Lunar Eclipse

Gokul43201

Set your alarms, get your cameras ready, clean the lenses on your scopes - it's loony time!

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/n...r-eclispe.html

George Jones

I hope lots of folks here get a good view.

Unfortunately, I won't, as 3 a.m. PT is 7 a.m AT.

Evo

I saw a total eclipse of the moon a few years ago. Awesome. The moon turned a dark umber color.

Hurkyl

* rimshot *

Gokul43201

Civil twilight here was at 6:26 AM (ET) this morning. So I should get about a half hour of viewing time, if, as forecast, the clouds stay away.

Ivan Seeking

I saw a good one in Portland back in '97 or '98. The moon looked blood-red for a time.

Gale

we're headed out to go find a dark spot out of the city now. I wish I had a camera...

Gokul43201

That's it over here...I had a smoky, brown moon. Total eclipse began at about 0552(ET) with the moon at an elevation of about 20^o above the horizon.

Jimmy Snyder

I was prepared. I set out the lawn chair, can of brew and bag of chips and the smoked glass and just waited. But I didn't see a thing.

zoobyshoe

George Jones

All the letters correct here?

George Jones

Very nice.

Gokul43201

Naughty George! Nice pic, zoob. That's redder than it ever got, here in the midwest.

jimmy, how exactly do you mean "missed"?

George Jones

Here's my interpretation, which may be completelly wrong.

Jimmy was making a joke about confusing lunar and solar eclipses. When you try and observe a lunar eclipse throught stuff you use for a solar eclipse, you don't see very much.

Since Jimmy's post was in jest, I decided to run with it.

Gokul43201

So he wasn't trying on his new Oriental accent?

George Jones

As usual, I was slow on the uptake. I now see the light with respect to your post (#13).

Jimmy Snyder

Yes, it was all in jest, I don't really smoke glass, or anyway, I don't inhale. The reason I didn't see anything is because I live on the oriental coast of the US which may explain the accent.