BS: Partial lunar eclipse?

Subject: RE: BS: Partial lunar eclipse?
From: GUEST, Topsie
Date: 09 Sep 06 - 03:27 AM

Just as you can't have a solar eclipse except at the time if a new moon.

And thanks for the picture Amos, I don't feel so bad about missing it now.

Subject: RE: BS: Partial lunar eclipse?
From: Bev and Jerry
Date: 09 Sep 06 - 02:29 AM

It definitely has meaning. You can't have a lunar eclipse unless there's a full moon.

Bev and Jerry

Subject: RE: BS: Partial lunar eclipse?
From: Kaleea
Date: 09 Sep 06 - 01:04 AM

So there was a full moon AND an eclipse? Does that have any meaning according to astrology? Cause if it was supposed to make me with the lottery, or something groovy like that, it goofed!

Subject: RE: BS: Partial lunar eclipse?
From: Bev and Jerry
Date: 08 Sep 06 - 07:34 PM

Amos:

That beautiful picture clearly shows the image of a human face. The fact that it is on the side of the moon which faces the earth proves that it was put there by aliens a long time ago as a "calling card" to let us know that they were here and will return someday.

Bev and Jerry

Subject: RE: BS: Partial lunar eclipse?
From: Don Firth
Date: 08 Sep 06 - 01:22 PM

Beautiful, Amos! Thanks. I just clicked and saved it for desktop wallpaper.

Don Firth

Subject: RE: BS: Partial lunar eclipse?
From: Amos
Date: 08 Sep 06 - 12:45 PM

Or this gibbous beauty.


A

Subject: RE: BS: Partial lunar eclipse?
From: GUEST, Topsie
Date: 08 Sep 06 - 03:36 AM

I heard about the partial eclipse (I think it was on the weather forecast) and then forgot to go out and look until it was just finished. Why am I so stupid?!

None of the planets that pass in front of the sun cover enough of it to make a 'blind' bit of difference to the potential damage to your eyes. By the way, you can use the same viewing precautions to see sun spots.

Subject: RE: BS: Partial lunar eclipse?
From: open mike
Date: 08 Sep 06 - 02:51 AM

the farmer's almanac lists the next ecipse as an annular eclipse of the sun on sept. 22 it will be mostly visible from the atlantic ocean and south america. a partial eclipse will be visible from west and south africa and antarctica. On nov. 8 there will also be a time when mercury will be seen passing across the face of the sun. it is very important to use the same viewing precautions as with solar eclipse viewing--and even more so as mercury is only 1/200 of hte size of the sun so will not shade much of the blinding light of the sun.

for more astronomical and astrological info see:

http://www.almanac.com/
http://www.farmersalmanac.com/

Subject: RE: BS: Partial lunar eclipse?
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 07 Sep 06 - 11:03 PM

Beautiful shot, thank you! We've had a lovely moon rise the last couple of nights, but no eclipse.

SRS

Subject: RE: BS: Partial lunar eclipse?
From: GUEST
Date: 07 Sep 06 - 10:25 PM

Well, if you missed it, here is a lovely astronomy photo of the day
to cheer you up.

Subject: RE: BS: Partial lunar eclipse?
From: Don Firth
Date: 07 Sep 06 - 05:04 PM

I didn't hear anything about it until I opened this thread and spotted Alan's post.

Here's a diagram of where it was visible. Not in the U. S. of A., which, I guess, accounts for no mention of it in the news (very parochial country, this).

Don Firth

Subject: RE: BS: Partial lunar eclipse?
From: MBSLynne
Date: 07 Sep 06 - 04:39 PM

Damn! Wish I'd known! I just got back from doing a talk and thought what a beautiful full moon it is tomight.

Love Lynne

Subject: RE: BS: Partial lunar eclipse?
From: freda underhill
Date: 07 Sep 06 - 04:33 PM

I slept through it here, alan - it was at 4.51 am!

freda (canberra, australia!)

Subject: RE: BS: Partial lunar eclipse?
From: alanabit
Date: 07 Sep 06 - 04:31 PM

Ah. Got summat right for once. Thank-you ladies.

Subject: RE: BS: Partial lunar eclipse?
From: Hawker
Date: 07 Sep 06 - 03:52 PM

Watched it here in Cornwall too beautiful - partial Lunar eclipse to the East and stunning sunset to the West!
Cheers, Lucy

Subject: RE: BS: Partial lunar eclipse?
From: SussexCarole
Date: 07 Sep 06 - 03:48 PM

We've just watched it from Rhosilli, Gower, S Wales. An amazing sight it was too

Subject: BS: Partial lunar eclipse?
From: alanabit
Date: 07 Sep 06 - 03:35 PM

I could be barking up the wrong tree here, but looking out of my window, I can see a bit missing from the top of the moon. Am I witnessing a partical lunar eclipse this evening? I should add that I am watching it from Köln/Cologne, Germany.