Lunar Eclipse Dec 20-21

Started by Don_P, December 18, 2010, 09:02:45 PM

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DirtyLittleSecret

Didnt know there was another sky watcher on CP.  Used to help run the planetarium at a local community college years ago, and spent my summer vacations at star parties.  Too bad the eclipse wont be fully visible from NA.
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Ernest T. Bass

Ah, lunar eclipses aren't all that amazing... I'm looking forward to the solar eclipse in August 2017. ;D

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glenn kangiser

You don't think the sun will burn up in a supernova or something in 2012, Andrew?
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Ernest T. Bass

Hey... Now that would be even more exciting than a solar eclipse! And I wouldn't have to wait as long, too....

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Don_P

Oh well, it would have taken a supernovaSS to blast through that cloud cover. Welcome to winter  :D
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glenn kangiser

Have the Mayan's lost their imagination?
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John Raabe

I did catch the end of the eclipse very early this morning as the light was coming back onto the moon. There was a short break in the clouds.

This eclipse apparently has some interesting astrological characteristics. This from a friend who follows such things:

"This is an exceedingly rare eclipse of the Moon. The last time it happened on the longest, darkest night of the year was at least 400 years ago.  Making it even more rare is that the Earth, Moon and Sun will all be clearly aligned with the Galactic Core of our Milky Way."

But when I woke up later the world looks largely unchanged. Drat!
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IronPatriotTN

We had overcast skies here in TN.  [waiting]

Just watched a few Youtube videos of it. Just not the same.  :-\


HoustonDave

Ditto.  Nothing but gray in Houston.
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