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December 21st Total Lunar Eclipse, Visibility details for UK members |
 Dec 20 2010, 10:55 AM
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 The Poet Dude  Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60  |
If you're a UK member, here's a guide to how you can observe tomorrow morning's total lunar eclipse...
http://cumbriansky.wordpress.com/2010/12/2...-across-the-uk/ If you live outside the UK, a quick Google search should provide you with advice on watching it from your location, if you can see it. I know it's going to be widely observed across the US, so US members should check out the SKY & TELESCOPE website for times, etc. -------------------- |
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Dec 21 2010, 01:10 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 100 Joined: 25-April 08 From: near New York City, NY Member No.: 4103 |
For folks in the USA, attached is a graphic with the times of the lunar eclipse in Eastern Standard Time - to get the times for your location, just subtract one hour for Central Time, two hours for Mountain Time and three for Pacific Time. The eclipse will be visible in any location in the US with a clear sky.
The moon will be about half-way up in the western sky for those of us in the eastern US, higher in the sky as you go further west. The eclipse is prettier from outside with a background of stars that usually can't be seen easily when the moon is full, but you may be able to see the eclipsed moon from indoors in a darkened room, especially if you find the moon earlier when partially eclipsed and its brighter. Chart is from mreclipse.com, but more information is also available at: http://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/h.../111597159.html good luck and happy viewing...
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Dec 21 2010, 01:29 AM
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 Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8789 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
Afraid it's a literal washout here in Los Angeles...seems like it NEVER rains here unless there's some sort of cool astronomical event!!!
 (BTW, Bkellysky, big fan of your column & your magazine!) -------------------- A few will take this knowledge and use this power of a dream realized as a force for change, an impetus for further discovery to make less ancient dreams real.
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Dec 21 2010, 05:58 AM
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 Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2113 Joined: 13-February 10 From: Ontario Member No.: 5221 |
For those under nasty clouds (like myself), a webcast is available, (requires Silverlight):
http://www.ccssc.org/webcast.html |
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Dec 21 2010, 06:06 AM
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Clear here...but FREEEZING!!!!!!
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Dec 21 2010, 06:47 AM
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 Senior Member Group: Admin Posts: 4763 Joined: 15-March 05 From: Glendale, AZ Member No.: 197 |
The clouds have started breaking up. But it's difficult to focus through that mess.
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-------------------- If Occam had heard my theory, things would be very different now.
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Dec 21 2010, 06:59 AM
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Think I can already see some colour in the shadow.
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Dec 21 2010, 07:40 AM
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Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8789 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
Looked fine to me, Dan; a little blurry, but not excessively so at all.
I still can't believe that here in Los Angeles, a city that gets approx. 367 days a year of sunshine (or so it seems), both this eclipse AND the Geminids were rained out!!!
-------------------- A few will take this knowledge and use this power of a dream realized as a force for change, an impetus for further discovery to make less ancient dreams real.
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Dec 21 2010, 07:53 AM
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 Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 3242 Joined: 11-February 04 From: Tucson, AZ Member No.: 23 |
Okay, here is my awesome shot!
Okay, before you laugh, I am not a photographer. I am not an astrophotographer. This is from a webcam scotch taped to a pair of binoculars, which have to be held in one hand, while I press the capture button on the laptop. And I have had plenty of caffeine...
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-------------------- &@^^!% Jim! I'm a geologist, not a physicist!
The Gish Bar Times - A Blog all about Jupiter's Moon Io |
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Dec 21 2010, 08:02 AM
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Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 3242 Joined: 11-February 04 From: Tucson, AZ Member No.: 23 |
Show's over here I think. Much thicker clouds have rolled in here in Tucson
-------------------- &@^^!% Jim! I'm a geologist, not a physicist!
The Gish Bar Times - A Blog all about Jupiter's Moon Io |
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Dec 21 2010, 08:22 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 890 Joined: 18-November 08 Member No.: 4489 |
here in the metro Detroit area it is VERY cloudy
all that can be seen is the "sky glow" of Detroit and the I-96 and I-275 lights |
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Dec 21 2010, 08:30 AM
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Senior Member Group: Admin Posts: 4763 Joined: 15-March 05 From: Glendale, AZ Member No.: 197 |
Just prior to totality
EDIT: replaced with a sharper five-image stack I made this morning
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-------------------- If Occam had heard my theory, things would be very different now.
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Dec 21 2010, 09:24 AM
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The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 |
GORGEOUS pics everyone! Glad you all saw it. Had a fantastic if freezing view from here in Kendal. Stella and I hiked up to the castle at 6am, wrapped up like arctic explorers, in temp of minus ten degrees c, snow and hoarfrost all around but it was worth it...
And we were joined by a reporter from our local BBC radio station too...
The Moon actually set while still fully eclipsed, but a good 20 mins before then we lost sight of it because it was falling into near-horizon murk and the sky was brightening behind it too. Well worth the cold! 
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Dec 21 2010, 09:32 AM
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Senior Member Group: Admin Posts: 4763 Joined: 15-March 05 From: Glendale, AZ Member No.: 197 |
Seriously? They covered an eclipse on the radio? I thought that was just a Monty Python gag.
-------------------- If Occam had heard my theory, things would be very different now.
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Dec 21 2010, 09:49 AM
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The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 |
Yep, they covered it. I've got a fantastic relationship with BBC Radio Cumbria - they always cover events put on by my astro society, and they wanted to do live reports on the eclipse because so many of their listeners provide feedback when I do my monthly "skywatch" slot. Add to that a forecast for a clear sky, a viewing location drenched in history, and a reporter who is interested in astronomy anyway, and you've a perfect outside broadcast opportunity. We did three different reports, at different stages of the eclipse, and lots of listeners rang in saying they were enjoying the show, and others rang in to say they would have missed it if they hadn't heard our reports. So a great morning all round.
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