Posted on 02/20/2008 3:36:23 PM PST by NormsRevenge
NASA’s lunar eclipse page: http://sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse/lunar.html
The moon is engulfed in the Earth's shadow during a total lunar eclipse on in this Oct. 27, 2004, file photo as viewed from Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. The last total lunar eclipse until 2010 occurs Wednesday night, Feb. 20, 2008, with cameo appearances by Saturn and the bright star Regulus on either side of the veiled full moon. (AP Photo/Doug Murray, File)
What a beautiful photo. So disappointed, clear skies have given way to clouds here in NJ.
ML/NJ
The total lunar eclipse probably will be over by the time the moon shows up here. Too bad, we finally have a clear sky.
DOH! Anyone here been moonblinded?
Yup...cuz its too COLD HERE!! to even go outside and look
Dang! was hoping for Leonard Nimoy and Bill Shatner
Otherwise, it can be "fatiguing" with a mostly full Moon.
Dang it, we are completely socked in.
Go to http://sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse/LEmono/TLE2008Feb21/TLE2008Feb21.html and scroll down. Has a geo chart with lines marking out the stage of the eclipse at Moon rise, in your case.
snowing in DC right now :(
My mentor in astronomy always said the best viewing is on a cold crisp night.
When I asked him how cold, the answer was "Colder than a brass toilet seat in the Yukon".
A great big coppery O in the sky, flanked by a star of kingship and a planet with a freakin’ halo. It’s a sign, people!
SURRENDER HILLARY!
Me too. The moon is an awesome thing to explore with a 'scope, but without a filter you'll lose your night vision for a while and your eye will get quite tired.
(pic of my 10" on my FR home page, btw)
Perhaps, but I would like to see it anyway!
Same here, I’ll just wait for the pictures...
Hi, Norm!
It’s 7:35 pm here in southern Wisconsin. We have a crystal clear night (down to FIFTEEN BELOW tonight!) so I’ve got the binocs at the ready.
Just the slightest shadow is on the left side of the Moon right now. It’s so cool! :)
There’s a ‘copter circling around out here...must be some Moon Gazing Yuppies come out to the country for some “dark,” LOL!
Years? two/three years? 2020, sure..2010? feh.. ;-)
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