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Lunar eclipse (Mar 3) - Pics and links to pics
Posted: Fri Mar 02, 2007 9:52 pm
by Chacor
Skywatchers eagerly awaiting Saturday's total lunar eclipse say that the spectacle could be the "best in years".
The eclipse begins at 2018 GMT, with the Moon totally immersed in the shadow of the Earth between 2244 and 2358 GMT.
During "totality", only light that has been filtered through the Earth's atmosphere reaches the Moon's surface, making it appear a reddish colour.
The eclipse will be visible from the whole of Europe, Africa, South America, and eastern parts of the US and Canada.
KEY TIMES FOR ECLIPSE
Moon enters penumbra: 2018
Moon enters umbra: 2130
Totality begins: 2244
Mid-eclipse: 2321
Totality ends: 2358
Moon leave umbra: 0111
Moon leaves penumbra: 0224
(All times are in GMT: EST+5)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6411991.stm
Posted: Fri Mar 02, 2007 10:18 pm
by Chacor
Unfortunately for me this eclipse, while visible for me, will occur at around 4 a.m., so I won't be seeing it.
Posted: Fri Mar 02, 2007 10:29 pm
by TexasStooge
We Texans will be lucky if we see the eclipse tomorrow night.
Posted: Fri Mar 02, 2007 10:53 pm
by tropicana
probably will be too cloudy to view it here in toronto
Posted: Fri Mar 02, 2007 10:56 pm
by JonathanBelles
i'd like to see the glow, but clouds may be a problem
Posted: Sat Mar 03, 2007 12:07 am
by ohiostorm
So is this tomorrow night for USA?
Posted: Sat Mar 03, 2007 12:19 am
by Hurricaneman
Might be something I would look at
Posted: Sat Mar 03, 2007 8:37 am
by Yarrah
Great, a fully visible lunar eclipse at night and with clear skies.
Posted: Sat Mar 03, 2007 10:14 am
by Chacor
Yarrah wrote:Great, a fully visible lunar eclipse at night and with clear skies.
Take pictures and post them if you can!
Posted: Sat Mar 03, 2007 10:23 am
by HURAKAN
Posted: Sat Mar 03, 2007 11:26 am
by Yarrah
Chacor wrote:Yarrah wrote:Great, a fully visible lunar eclipse at night and with clear skies.
Take pictures and post them if you can!
I'll try to, but I don't think my camera has enough optical zoom to get a nice shot in the dark. Otherwise I'll just post some links to better pictures.
-edit- Fot the ones who want to follow this live, the website below features a live webcast (through a telescope) of the lunar ecplipse. There's nothing to see now, because the webcast will start at 19:00 GMT (total eclipse will be around 23:00 GMT)
http://www.astroforum.nl/live/maansverduistering.html
Posted: Sat Mar 03, 2007 12:17 pm
by Ptarmigan
Yarrah wrote:I'll try to, but I don't think my camera has enough optical zoom to get a nice shot in the dark. Otherwise I'll just post some links to better pictures.
-edit- Fot the ones who want to follow this live, the website below features a live webcast (through a telescope) of the lunar ecplipse. There's nothing to see now, because the webcast will start at 19:00 GMT (total eclipse will be around 23:00 GMT)
http://www.astroforum.nl/live/maansverduistering.html
Are you into astronomy? I am in America and I can only see the Moon leaving Earth's shadow. Man, I am missing out.
Posted: Sat Mar 03, 2007 12:33 pm
by Yarrah
Ptarmigan wrote:Are you into astronomy? I am in America and I can only see the Moon leaving Earth's shadow. Man, I am missing out.
Not really, only when these things happen. Astronomy just isn't my kind of thing. The link was provided by our weather service, so that's how I got there.
Posted: Sat Mar 03, 2007 12:37 pm
by Ptarmigan
Yarrah wrote:Not really, only when these things happen. Astronomy just isn't my kind of thing. The link was provided by our weather service, so that's how I got there.
I see. I am into astronomy myself.
Posted: Sat Mar 03, 2007 12:40 pm
by azsnowman
Not here in Az unfortunately....just read in the paper the height of the spectacular will be at 1640 hours...the sun doesn't set here until 1832 now
Posted: Sat Mar 03, 2007 1:03 pm
by Category 5
Yarrah wrote:Chacor wrote:Yarrah wrote:Great, a fully visible lunar eclipse at night and with clear skies.
Take pictures and post them if you can!
I'll try to, but I don't think my camera has enough optical zoom to get a nice shot in the dark. Otherwise I'll just post some links to better pictures.
-edit- Fot the ones who want to follow this live, the website below features a live webcast (through a telescope) of the lunar ecplipse. There's nothing to see now, because the webcast will start at 19:00 GMT (total eclipse will be around 23:00 GMT)
http://www.astroforum.nl/live/maansverduistering.html
same problem with my camera, but I can still try.
I'm looking foreward to it, I have nothing to do today
Posted: Sat Mar 03, 2007 1:37 pm
by JonathanBelles
It gonna be cloudy and I wont be able to see it
Posted: Sat Mar 03, 2007 1:45 pm
by chadtm80
Going to be to dang cloudy here as well
.....
Posted: Sat Mar 03, 2007 1:51 pm
by HurricaneHunter914
Hopefully by nightfall most of the rain and clouds are offshore.
Posted: Sat Mar 03, 2007 2:18 pm
by P.K.
I'll see what I can do, 10x optical zoom should hopefully be enough. Just under an hour to go from those times.
