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Total lunar eclipse Wednesday Night during World Series

#1 Postby Brent » Fri Oct 22, 2004 10:18 am

8-) :)

Total Lunar Eclipse to Grace World Series Game 4
By Joe Rao
SPACE.com's Night Sky Columnist
posted: 22 October, 2004
7:00 a.m. ET

A unique date in the annals of baseball history will be recorded Wednesday, Oct. 27 when for the first time a total lunar eclipse will occur during a World Series game.

Millions of Americans watching Game 4 will also be able to partake in one of nature’s most beautiful sky shows, as Earth's shadow begins to cover the Moon during the early innings.

Weather permitting, the eclipse will be visible to fans with a good line of site at Busch Memorial Stadium. And, if FOX television producers so choose, the potential exists for this to be the biggest audience ever to see a lunar eclipse televised live.
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#2 Postby Wnghs2007 » Sat Oct 23, 2004 10:20 am

Cool I hope the weather is great :D
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#3 Postby Josephine96 » Sat Oct 23, 2004 10:32 am

Sounds cool.. Hope the weather stays nice :)
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#4 Postby TexasStooge » Sat Oct 23, 2004 1:15 pm

Hope the weather is clear enough the day of the eclipse.
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#5 Postby Guest » Sat Oct 23, 2004 3:08 pm

That's pretty amazing. I hope they show it, but with it being the World Series, I wouldn't have my hopes up.
...Jennifer...
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#6 Postby Skywatch_NC » Sat Oct 23, 2004 3:13 pm

Will be WAY COOL!! :D

Now let's pray and hope the forecast for that lunar eclipse viewing changes for the MUCH BETTER by then!! :wink:

For now the NWS forecast for St. Louis is:

Wednesday and Wednesday Night:

Mostly cloudy. High around 70. Low in the lower 50s.

Eric
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#7 Postby breeze » Sat Oct 23, 2004 3:18 pm

I'm rooting for clear skies!
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#8 Postby ColdFront77 » Sat Oct 23, 2004 4:32 pm

Clear skies expected (no surprise) for the eclipse across central Florida, at the very least. :)
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#9 Postby Skywatch_NC » Sat Oct 23, 2004 4:35 pm

Partly cloudy that night for here in central NC...but still not too bad. :)

Eric 8-)
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#10 Postby tronbunny » Sat Oct 23, 2004 8:00 pm

I love lunar eclipses!
This should be great.
Any thoughts on color during the umbra?
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#11 Postby Brent » Sat Oct 23, 2004 8:37 pm

Looks good here. 8-)

.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE MID 50S.
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#12 Postby breeze » Sun Oct 24, 2004 7:14 pm

tronbunny wrote:I love lunar eclipses!
This should be great.
Any thoughts on color during the umbra?


I would love to see my favorite color - purple! ;)
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#13 Postby tronbunny » Sun Oct 24, 2004 8:15 pm

breeze wrote:
tronbunny wrote:I love lunar eclipses!
This should be great.
Any thoughts on color during the umbra?


I would love to see my favorite color - purple! ;)

I was figuring a copper color.
I remember about 7 years ago, my son noticed an october full moon that had a pretty orange color.
At about 3 years old, he called it a
"punkin pie moon"
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#14 Postby Aquawind » Mon Oct 25, 2004 7:58 pm

http://www.theeyepiece.org/

Get your camera ready for a perfectly timed Full Lunar Eclipse for East Coast viewers. According to Sky and Telescope the first shading will occur around 8:45pm, then the partial eclipse will start at 9:14pm, with totality starting at 10:23pm and lasting 1 hour and 22 minutes until 11:45pm with the last visible shading ending around 1:25am. All times are Eastern Daylight Time. Try and estimate how dark the moon is by using the Danjon Scale This will be one of the last total lunar eclipses available until 2007. Try dusting off your camera and getting some photographs of the eclipse.
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#15 Postby Skywatch_NC » Mon Oct 25, 2004 11:32 pm

Well, there goes any chance for seeing the eclipse on TV during WS Game #3! :x

Latest NWS forecast for St. Louis:

Wednesday Night:

Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Low in the upper 50s. Light wind in the evening becoming east around 10 mph late tonight.

Eric
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