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December 21st Total Lunar Eclipse, Visibility details for UK members
Stu
post Dec 20 2010, 10:55 AM
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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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post Dec 21 2010, 07:53 AM
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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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- Stu   December 21st Total Lunar Eclipse   Dec 20 2010, 10:55 AM
- - bkellysky   For folks in the USA, attached is a graphic with t...   Dec 21 2010, 01:10 AM
- - nprev   Afraid it's a literal washout here in Los Ange...   Dec 21 2010, 01:29 AM
- - Explorer1   For those under nasty clouds (like myself), a webc...   Dec 21 2010, 05:58 AM
- - Sunspot   Clear here...but FREEEZING!!!!...   Dec 21 2010, 06:06 AM
- - ElkGroveDan   The clouds have started breaking up. But it's...   Dec 21 2010, 06:47 AM
- - Sunspot   Think I can already see some colour in the shadow.   Dec 21 2010, 06:59 AM
- - nprev   Looked fine to me, Dan; a little blurry, but not e...   Dec 21 2010, 07:40 AM
- - volcanopele   Okay, here is my awesome shot! Okay, before y...   Dec 21 2010, 07:53 AM
- - volcanopele   Show's over here I think. Much thicker clouds...   Dec 21 2010, 08:02 AM
- - JohnVV   here in the metro Detroit area it is VERY cloudy ...   Dec 21 2010, 08:22 AM
- - ElkGroveDan   Just prior to totality EDIT: replaced with a shar...   Dec 21 2010, 08:30 AM
|- - bkellysky   Mid-totality photo 55mm zoom 2.5 sec on tripod at ...   Dec 21 2010, 10:00 AM
- - Stu   GORGEOUS pics everyone! Glad you all saw it. H...   Dec 21 2010, 09:24 AM
|- - ElkGroveDan   Seriously? They covered an eclipse on the radio? ...   Dec 21 2010, 09:32 AM
- - Stu   Yep, they covered it. I've got a fantastic rel...   Dec 21 2010, 09:49 AM
- - Ian R   If anyone wants to listen to Stu talking about the...   Dec 21 2010, 02:28 PM
- - Ant103   Nothing to see here, in the south-west of France. ...   Dec 22 2010, 09:00 AM


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