BS: Lunar Eclipse, NOW!

Subject: BS: Lunar Eclipse, NOW!
From: s6k
Date: 04 May 04 - 03:42 PM

thats right folks.

i wish i could see it, theres a bloody great cloud in the way.

hopefully the moon will come out soon though, keep your eyes peeled

Subject: RE: BS: Lunar Eclipse, NOW!
From: SINSULL
Date: 04 May 04 - 03:45 PM

Where are you?

Subject: RE: BS: Lunar Eclipse, NOW!
From: Peace
Date: 04 May 04 - 03:51 PM

It's cloudy in this part of Alberta now.

Subject: RE: BS: Lunar Eclipse, NOW!
From: s6k
Date: 04 May 04 - 04:01 PM

england. i guess in america it will start in another 4 and half hours time.

Subject: RE: BS: Lunar Eclipse, NOW!
From: GUEST,Shlio
Date: 04 May 04 - 04:23 PM

After all the rain we've had - there are still clouds in the way! (Oh, and the ceiling etc. I shouldn't try star-gazing while on Mudcat...)

Subject: RE: BS: Lunar Eclipse, NOW!
From: s6k
Date: 04 May 04 - 04:43 PM

as i type this, the moon is rising from beyond a cloud.. GO RUN NOW AND LOOK!

Subject: RE: BS: Lunar Eclipse, NOW!
From: Megan L
Date: 04 May 04 - 04:45 PM

cloud to thick here. last time i found myself hanging out a window at 4am trying to get a glimpse before it slipped over the hill ah well theres always october

Subject: RE: BS: Lunar Eclipse, NOW!
From: MudGuard
Date: 04 May 04 - 04:49 PM

Here (Munich, Germany) the lunatic ;-) eclipse is a complete one - all the sky is eclipsed by clouds...

Subject: RE: BS: Lunar Eclipse, NOW!
From: s6k
Date: 04 May 04 - 04:54 PM

heh.

dunno but where i am, there no clouds now, can see it great

Subject: RE: BS: Lunar Eclipse, NOW!
From: GUEST,earthling
Date: 04 May 04 - 05:08 PM

urghhhhhhhhh been out the front, feet soaked, not a glimmer of the moon. Cloud really thick but will check it again...when should we see it up until?

Subject: RE: BS: Lunar Eclipse, NOW!
From: s6k
Date: 04 May 04 - 05:10 PM

up until about half 10, then it will be normal again.

but theres a massive cloud there now lol....!!! think you better dry your feet and drown your sorrows

Subject: RE: BS: Lunar Eclipse, NOW!
From: Jim McLean
Date: 04 May 04 - 05:37 PM

Beautiful view here in London, UK

Subject: RE: BS: Lunar Eclipse, NOW!
From: Cluin
Date: 04 May 04 - 05:43 PM

okay, okay..... Startinnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnng NOW!

Subject: RE: BS: Lunar Eclipse, NOW!
From: Ed.
Date: 04 May 04 - 05:46 PM

Total cloud in Manchester :-(

Subject: RE: BS: Lunar Eclipse, NOW!
From: GUEST,earthling
Date: 04 May 04 - 05:58 PM

Yes, excellent view in London now. Thanks s6k, wouldn't have known.

Subject: RE: BS: Lunar Eclipse, NOW!
From: s6k
Date: 04 May 04 - 06:01 PM

no probs.

there is a total clear sky for the last 30 mins where i am, in `Ull.

i can just see half the moon, and half of it in shadow. it looks really cool.

Subject: RE: BS: Lunar Eclipse, NOW!
From: MudGuard
Date: 04 May 04 - 06:04 PM

So I should have stayed in Barrow for two more nights...

Subject: RE: BS: Lunar Eclipse, NOW!
From: George Papavgeris
Date: 04 May 04 - 06:30 PM

Woa, that was scary. Thankfully, my dancing naked in the street worked, and Diana sent the moon back to us. That was a close call!

Subject: RE: BS: Lunar Eclipse, NOW!
From: GUEST,earthling
Date: 04 May 04 - 06:38 PM

That was good, the sky's just great isn't it. Can anyone explain in a really unscientific way, what we just saw? What caused the shadow?

Subject: RE: BS: Lunar Eclipse, NOW!
From: MudGuard
Date: 04 May 04 - 06:43 PM

The sun provided the light, the earth provided the shadow that fell on the moon

Subject: RE: BS: Lunar Eclipse, NOW!
From: Gareth
Date: 04 May 04 - 06:43 PM

Well, here in Old South Wales the cloud cleared long enuf. With my visual problems I can't comment on the colour, but me butty Rodger says it were a good copper colour.

Impresive - This is the first time in my 50 odd years that I have seen a total eclipse of the moon.

Gareth

Subject: RE: BS: Lunar Eclipse, NOW!
From: EBarnacle
Date: 04 May 04 - 07:16 PM

Wrong side of the world. we get the next one, though.

Subject: RE: BS: Lunar Eclipse, NOW!
From: Tig
Date: 04 May 04 - 07:36 PM

Sulk! I kept looking but the clouds didn't clear in the right places until too late.

Subject: RE: BS: Lunar Eclipse, NOW!
From: s6k
Date: 05 May 04 - 04:29 AM

i hate clouds

lets declare a war on clouds

Subject: RE: BS: Lunar Eclipse, NOW!
From: GUEST,Keith A o Hertford
Date: 05 May 04 - 07:26 AM

First saw it at 10. 10 UK time and the very bottom was just lit, the rest blood red. By 11.30 it seemed full brightness even though it must have been still partially eclipsed (within umbra).