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#755478 - 02/19/08 11:09 AM
Total Lunar Eclipse Wed. Night!
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Jelloshot
Silver Member
Registered: 11/22/02
Posts: 11022
Loc: Right behind you.
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A total eclipse of the Moon occurs during the night of Wednesday, February 20/21, 2008. The entire event is visible from South America and most of North America as well as Western Europe, Africa, and western Asia. During a total lunar eclipse, the Moon's disk can take on a dramatically colorful appearance from bright orange to blood red to dark brown and (rarely) very dark gray.
An eclipse of the Moon can only take place at Full Moon, and only if the Moon passes through some portion of Earth's shadow. The shadow is actually composed of two cone-shaped parts, one nested inside the other. The outer shadow or penumbra is a zone where Earth blocks some (but not all) of the Sun's rays. In contrast, the inner shadow or umbra is a region where Earth blocks all direct sunlight from reaching the Moon.
If only part of the Moon passes through the umbra, a partial eclipse is seen. However, if the entire Moon passes through the umbral shadow, then a total eclipse of the Moon occurs. For more information on how, what, why, where and when of lunar eclipses, see the special web page lunar eclipses for beginners.
http://www.mreclipse.com/LEdata/TLE2008Feb/TLE2008Feb.html
http://www.hermit.org/Eclipse/2008-02-21/
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#755480 - 02/19/08 11:12 AM
Re: Total Lunar Eclipse Wed. Night!
[Re: Jelloshot]
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Jelloshot
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Registered: 11/22/02
Posts: 11022
Loc: Right behind you.
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#755656 - 02/19/08 03:45 PM
Re: Total Lunar Eclipse Wed. Night!
[Re: Jelloshot]
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Bryankees
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Registered: 11/12/00
Posts: 670
Loc: Seneca Falls
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Sweet.. will check it out. I wonder where I would want to go to get some good pictures.. I bet over by the High School in Seneca Falls would be good. Where should the moon be at 10?
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#756413 - 02/20/08 05:27 PM
Re: Total Lunar Eclipse Wed. Night!
[Re: SkySoldier]
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turkishdelight
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Registered: 08/22/04
Posts: 151
Loc: 13148
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I hope it's not cloudy. I missed the meteor showers last year. I think we are always cloudy/foggy at night  Keeping fingers crossed.
Um.. Party at Sky's house? Around 10 
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#756416 - 02/20/08 05:35 PM
Re: Total Lunar Eclipse Wed. Night!
[Re: turkishdelight]
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past tense
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Registered: 03/05/03
Posts: 29608
Loc: Houston, TX
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We're going to give photographing the eclipse a shot - forecast tonight is partly cloudy here, too...that doesn't mean much though - the weather changes constantly and rarely matches the forecast...we'll post them if we get them.
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#756475 - 02/20/08 07:20 PM
Re: Total Lunar Eclipse Wed. Night!
[Re: donedirtcheap]
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Jelloshot
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Registered: 11/22/02
Posts: 11022
Loc: Right behind you.
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Not a cloud to be found! Got the telescope ready to go outside... and beer, to keep me warm! 10:01 ET is the beginning of the total phase.
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#756489 - 02/20/08 07:29 PM
Re: Total Lunar Eclipse Wed. Night!
[Re: LOTE]
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Jelloshot
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Registered: 11/22/02
Posts: 11022
Loc: Right behind you.
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Right during American Idol, the nerve! 
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