Full Moon Lunar eclipse 10/27/2004 lights ready :)

NASA page
Should be pretty good. Make sure your lights are ready /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif

Happy Birthday to me
Happy Birthday to me... /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/happy23.gif/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/party.gif

Ehhh, doodlebugs!!!!!!!!!
The weather forecast here calls for "rain and wind".
Guess I'll be SOL. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/jpshakehead.gif

The weather will change, it's more than a week away. Even with the clouds, you'll have a chance to *cough*play*cough* experiment with your new gadgets...

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After reading this thread, I truely understand the defination of the word "flashaholic". I mean where else will you hear about a Lunar eclipse and the first reaction is "have your lights ready"?! lol /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/yellowlaugh.gif

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Now I think I understand PenUmbra and Umbra.

If I could understand SubUmbra that would be very cool. Maybe I'll experience SubUmbra around 10:00 p.m next Wednesday.

Say, wouldn't that be a kickin' night fishin' night?

What say you SubUmbra?

Lunar eclipse tonight

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Here is a complete explanation of the tonight event:
http://www.space.com/spacewatch/041022_eclipse_guide.html

I plan to go up to my apt. terrace with my telescope (meade etx90ra) a chair, a digital camera adapted to the telescope and a bottle of red wine!

If I take nice photos I'll post 'em


Pablo

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...and as usual during all short-term astronomical phenomena (eclipses, meteor showers), it's overcast in my location.

I suppose there are far worse curses to be afflicted with.

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It's all cloudy and raining here... yeah, HERE!! Where it NEVER freakin' rains!! But it's raining tonight... of course... /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/icon8.gif

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fire the weather man

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It a full eclipse here. Very clear outside and the moon looks bloody red in the lower eastern sky.

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Here where nearly every celestial event is marred by overcast, it's clear. I get to watch it.

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Like Sashas 20, it's completely overcast with predictions of RAIN HERE IN PHOENIX. Go figure! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/poke2.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/icon23.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/rant.gif

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JOE SHOOTER /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/party.gif

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oops... downloaded the wrong one /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/blush.gif

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Nice Picture Jeff

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Meh, I was unable to get any great pictures /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/icon23.gif . I got some other really kewl pictures of where I was taking the picutres at, but the moon was just a red dot no matter what I did. I was somehow able to get the controls right and get beautiful pictures of some trees that were totally dark, without flash or any light at all. Perhaps I can edit in the moon from someone elses pictures that show up on the internet over the next few days. But, I am serious, the trees in this picture were totally in the dark...



Cameron

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Here it was partly cloudy. Got to watch it turn dark cranberry on the bottom, odd orange on top. Basically a little darker colors than Jeff's most excellent pic. Fascinating stuff.

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This was the view I had- (at 11:15 pm)

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I got to see it too.
It was forecast to be rainy and windy today, but the skies were crystal clear.
I watched from ~15 minutes prior to totality to ~15 minutes after totality was achieved.
At approximately 5 minutes before totality, I dug up my 7x35 binoculars, and shared them with several other people standing out here watching the eclipse.