Lunar Eclipse

[skyhawk]

Erm...........that title might be not be the correct term ( I'm sure pinlighter will enlighten me if I'm wrong ) as i am not at all familiar with Astronomy.

But for anyone interested the moon will be caught in the earths shadow tonight 3/03/07 thus causing an eclipse.

First changes will be noticable from about 20.30 GMT onwards . The main feature seems to be on from about 22.20 GMT when the eclipse is most noticable , lasting til about midnight according to yesterdays press reports.

Hope it's a clear night for everyone watching!!

:)

[wodenschild]

Great! Thanks Skyhawk. Will certainly be watching Mani with added intrest tonight :D

[Teufelhunden]

Do you know what hemisphere is will be visible in, or should everyone be able to see it?
Hope so as I work tonight and there was a spectacular moon last night...
Teufey :)

[skyhawk]

Do you know what hemisphere is will be visible in, or should everyone be able to see it?
Hope so as I work tonight and there was a spectacular moon last night...
Teufey :)

Sorry i can't help you out on this mate . All the information i posted was , i think, just pertaining to Briton.

Pinlighter will be sure to know whether you will be able to see it :) Might be worth a quick PM ?

Hope you can.

:)

[wodenschild]

Do you know what hemisphere is will be visible in, or should everyone be able to see it?
Hope so as I work tonight and there was a spectacular moon last night...
Teufey :)

If you search "lunar eclipse 2007 u.s."in your spacebar you will find loads of information.Hope that helps. :D

[Wolfrik]

http://media.skytonight.com/images/March'07+TLE_l.jpg

Chart showing where and when it's visible.

[XxPinoxX]

I watched it :)
It was beautiful, froze my b******s off when wathing it though XD
Hope everyone else enjoyed it! :)

[æinvargR]

Was up on a hill with my girlfriend, started a fire, played a little Of the Wand & the Moon, drank some hot chocolate and beer, took pictures. We left at midnight (2300 GMT), and 15 minutes later it still looked the same, only a little bit reddish but mostly dark. It seems like we missed the highlight by 15 minutes, when it looked like this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:IMG_2674_copy2.jpg :( Was a nice night anyway.

[Teufelhunden]

:) We got bupkis.. nada...... zilch lol... but was a spectacular full moon again, almost looked like dawn all night....

[Nikolai]

Awesome moon last night. Our hearth went for a blot, went to the pub, and eventually got the whole bar outside watch'n it! Spectacular!

[pinlighter]

Was away for the weekend, but yes we saw it, beautiful clear night and the eclipse very plain to see :)

[Johnny]

we got a beautiful clear sky and a front seat view.

perks of living in the middle of nowhere!!!!

[Sigurd]

Is it just me or was it "only" 95% and not a proper full lunar eclipse? :D

[pinlighter]

Uh, nope, it was 100% . . . :confused:

[XxPinoxX]

Is it just me or was it "only" 95% and not a proper full lunar eclipse? :D

It's you :p
I saw a full one, as did Pinlighter :)

[æinvargR]

I too thought it wasn't fully darkened in the upper right corner. Maybe it changed after I had gone. Did it get redder at or after 2330 GMT? It wasnt very red when I left at 2315.

[pinlighter]

The earth's shadow is not sharp edged. There is a region called the penumbra round the perimiter where part of the sun is visible. I think if part of the moon was in full sgadow and one edge was still in the penumbra it might give this effect.


http://turningwheels.blogspot.com/Photos/2003_May/lunar_eclipse.jpg

[Chalk]

Watched it from the outskirts of Birmingham and despite being on the edge of a large conurbation with its expected light pollution, we had a brilliant view for the duration.Best bit was that we could see it from our window so no freezing involved :) We were told on our return to the 'sticks' that view from home was not as good with much less light pollution :shrug: :confused: