Total Lunar Eclipse - Canada/US/Western Europe

Palomar · 2004-10-01 08:12:24

http://www.space.com/spacewatch/041001_ … .html]Read me

*Here's hoping for clear skies for everyone!

--Cindy

Palomar · 2004-10-13 18:45:33

http://www.universetoday.com/am/publish … 2004]*This will be the last total lunar eclipse visible anywhere in the world until March 2007!

Also, interesting explanation about the variations in color of lunar eclipses (most I've seen "turn" the moon a dusky cherry color):

"The color of a lunar eclipse varies drastically from one eclipse to the next. Because this year's eclipse occurs so close to Halloween, one might suspect that the moon would turn a bright, haunting orange, or even a deep blood red. But why does the moon turn orange at all? The answer is that some of the light from the sun is bent around and through Earth's atmosphere. The color is dependant on the amount of pollutants or smoke is in earth's atmosphere. Years in which volcanoes have erupted have yielded particularly dark eclipses. This month's activity of Mt. St. Helens could release enough particulate matter into the atmosphere to color the moon nicely.
"

:band:

--Cindy

Palomar · 2004-10-22 05:47:26

http://www.space.com/spacewatch/041022_ … html]Lunar eclipse guide

*All the details.

Also includes "Anatomy of a Lunar Eclipse" illustration (always enjoyable to review again...those lines).

We've been having unusually cloudy autumn weather in my area. :-\ Am becoming concerned I might miss this one.

--Cindy

Commodore · 2004-10-23 10:44:56

During game 4 of the world series no less.

Maybe the Red Sox are going to get some "celestial" help.

Palomar · 2004-10-23 11:32:06

During game 4 of the world series no less.
Maybe the Red Sox are going to get some "celestial" help.

*World Series? What's that? ???

:;):

So that's why space.com had a reference to baseball and the eclipse at their site yesterday.

I'm not a sports fan, but to each their own.

--Cindy

P.S.: As a reminder: This will be the last total lunar eclipse visible anywhere in the world until March 2007!

Palomar · 2004-10-27 20:52:57

*My husband and I have been watching the eclipse since it began. Is now (10:50 p.m. EST) in Totality for nearly 1/2 hour.

Weather great. When nearing Totality (perhaps 85% shadowed) I stepped indoors for about 7 minutes. Then stepped back out of course: To my dismay -- clouds! They'd scuttled in sneakily from the west-southwest. :-\ I'm like, what the -- ?! Weather can be very erratic here. Nothing substantial though, but they moved a bit unpredictably. Moon winked in and out of them for about 20 minutes; now they've completely dissipated.

We've been looking at the Moon also with my telescope. Two ways to view the event.

Is orange -- warm, muted orange. Last couple of total lunar eclipses I recall, the moon was more of a husky reddish color.

Anyone else?

--Cindy

P.S.: Had a humorous moment with my spouse. Moon shadowed about 95% when I removed the Barlow lens from my telescope and told my husband, "Now it's going to appear smaller." He doesn't know anything about 'scopes and hadn't been watching me, so he figured I was talking about the Moon itself "getting smaller." He said, "Yeah, it'll be totally covered here soon." I said, "No, I meant the image in the telescope will be smaller now," then explained about the Barlow lens. Mutual communication gap, teehee.

Rxke · 2004-10-28 00:14:37

Belgium. 6AM. Absolutely nothing to see but clouds and rain...

Yang Liwei Rocket · 2004-10-28 04:47:12

Check this guy he's got a wonderful image of the Lunar Eclipse

http://www.thespacesite.com/community/u … es/213.jpg

http://www.universetoday.com/forum/inde … ...ry46330

Rxke · 2004-10-28 05:03:32

Yea, go on, rub it in! :;):

I watched the first eclipse this year, from begin to end, so I won't complain too much, it was almost a religious eperience after awhile, sitting there staring at that 'bloody' moon, contemplating... Something we modern city dwellers should do more: get out at night and look up. And not for five minutes because it's too cold...

Palomar · 2004-10-28 05:20:04

http://science.nasa.gov/spaceweather/ec … ml]Eclipse Photo Gallery

*Gobs of great images here. :up: I'm sure it'll be continuously updating as more photos are submitted.

--Cindy

SpaceNut · 2004-10-28 10:31:39

I did take a few peaks outside though it was partly cloudy up north here in NH to view this celestial event in between while watching the Red Sox capture the world series title. Was a little disappointed by the clouds.

Palomar · 2004-11-01 11:10:06

*Yeah sure, SpaceNut. :;):

http://www.spaceweather.com/eclipses/27 … .jpg]Lunar Parallax Demonstration Project

Another eclipse-related item from spaceweather.com:

Hold your index finder in front of your face. Close one eye, then the other. See how your finger shifts back and forth against the more distant background? That's called parallax.
Two amateur astronomers have done the same thing using the moon. During the Oct. 28th total lunar eclipse, Peter Cleary photographed the moon from Canada. At the same time, Peter Lawrence photographed the moon from England. Their photos, superimposed, show the moon's parallax (pic above in link):
"Both alignment images were taken at precisely 03:30 UT," explains Lawrence. "These shots were over-exposed to pick out background stars. Moments later, two 'beauty' shots were taken and pasted over the alignment shots.

*Well, darn it...if that's not groovy, I don't know what is.

--Cindy

Palomar · 2004-11-04 06:41:48

"Different" time-lapse pic

*Geez, just when I think I've made a final post in this thread...

Anyway, unlike most time-lapse lunar eclipse pics which are arced (naturally), this collage has been put into "string" form. Don't recall seeing the sequence collaged like this before.

Reminds me of something, but can't put my finger on it. :hm:

Hope you like the pic.

--Cindy

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