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03 Mar 07 - 02:28 PM (#1985112) Subject: Tech: Lunar Eclipse From: terrier UK 19:20 hrs. Just about 1 hour and 10 minuted to go befor the moon starts to drift into the Earths shadow. Lets hope the storm clouds stay away. It's reasonably clear at the moment over North Wales. Hows the weather noear you? |
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03 Mar 07 - 02:41 PM (#1985117) Subject: RE: Tech: Lunar Eclipse From: Leadfingers Overcast West London mate ! |
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03 Mar 07 - 02:46 PM (#1985120) Subject: RE: Tech: Lunar Eclipse From: SussexCarole skies fairly clear here in South Wales - hoping for a good view of the eclipse |
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03 Mar 07 - 03:09 PM (#1985137) Subject: RE: Tech: Lunar Eclipse From: Murray MacLeod overcast at the moment in Perthshire :-( |
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03 Mar 07 - 03:14 PM (#1985144) Subject: RE: Tech: Lunar Eclipse From: GUEST,Terry McDonald It's perfect in Poole. |
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03 Mar 07 - 03:14 PM (#1985146) Subject: RE: Tech: Lunar Eclipse From: katlaughing Bright and sunny at 114pm here in Colorado. Hope to see it tonight! |
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03 Mar 07 - 03:17 PM (#1985147) Subject: RE: Tech: Lunar Eclipse From: gnu Clear as a bell in Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada. Best viewed from the eastern seaboard of NA, they say. I'll be cooking and cleaning. Let me know what happens. |
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03 Mar 07 - 03:19 PM (#1985151) Subject: RE: Tech: Lunar Eclipse From: katlaughing I guess it will be exiting by the time we can see it out here. There's another one coming up on Aug. 28th. |
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03 Mar 07 - 03:20 PM (#1985152) Subject: RE: Tech: Lunar Eclipse From: Scooby Doo Just been out and cannot see any eclipse here in South Wales.I am surrounded with street lights and estate lighting put up by the owners of the estate. Miskinman can see the eclipse and he is only a mile away from me. Scooby |
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03 Mar 07 - 03:39 PM (#1985171) Subject: RE: Tech: Lunar Eclipse From: Bainbo It's 20:37. A few wispy clouds in County Durham, but not enough to stop the moon shining through. No sign of anything happening yet. |
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03 Mar 07 - 03:43 PM (#1985174) Subject: RE: Tech: Lunar Eclipse From: GUEST Clear as a bell in London. Bring it on. |
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03 Mar 07 - 04:39 PM (#1985203) Subject: RE: Tech: Lunar Eclipse From: alanabit It has started here in Köln. I am watching it with Merle, my elven year old daughter, who is quite impressed. |
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03 Mar 07 - 04:39 PM (#1985204) Subject: RE: Tech: Lunar Eclipse From: terrier 21:38 The Earth shadow is now very prominent so fingers crossed the clouds stay away. |
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03 Mar 07 - 04:44 PM (#1985207) Subject: RE: Tech: Lunar Eclipse From: Bainbo Aha! I see a bitten moon arising. Someone's taken a chunk from the bottom left. We're going down to the seafront to watch. |
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03 Mar 07 - 04:45 PM (#1985209) Subject: RE: Tech: Lunar Eclipse From: RangerSteve It's clear here on the east coast. It's supposed to be already in progress by the time it gets dark. I've got the pots and pans ready to bang on to scare the dragon into spitting the moon back up. It's always worked before. |
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03 Mar 07 - 05:03 PM (#1985221) Subject: RE: Tech: Lunar Eclipse From: SussexCarole Beautiful clear night here with no light pollution! Only the top half of the moon now visible. Wonderful blue 'halo' around the moon since 9pm |
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03 Mar 07 - 05:16 PM (#1985227) Subject: RE: Tech: Lunar Eclipse From: autolycus Bit cloudy but eclipse here in East Anglia. Great time to be a Cancerian. Ivor |
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03 Mar 07 - 05:39 PM (#1985237) Subject: RE: Tech: Lunar Eclipse From: Murray MacLeod sky in Perthshire now cloudless. amazing sight ... |
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03 Mar 07 - 05:41 PM (#1985238) Subject: RE: Tech: Lunar Eclipse From: Scooby Doo Ivor why is it so good to be a born in June/July. As i have a birthday in July. Scooby |
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03 Mar 07 - 05:55 PM (#1985252) Subject: RE: Tech: Lunar Eclipse From: Mo the caller Nearly gone here (Cheshire) |
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03 Mar 07 - 06:01 PM (#1985260) Subject: RE: Tech: Lunar Eclipse From: Andy Jackson Lovely red glow here in South Wales. I missed the best bit! |
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03 Mar 07 - 06:24 PM (#1985279) Subject: RE: Tech: Lunar Eclipse From: Bainbo You know, the moon's always been just a white disc. Now, with the the different colours and shadings, it's the first time I've seen it look three-dimensional. It actually looks like a red globe hanging there - like in a science fantasy paintng of another planet. And as we watched it gradually transform we saw a shooting star. I hope you get to see some of it as it gets dark in the U.S. It's worth watching for. |
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03 Mar 07 - 06:25 PM (#1985281) Subject: RE: Tech: Lunar Eclipse From: Hawker For those of you who cant see, it looks something like this...... http://www.flickr.com/photos/45752049@N00/409230317/ Just took this in the garden, its a slow release so is a bit blurred, looks more like a giant peach! Cheers, Lucy |
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03 Mar 07 - 06:30 PM (#1985284) Subject: RE: Tech: Lunar Eclipse From: MMario heavy cloud cover and snowing - so didn't get to see anything. |
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03 Mar 07 - 06:36 PM (#1985290) Subject: RE: Tech: Lunar Eclipse From: JohnInKansas It's quite clear here, but the prediction is that the eclipse will be nearly over before the moon rises enough to be seen. We'll have to wait for the next one to get a good view. John |
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03 Mar 07 - 06:36 PM (#1985291) Subject: RE: Tech: Lunar Eclipse From: Janie Here is Hawker's link. http://www.flickr.com/photos/45752049@N00/409230317/ Now I'm gonna go click it myself! Janie |
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03 Mar 07 - 06:44 PM (#1985296) Subject: RE: Tech: Lunar Eclipse From: Hawker Thanks for tahe Janie, hope it was worth the effort! Cheers Lucy |
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03 Mar 07 - 06:53 PM (#1985307) Subject: RE: Tech: Lunar Eclipse From: Janie Indeed it was! The other photos were a pleasure to view also. Janie |
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03 Mar 07 - 07:04 PM (#1985316) Subject: RE: Tech: Lunar Eclipse From: skipy Just got back from the pub! Had to go to a 60th birthday party, they had a feekin disco, 3 hours of shite. Highlight of the evening was seeing the moon as we left! Sky above Grove - clear. Skipy |
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03 Mar 07 - 07:12 PM (#1985323) Subject: RE: Tech: Lunar Eclipse From: Hawker Ooooh errr I was going to take some pics as the moon emerged but its going misty here - Bugger! Cheers, Lucy Remember the transit of venus that happened a couple of years ago? I got a great shot of that, Ill put it on my flickr page tomorrow sometime. Cheers, lucy |
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03 Mar 07 - 07:15 PM (#1985326) Subject: RE: Tech: Lunar Eclipse From: Bainbo 00:12, UK. The light's coming back now. The moon looks like it's wearing a Sunderland football shirt - red and white! |
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03 Mar 07 - 07:19 PM (#1985331) Subject: RE: Tech: Lunar Eclipse From: Fibula Mattock my photos (from out the window in east London, so light pollution and a not-brilliant camera, but I got 3 good shots): http://www.flickr.com/photos/kate_d/409240628/ |
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03 Mar 07 - 07:34 PM (#1985339) Subject: RE: Tech: Lunar Eclipse From: Liz the Squeak Cool pics Fibs... I missed it again. LTS |
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03 Mar 07 - 07:54 PM (#1985352) Subject: RE: Tech: Lunar Eclipse From: Fibula Mattock My newly Phd-ed boyfriend has just said "does it [the moon] just go back to normal now?". No dear, it stays like that forever. For someone alledgedly so brilliant - and a scientist to boot - he's dumb as a bag of rocks. |
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03 Mar 07 - 07:57 PM (#1985357) Subject: RE: Tech: Lunar Eclipse From: GUEST,Ed Good views here in Manchester (UK), but can someone more astronomically minded than me explain why the moon 'disappeared' from the bottom up, but 'reappeared' from the left? Thanks, Ed |
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03 Mar 07 - 08:02 PM (#1985363) Subject: RE: Tech: Lunar Eclipse From: terrier Good pics FM. Thats the best eclipse I've seen for years, usually there's too much cloud. As Bainbo says, once the glare of the moon is taken away, you really do see the 3D image. The moon looked somehow smaller and nearer. Quite awesome. What's this about the dragon spitting the moon back up? I've not heard of that befor. G'night all. |
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03 Mar 07 - 08:50 PM (#1985392) Subject: RE: Tech: Lunar Eclipse From: The Fooles Troupe terrier, I couldn't find anything on Conservapedia about that dragon thing, must be some sort of Liberal nonsense... |
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03 Mar 07 - 08:54 PM (#1985394) Subject: RE: Tech: Lunar Eclipse From: Stilly River Sage I saw a little bit of the eclipse, but from here in Texas it was a very partial event. Beautiful moon. SRS |
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03 Mar 07 - 08:59 PM (#1985398) Subject: RE: Tech: Lunar Eclipse From: Sorcha I didn't get to see it at all. Dark too late. Nice moon tonight tho! Nice eyeball pic, Fibs! |
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04 Mar 07 - 01:37 AM (#1985532) Subject: RE: Tech: Lunar Eclipse From: JennyO What a shame we missed out on it here in Oz. It was after 7.30am and after moonset. I believe Western Australia might have caught the beginning of it. Maybe we'll get to see the one in August. Anyway, can't complain too much, after all the lovely comet viewings we had in January - including one night at our BBQ and session when dozens of our friends were able to see Comet McNaught from the backyard! |
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04 Mar 07 - 03:41 AM (#1985554) Subject: RE: Tech: Lunar Eclipse From: Alec Beautiful event last night,the more so for being seen through reddish cloud.The next one is in September 2015. |
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04 Mar 07 - 03:51 AM (#1985560) Subject: RE: Tech: Lunar Eclipse From: Hawker I thought it was 28th August 2007! Cheers, Lucy |
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04 Mar 07 - 03:52 AM (#1985561) Subject: RE: Tech: Lunar Eclipse From: jacqui.c I saw it just as I was leaving the Allan Taylor concert in Faldingworth, Really clear night so the view was amazing. There is not a lot of light polution out there and the drive back to Newark was enhanced by the dark sky and jewel bright stars. I almost gave in to the temptation to stop the car, turn off the lights and get out to really see the sky but, on a country road with nowhere to pull off, that I knew about, it was just too much of a hazard. A great finish to a truly great evening. |
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04 Mar 07 - 05:22 AM (#1985582) Subject: RE: Tech: Lunar Eclipse From: JennyO There is one on the 28th August 2007. Here is a site showing the details - it looks like those of us on the East coast of Oz will be in luck next time! |
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04 Mar 07 - 05:36 AM (#1985589) Subject: RE: Tech: Lunar Eclipse From: terrier Lots of pics of the red moon already published on Spaceweather |
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04 Mar 07 - 05:42 AM (#1985596) Subject: RE: Tech: Lunar Eclipse From: Liz the Squeak Fibs - I long ago came to the conclusion that the more letters after their name a person has, the less common sense they have. Looks like your man is a perfect example of this! I braved the muddy garden and saw the last little bit of it, a very bright moon with a bite out of the side of it, incredible! Ed - circular orbits. Draw a little circle on a piece of paper. Draw a bigger circle over it, bisecting the bottom and right side of your circle. That's how the moon appeared to disappear from the bottom and reappear to the left. LTS |
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04 Mar 07 - 06:01 AM (#1985610) Subject: RE: Lunar Eclipse From: Alec Mea Culpa.The next Lunar eclipse totally visible throughout the U.K.(weather permitting) is September 2015. This is what I ought to have written at 03:41 AM. Apologies for not doing so. |
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04 Mar 07 - 06:24 AM (#1985620) Subject: RE: Lunar Eclipse From: ard mhacha Perfect viewing, best ever view. |
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04 Mar 07 - 06:42 AM (#1985627) Subject: RE: Lunar Eclipse From: Dave the Gnome Saw all the stages - Looked interesting in the 'red phase'. The appearing and disappearing realy showed teh wax/wain cycle in one easy lesson:-) Now then. A lunar eclipse happens when the earth gets between the moon and the sun. A solar eclipse happens when the moon gets between the sun and the earth. What do you call it when the sun gets between the moon and the earth? ;-) Cheers Dave |
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04 Mar 07 - 06:48 AM (#1985630) Subject: RE: Lunar Eclipse From: jacqui.c Catastrophic? |
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04 Mar 07 - 06:49 AM (#1985631) Subject: RE: Lunar Eclipse From: Bainbo Doesn't matter what you call it - you probably won't have time to say it before you evaporate! |
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04 Mar 07 - 06:52 AM (#1985633) Subject: RE: Lunar Eclipse From: terrier Not to be to DOGmatic about it 8*} |
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04 Mar 07 - 08:33 AM (#1985679) Subject: RE: Lunar Eclipse From: Leadfingers Bloody light pollution ! Had a quick look out the back , couldnt see a star so thought we had overcast ! In fact the eclipse was well visible ! great stuff ! -And some good piccies , thanks ladies |
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04 Mar 07 - 08:38 AM (#1985684) Subject: RE: Lunar Eclipse From: Cats We saw it clear as a bell. We kept popping outside to have a look and followed it through. I suppose we are very lucky with no light spill whatsoever being in the middle of nowhere on the moors. Street lights? What are those? |
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04 Mar 07 - 08:54 AM (#1985693) Subject: RE: Lunar Eclipse From: greg stephens Fantastic, best I've ever seen. I was in the middle of Hanley(Stoke-on-Trent), full-on street lights but still perfect to watch. I'm afraid I still havent worked out why it went out at the top but didn't come back at the bottom. And the three dimesional look of the red globe, as opposed to the normal flat disc effect, was astonishing. An axtraordinary experience. |
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04 Mar 07 - 09:03 AM (#1985698) Subject: RE: Lunar Eclipse From: guitar I didn't know i missed it |
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04 Mar 07 - 09:05 AM (#1985704) Subject: RE: Lunar Eclipse From: terrier Hi Greg, I posted a link to Spaceweather.com a little earlier. If you use that link,then go to photo gallery and then to animation and scroll down, that should answer your question, I think. |
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04 Mar 07 - 12:50 PM (#1985948) Subject: RE: Lunar Eclipse From: open mike these are the places i go for sky info www.spaceweather.com www.nasa.gov |
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04 Mar 07 - 07:56 PM (#1986324) Subject: RE: Lunar Eclipse From: Hawker Have now postewd my transit of venus shot on flickr Here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/45752049@N00/410676005/ Cheers, Lucy |
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04 Mar 07 - 09:58 PM (#1986449) Subject: RE: Lunar Eclipse From: Desert Dancer Great animations here: Click ~ Becky in Tucson, who heard about it too late last night |
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05 Mar 07 - 11:06 AM (#1986982) Subject: RE: Lunar Eclipse From: Wilfried Schaum Whenever I wanted to show my little daughters a lunar eclipse it was cloudy with an invisible moon. Now they are adult and have left the house, so it was a clear sky for the first time here since decennia at such an occasion. A wonderful sight from all of my balconies! |