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*Vanity* Moon bright with huge halo. Eclipse pending.
Me ^ | December 21, 2010 | Me

Posted on 12/20/2010 9:34:43 PM PST by decimon

Here in New York, anyway. Looks like a hazy sky.


TOPICS: Astronomy
KEYWORDS: astronomy; eclipse; moon
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To: smokingfrog

Looks like it may be starting here! I don’t have a telescope set up or binoculars, but it seems like the points between 10 and 12 o’clock is starting to darken...it’s 12:40 am right now, 54 degrees in the northeastern DFW area!


41 posted on 12/20/2010 10:56:52 PM PST by pillut48 (Israel doesn't have a friend in President Obama...and neither does the USA! (h/t pgkdan))
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To: pillut48

Binos are great. Darkening at the corner? now. How does a round have a corner?


42 posted on 12/20/2010 11:00:38 PM PST by Louis Foxwell (pka: Amos the Prophet)
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To: The Cajun

Able to watch through the clouds.


43 posted on 12/20/2010 11:01:00 PM PST by cajuncow
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To: mylife
Is this going to be your last “tour”?

Well, I've been saying "this is my last tour" for about four years now. So, yes, this is my last one, can you can take that however you want. ;-) (My dad now says, "Yeah, right.")

I see on the news that the moon is eclipsing now. Are ya seeing anything cool?

A very Merry Christmas to you, too!

44 posted on 12/20/2010 11:05:28 PM PST by Allegra (I painted fuchsia stripes on my elbows.)
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To: mylife

Too much cloud cover now. I can’t see squat.


45 posted on 12/20/2010 11:08:51 PM PST by smokingfrog (Do all the talking you want, but do what I tell you.)
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To: Allegra

We have about 1/4 eclipse.

I am off to bed.


46 posted on 12/20/2010 11:09:58 PM PST by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: pillut48

“...points between 10 and 12 o’clock is starting to darken...”

Interesting I didn’t think of correspondence in direction of shadow moved with viewing point on Earth. From Bay Area Cal position on moon shadow bagan was 7 o’clock.


47 posted on 12/20/2010 11:10:56 PM PST by Bhoy
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To: smokingfrog

Pretty clear here. thin clouds.
I can still make out lunar craters and mountains, but I cant stay awake LoL.


48 posted on 12/20/2010 11:11:23 PM PST by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: decimon

Half eclipsed. Bright clear skies.


49 posted on 12/20/2010 11:21:51 PM PST by allmost
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To: decimon; The Cajun

Halfway now. Can view only through breaks in clouds.


50 posted on 12/20/2010 11:28:31 PM PST by cajuncow
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To: allmost
Half eclipsed. Bright clear skies.

I'm clouded out now. Looks like there are some high level clouds being penetrated and some thickening low level clouds blocking the view. Guess I'll see it later in pictures.

51 posted on 12/20/2010 11:28:31 PM PST by decimon
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To: Bhoy

Over to the east of you, in the foothills of the Sierras, it is now cloudy again and the moon is covered. I was hoping to be able to watch but no way now.


52 posted on 12/20/2010 11:29:24 PM PST by calex59
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Can’t view the eclipse anymore, but I should have no trouble “viewing” the menu at the 24-hr. McDonald’s down the road.


53 posted on 12/20/2010 11:31:07 PM PST by cajuncow
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Nothing to see for the clouds so I’m dropping out. Night all.


54 posted on 12/20/2010 11:33:27 PM PST by decimon
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To: pillut48

I was standing outside earlier listening to a pack of coyotes howling at the full moon. I love to hear them.


55 posted on 12/20/2010 11:33:37 PM PST by Lil Flower (American by birth. Southern by the Grace of God!)
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To: cajuncow

I’m lucky here in Southwest Oklahoma. It’s clear as a bell.


56 posted on 12/20/2010 11:40:12 PM PST by haroldeveryman
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To: cajuncow
Still great here, about 40 miles southwest of Naw’lins in Thibodaux area.
57 posted on 12/20/2010 11:41:59 PM PST by The Cajun
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To: decimon

Beautifully clear night in Orlando. Spectacular!


58 posted on 12/20/2010 11:44:56 PM PST by VeniVidiVici (Barack Obama = The Captain Norman Dike of presidents)
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To: Bhoy

LOL, when I went back outside and changed my viewing position, I was thinking, wait a minute, the top corner was dark and now it’s the bottom left corner! What’s up with...oh! Never mind!

Galileo I ain’t, LOL. Having a lot of fun trying to hold my rinkydink digital camera still to take a picture—getting all kinds of funky images because it’s chilly out and my hand is shaking—

Bare sliver of the lighted part of the moon showing now at 1:33 am!


59 posted on 12/20/2010 11:49:24 PM PST by pillut48 (Israel doesn't have a friend in President Obama...and neither does the USA! (h/t pgkdan))
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To: The Cajun

I’m outside of Lafayette, and I see absolutely nothing right now.


60 posted on 12/20/2010 11:50:21 PM PST by cajuncow
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