Lunar eclipse to occur Wednesday night - Last lunar eclipse in years (until 2010)

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[Dianna]

Clear here in Northern Kentucky. It doesn’t look very red while looking out my window. I do see a bright star to the left of the moon. Is that likely to be Saturn or Regulus?

[littlehouse36]

The moon is beautiful here, a brownish cream color.

Two hours ago it shone bright as the sun.

[Ignatz]

Twice the size of mine, but it's on an eq mount.

I have a Meade DS-114 on an EQ mount. DS, as in "Department Store". It's crap, but it did get me interested enough to buy the big dob. The "auto goto" never worked right, and now the battery pack is busted. The eq mount doesn't have any manual gears, and the focuser is the older .965" size, so the 'scope is essentially useless. I suppose if if I bought another mount for it it would still be usable. I do have a nice eyepice or two for it, and a set of filters.

Anyway, I'm with you: too cold to drag the big 'scope out to the back yard tonight, so I've been using my big bino's, too.
Beautiful, clear views from Indiana.

[MaxMax]

Cloudy and sleet here in Virginia Beach, VA. Bummer.

[Renegade]

Hope you looked out later . Just like the photo outside Ocean City at 10:30pm.

[djf]

I’m going outside to take another look!

If I don’t some back, it might mean I was hit by space junk!

[Ignatz]

LOL at your tag line!

Thanks. I have to give another FReeper credit, though. He posted it in a thread and I laughed until I cried! So, like Obama, I plagiarized it for my own. Hmm...better tweak it so I don't get "Blaired".

[Mad-Margaret]

That’s Saturn to the lower left. Regulus is above the moon.

[dbwz]

We’ve got it in sight here in Ocean County, NJ. Clouds moved out just in time!

[PGalt]

Glad my house has an eastern exposure and a big bay window.

Same here MM. Looking out a large upstairs bedroom window with a bench seat every so often...just a few steps away from my computer. Saw a most magnificant sunset tonight with my view of the entire western skyline while FReeping. What a great view. Life is good.

[2111USMC]

WE GOT IT!!!

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1973652/posts

[BluH2o]

Reporting in from SW Ohio (greater Cincinnati area)@ 10:48 eastern. Cold clear winter night ... observing the moon thru my 7x50 Fujinon wide lens marine application binoculars it’s coppery in color, beginning to lighten in the southeast quadrant.

[hoosierham]

Just went out to view it with binoculars;looks very nice.

Sky clear, and COLD!

7 degree Fahrenheit!

[Inyo-Mono]

Great view from the Eastern High Sierra of California too!

[MinuteGal]

Ratz and more ratz......every night I can see the beautiful Florida moon out my kitchen door.

Tonight? Nada. Low cloud cover with only a poopy dim glow where the moon should be.

Major disappointment, dang it all.

Leni

[PGalt]

WOOOOOOHOOOOOO!

[djf]

You have my sympathies! About 42 here in Seattle.

Been there, dun that. I grew up in Western NY, and remember those third-week-in-January things.
Brutal.

[samiam1972]

I told my kids about Columbus tonight as we watched. They finally gave up and went to bed. We had a pretty clear view from inside on our back porch. It was too darn cold to take the telescope outside. I made them draw about it in their nature notebooks. Nothing like having school at 9:30 PM! :0)

[Mad-Margaret]

I keep going outside. Brrr. The plane taking off from Metro are annoying as ever. A couple went right through my line of vision with binoculars.

Where’s the space junk? Are we gonna be able to see that in Michigan?

[samiam1972]

Thank you for the link! What a wonderful visual explanation for the kids!