Don't forget about lunar eclipse Saturday night!

Divinorumus · Post by **Divinorumus** » 03-01-2007 03:18 AM

Should be seeing RED - take pics!

Biker · Post by **Biker** » 03-01-2007 08:38 AM

Thanks, Div. I hadn't even heard about it.
Gonna have to break out the camera.

Biker:)

snowbird · Post by **snowbird** » 03-01-2007 12:58 PM

Which area of the continent will this be taking place?

Divinorumus · Post by **Divinorumus** » 03-01-2007 03:31 PM

Gonna have to break out the camera.

Yeah, I wish I could/would, but it's cold here (I'm afraid of the cold - I run from it all the time - ha). But it should be beautiful.

Which area of the continent will this be taking place?

I'm not sure, I didn't have any details other than it just being a date and event listed on a long list of such thing. It should be viewable from the US sometime in the evening as the sun goes down and the moon comes up. It should go red then dark and then red again. Says totality is best on east coast.

Sorry, no other info unless I go look it up and I only really need the date and general time which I have. I hope it will be not so cold and windy here so I might get some pics.

Divinorumus · Post by **Divinorumus** » 03-01-2007 03:34 PM

Oh, http://spaceweather.com/ has something about it. If it is not there, on the right of the screen you can put in todays date (Mar 1 2007) and pull up todays pages.

Shimmering Auro · Post by **Shimmering Auro** » 03-01-2007 04:52 PM

http://spaceweather.com/

This weekend's eclipse will be visible from parts of all seven continents: map. Europe and Africa are favored. People there will see Earth's red shadow swallow the Moon for more than an hour around 23:21 GMT: animation.

Here in the United States, you have to be in the eastern half of the country to witness totality. At the end of the day on Saturday, go outside and face east. As the sun sets behind your back, a red Moon will rise before your eyes--fantastic! Maximum eclipse is at 6:21 p.m. EST.

Live webcasts: from Italy; from Norway; from the Netherlands.

Shimmering Aurora

Live365 · Post by **Live365** » 03-02-2007 01:55 PM

Thanks for the info! Turns out another one on August 28th. Been a while since we had two in one year.

SETIsLady · Post by **SETIsLady** » 03-03-2007 12:02 PM

Thanks Div

snowbird · Post by **snowbird** » 03-03-2007 04:23 PM

Great info - Unfortunately, skies are cloudy and I'll have to rely on somebody else's photos. Good try though, the sun came out for a bit today....

Divinorumus · Post by **Divinorumus** » 03-03-2007 05:53 PM

CLEAR SKIES HERE (sweet -- because I missed all those northern lights some months back because of clouds -- but this will be GREAT!)

Lunar eclipse underway
Mar 03, 2007 05:05 PM
Canadian Press

HALIFAX – The Earth's shadow has started to cover the moon – the beginning of the first total lunar eclipse in 2 1/2 years.

Stargazers in eastern parts of Canada and the United States, as well as those in Africa, Europe and much of Asia, should have the best view.

The eclipse began at around 4:30 p.m. ET, with the moon expected to be fully covered around 5:45.

The eclipse should last about 74 minutes before the moon begins to re-appear, with the moon completely visible shortly after 8 p.m. ET.

But some astronomy buffs might have trouble seeing the celestial phenomenon.

Parts of Eastern Canada are covered in clouds from a winter storm that moved through the region and is now in Newfoundland and Labrador.

Divinorumus · Post by **Divinorumus** » 03-03-2007 07:22 PM

I've not seen the moon come up yet (rise is 5:59 here where I am), stuff on the horizon here so it will be soon now .. but if you check out spaceweather.com you'll see photos and links to webcasts from around the world.

Live365 · Post by **Live365** » 03-03-2007 07:32 PM

Div, 6:32 here. Sun not down yet. But they say that when the Moon rises, it will already be red. And that should be really kewl.

I can't wait!

Divinorumus · Post by **Divinorumus** » 03-03-2007 08:27 PM

By the time it popped up over the tree line here, it was already beginning to end. I saw the deep red, but I'm sure it didn't compare to anything like where you could see it in totallity. I watched it for a couple of minutes before the red almost totally dissappeared. Last week I was thinking of seeking higher ground to watch this today, and I would have had it been a total eclipse here, but never the less I FELT THE POWER ... What an incredible rush to look upon the moon when so many other eyes are also doing the same.

This is as eclipsey as it got here when I saw it (it was just over the treeline here - and this is actually a short exposure so it looks like night but it wasn't quite that dark yet)

added:
and it's big and round and the normal color now ... btw, I took the above pic at 6:35pm Central here. Ian should have seen the same here on his way to work this evening - ha ... (is he on this evening? I've not even checked)

majda · Post by **majda** » 03-03-2007 09:06 PM

Neat picture Div. Thanks!

Shirleypal · Post by **Shirleypal** » 03-03-2007 09:26 PM

Beautiful Pic Div.......overcast here so I couldn't see it.