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ps. lunar eclipse tonight
Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2008 9:35 pm
by 10sun
almost over. go look.
Re: ps. lunar eclipse tonight
Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2008 9:47 pm
by Tikker
just went out and looked actually
pretty neat
crappy picture for those who missed it
Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2008 9:59 pm
by dammuzis

and what happens when you knock a camera

Re: ps. lunar eclipse tonight
Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2008 10:48 pm
by brinstar
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
Re: ps. lunar eclipse tonight
Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2008 1:30 am
by Arlos
I looked. Unfortunately, was too cloudy here to see more than tiny glimpses of it.

-Arlos
Re: ps. lunar eclipse tonight
Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2008 6:22 am
by Maeya
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.
Re: ps. lunar eclipse tonight
Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2008 8:29 am
by 10sun
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.
-Adam
Re: ps. lunar eclipse tonight
Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2008 8:43 am
by Naethyn
Wasn't impressed. Went back inside to continue my spanish crusade against the muslim jihadists.
Re: ps. lunar eclipse tonight
Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2008 10:15 am
by ClakarEQ
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
Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2008 11:28 am
by Tikker
pussy