

Edited to add images

ctf_error_coins

Of course aliens were watching our moonwalk

Jzyskowski1

Grandson has one on display with Ohio quarter 😉

Jzyskowski1

Last one

emeraldATV

Its about time ?

1northcoin

OK, here are some closeup lunar shots I took on prior occasions:

1northcoin

@vulcanize said:
My kid was unwell and so had to stay indoors and watch the telecast live on youtube

$1

$0.50

Edited to add images

Nice collection.

And thanks to all for sharing.

DrDarryl

Error (die/planchet mismatch) that I identified a few years back.

1northcoin

Nice addition. Is the coin presently located in Hawaii?

SkyMan

@Meltdown said:

Nice ones, Meltdown! One of the primary sets of experiments that Skylab did through all 3 missions was to study the sun. The "windmill" at one end of the Skylab was the Apollo Telescope Mount (ATM). Those four solar panels were dedicated to the solar telescope, which was at the center of the solar panels. The info that was discovered during the 3 missions moved the ball down the filed quite a bit in the field of solar science.

SkyMan

Here's one looking in the other direction. The Apollo 12 astronauts were the first humans ever to see the Sun eclipsed by some other body than the Moon. In their case it was when they were returning from the Moon and getting close to the Earth. The Earth was the celestial body that eclipsed the Sun.

JBK

Forgive the carryover from the Autographs forum. I got this recent reply from Russia from Valentina Tereshkova, first woman in space (1963).

There was a coin issued in the Soviet Union in the 1980s, I believe, to mark an anniversary of her historic flight. Anyone have an example, by any chance?

vulcanize

Just found this picture of my Kid's acquisition two years ago.

Type2