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Title: Total Lunar Eclipse 2010
Post by: watsisname on December 20, 2010, 03:01:16 am
There's going to be a total lunar eclipse tonight, so if you have clear skies and live in the right area then I recommend taking a look.  Not quite as exciting as a total solar eclipse, but still well worth seeing IMO.  Hopefully those of you who were clouded out for the last one (in 2008), will have more luck on this go around.  The timing will favor viewers in North America and Hawaii.  Those farther west in Australia and Japan can catch the later stages after sunset and those in the western parts of Europe can catch the earlier stages before sunrise if you care to be up that early. :P

For an animation of the eclipse and viewing times for your timezone, you can check here (http://shadowandsubstance.com/), and there is additional information here (http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/LEplot/LEplot2001/LE2010Dec21T.pdf).

I will try to take some photos if I'm not clouded out myself (forecast is still a little sketchy here).  And for those of you in Europe and Asia who can't see this one, you at least have an even better eclipse to look forward to on June 15th of next year, where the moon will pass almost perfectly through the center of Earth's shadow.
Title: Re: Total Lunar Eclipse 2010
Post by: achtung on December 20, 2010, 02:03:59 pm
I'll probably drag my girlfriend to the top of a mountain to catch this tonight. Should be nice.
Title: Re: Total Lunar Eclipse 2010
Post by: Herra Tohtori on December 20, 2010, 02:28:31 pm
Time of greatest eclipse in Finland: 10:17 am.

Hmm. I might need to drag my arse from bed by then to check this out.
Title: Re: Total Lunar Eclipse 2010
Post by: Klaustrophobia on December 20, 2010, 02:47:42 pm
Quote from: Swantz on December 20, 2010, 02:03:59 pm
I'll probably drag my girlfriend to the top of a mountain to catch this tonight. Should be nice.

i would love to do that.  but my girl got snowed in in scotland and won't be home until tuesday night. :(
Title: Re: Total Lunar Eclipse 2010
Post by: General Battuta on December 20, 2010, 02:50:42 pm
Quote from: Klaustrophobia on December 20, 2010, 02:47:42 pm
Quote from: Swantz on December 20, 2010, 02:03:59 pm
I'll probably drag my girlfriend to the top of a mountain to catch this tonight. Should be nice.

i would love to do that.  but my girl got snowed in in scotland and won't be home until tuesday night. :(

sounds like you're gonna be suffering a

hem

Every now and then
I get a little bit lonely
and you're never coming around
(Turnaround)
Every now and then
I get a little bit tired
of listening to the sound of my tears
(Turnaround)
Every now and then
I get a little bit nervous
that the best of all the years have gone by
(Turnaround)
Every now and then
I get a little bit terrified
and then I see the look in your eyes
(Turnaround bright eyes)
Every now and then I fall apart
(Turnaround bright eyes)
Every now and then I fall apart
(Turnaround)
Every now and then I get a little
bit restless and i dream of something wild
(Turnaround)
Every now and then I get a little bit
helpless and im lying like a child in your arms
(Turnaround)
Every now and then I get a little bit angry
and I know I have to get out and cry
(turnaround)
Every now and then I get a little bit terrified
but then I see the look in your eyes
(Turn around bright eyes)
Every now and then I fall apart
(Turn around bright eyes)
Every now and then I fall apart

And I need you now tonight
And I need you more than ever
And if you'll only hold me tight
We'll be holding on forever
And we'll only be making it right
Cause we'll never be wrong together
We can take it to the end of the line
Your love is like a shadow on me all of the time
I don't know what to do and I'm always in the dark
We're living in a powder keg and giving off sparks
I really need you tonight
Forever's gonna start tonight
Forever's gonna start tonight

Once upon a time I was falling in love
But now I'm only falling apart
There's nothing I can do
it's a
TOOOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE HEEEAAAAAAAAAART
Title: Re: Total Lunar Eclipse 2010
Post by: Klaustrophobia on December 20, 2010, 02:51:30 pm
i am not reading that.
Title: Re: Total Lunar Eclipse 2010
Post by: General Battuta on December 20, 2010, 02:52:08 pm
Quote from: Klaustrophobia on December 20, 2010, 02:51:30 pm
i am not reading that.

all the important stuff is in capslock for people like you
Title: Re: Total Lunar Eclipse 2010
Post by: StarSlayer on December 20, 2010, 03:05:29 pm

There is no dark side of the moon really.
Matter of fact it's all dark.
Title: Re: Total Lunar Eclipse 2010
Post by: rscaper1070 on December 20, 2010, 03:21:41 pm
A local weatherman here in Colorado didn't know the difference between lunar and solar eclipses. He said he was going to google it later. :lol:
Title: Re: Total Lunar Eclipse 2010
Post by: achtung on December 20, 2010, 08:41:13 pm
It's going to be cloudy.

****ing ****.
Title: Re: Total Lunar Eclipse 2010
Post by: Solatar on December 20, 2010, 08:42:26 pm
Quote from: Swantz on December 20, 2010, 08:41:13 pm
It's going to be cloudy.

****ing ****.

Same here.  Son of a *****.
Title: Re: Total Lunar Eclipse 2010
Post by: SpardaSon21 on December 20, 2010, 08:45:39 pm
I have it worse.  It's rainy here. :p
Title: Re: Total Lunar Eclipse 2010
Post by: watsisname on December 20, 2010, 08:52:22 pm
That's the problem with northern winters -- ****ing clouds. :/  My skies are clear right now but the forecast says increasing clouds as the eclipse progresses.  Will wait and see what happens -- only about three hours to go now.

PS supposedly there will be a webcast of the eclipse here (http://www.ccssc.org/webcast.html), but I dunno where that is being hosted from.  Hopefully it's not clouded out there as well. :|a
Title: Re: Total Lunar Eclipse 2010
Post by: Kolgena on December 20, 2010, 09:39:38 pm
It's snowing here and will be until tomorrow afternoon.

THERE IS NO GOD
Title: Re: Total Lunar Eclipse 2010
Post by: Goober5000 on December 20, 2010, 09:47:41 pm
BATTUTA WINS

ON ACCOUNT OF HILARIOUS POST

YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

:3
Title: Re: Total Lunar Eclipse 2010
Post by: Colonol Dekker on December 20, 2010, 10:33:43 pm
I assume i've missed it already as i can still see the moon  :confused:

Yes, my logic has been negated by christmas "spirit" :D
Title: Re: Total Lunar Eclipse 2010
Post by: Klaustrophobia on December 20, 2010, 10:45:04 pm
Quote from: Dekker on December 20, 2010, 10:33:43 pm
I assume i've missed it already as i can still see the moon  :confused:

Yes, my logic has been negated by christmas "spirit" :D

it's at like 3 in the morning.  eastern. 
Title: Re: Total Lunar Eclipse 2010
Post by: Colonol Dekker on December 20, 2010, 10:59:20 pm
Well its five to five AM over on gmt :p
Title: Re: Total Lunar Eclipse 2010
Post by: Mongoose on December 20, 2010, 11:21:38 pm
It's nice and clear here, and the Moon is just about directly overhead.  We still have about an hour or so until we'll start seeing visible signs.  I don't know if I feel like hauling my reflecting telescope downstairs, but I'll at least take a look-see through binoculars.
Title: Re: Total Lunar Eclipse 2010
Post by: Bobboau on December 21, 2010, 12:26:20 am
****. clouds. :mad:
Title: Re: Total Lunar Eclipse 2010
Post by: watsisname on December 21, 2010, 01:19:51 am
Thin clouds here but still visible.  Dunno if I can get any pictures though.
Will be total pretty soon. =3
Title: Re: Total Lunar Eclipse 2010
Post by: Nuke on December 21, 2010, 01:53:16 am
it was actually visible here, which totally supprised me, but im freezing now. they need to nuke the moon.
Title: Re: Total Lunar Eclipse 2010
Post by: Klaustrophobia on December 21, 2010, 01:54:51 am
no eclipse, cloudy.  :(
Title: Re: Total Lunar Eclipse 2010
Post by: Goober5000 on December 21, 2010, 02:30:38 am
I saw it.  Pretty cool.

Time to go to bed now. :D
Title: Re: Total Lunar Eclipse 2010
Post by: Jeff Vader on December 21, 2010, 02:53:16 am
Stupid clouds.
Title: Re: Total Lunar Eclipse 2010
Post by: redsniper on December 21, 2010, 03:16:46 am
Clowdz
Title: Re: Total Lunar Eclipse 2010
Post by: Pred the Penguin on December 21, 2010, 04:41:55 am
Quote from: Nuke on December 21, 2010, 01:53:16 am
it was actually visible here, which totally supprised me, but im freezing now. they need to nuke the moon.
It'd still stay the same...
Title: Re: Total Lunar Eclipse 2010
Post by: Nuke on December 21, 2010, 05:45:05 am
i think the only reason it was even clear here was because it was too ****ing cold outside for any of the usual precipitation we normally get year round. if it were above freezing we would have been buried in rain clouds. were still to far north for it to go as dark as eclipses ive seen before. best one id say ive seen would be the one i saw in phoenix some years back. that moon was blood red. this is probibly the 3rd total lunar eclipse ive seen, i think next time il just stay inside where its warm.
Title: Re: Total Lunar Eclipse 2010
Post by: Galemp on December 21, 2010, 02:07:29 pm
Watched it from California at 11 PM. Pretty cool.
Title: Re: Total Lunar Eclipse 2010
Post by: Mongoose on December 21, 2010, 03:23:57 pm
I never really think of lunar eclipses having the same dimming effect as their solar counterparts, but it was amazing how dark it got outside last night as soon as totality hit.  I was even able to see a bit of the band of the Milky Way through my binoculars, which was pretty cool.  Unfortunately, our several-year-old digital camera wasn't nearly up to the task of taking a decent picture. :(
Title: Re: Total Lunar Eclipse 2010
Post by: watsisname on December 21, 2010, 03:33:00 pm
Yah, my pictures are no good due to cloud interference and my lack of a tripod.  :ick:  Still looked pretty to the eyes though.  Went on a drive through the countryside during totality and enjoyed the dull copper-lit scenery.
Title: Re: Total Lunar Eclipse 2010
Post by: iamzack on December 21, 2010, 06:00:53 pm
no clouds here, but i didn't even bother because too much strawberry hookah gave me a headache