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ps. lunar eclipse tonight

Postby 10sun » Wed Feb 20, 2008 9:35 pm

almost over. go look.
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Re: ps. lunar eclipse tonight

Postby Tikker » Wed Feb 20, 2008 9:47 pm

just went out and looked actually

pretty neat
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crappy picture for those who missed it

Postby dammuzis » Wed Feb 20, 2008 9:59 pm

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and what happens when you knock a camera

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Re: ps. lunar eclipse tonight

Postby brinstar » Wed Feb 20, 2008 10:48 pm

ya it was leet

next one is in 2010

unfortunately this one happened in february, and 2 degrees F is a bit too chilly to drive out into the country and dance naked
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Re: ps. lunar eclipse tonight

Postby Arlos » Thu Feb 21, 2008 1:30 am

I looked. Unfortunately, was too cloudy here to see more than tiny glimpses of it. :(

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Re: ps. lunar eclipse tonight

Postby Maeya » Thu Feb 21, 2008 6:22 am

Yeah we had scattered cloud cover as well so I only caught glimpses. I think Saturn and one of the starts in Leo was supposed to be prominent on either side of the moon as the eclipse happened, but of course there's so much ambient light in Atlanta, that I could only see the moon. Thank you for sharing the pictures.
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Re: ps. lunar eclipse tonight

Postby 10sun » Thu Feb 21, 2008 8:29 am

Maeya wrote:Yeah we had scattered cloud cover as well so I only caught glimpses. I think Saturn and one of the starts in Leo was supposed to be prominent on either side of the moon as the eclipse happened, but of course there's so much ambient light in Atlanta, that I could only see the moon. Thank you for sharing the pictures.


yeah, it was Saturn & Regulas. Both were the only other celestial objects in the sky that I could see. Formed a slightly obtuse angle with the moon at the largest angle.

I just stargazed from the front of my apartment in downtown Columbus. There was just enough light pollution to make for a perfect viewing experience in my opinion. Everything else in the sky wasn't visible so it was just a dark velvet blanket with the three parts of the lunar eclipse.

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Re: ps. lunar eclipse tonight

Postby Naethyn » Thu Feb 21, 2008 8:43 am

Wasn't impressed. Went back inside to continue my spanish crusade against the muslim jihadists.
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Re: ps. lunar eclipse tonight

Postby ClakarEQ » Thu Feb 21, 2008 10:15 am

My kids thought it was pretty cool, had a good view in the detroit area.

They thought it was even more cool that they could see Saturn with your "plain eye". Saturn was the bright spot to the lower right of the moon last night. I guess you were suppose to be able to see the rings using a telescope (I didn't try that, 2F was too much for me :) )
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Re: ps. lunar eclipse tonight

Postby Tikker » Thu Feb 21, 2008 11:28 am

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