TOTAL LUNAR ECLIPSE, OCTOBER 27-28

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TOTAL LUNAR ECLIPSE, OCTOBER 27-28

Post by browneyedgirl » Thu Oct 21, 2004 6:52 am

http://sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse/L ... Oct28.html

A good site which tells all about it.......visible in USA October 27 pm, but because of time difference Europe will see it October 28 am.

I plan to watch this one! :D
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Re: TOTAL LUNAR ECLIPSE, OCTOBER 27-28

Post by Agent Orange » Thu Oct 21, 2004 1:07 pm

I've seen at least 4 total lunar eclipses already, and if you've seen one, you've seen them all.

As practioner of astronomy, I'm more interested in SOLAR eclispes, thoise are different each time you see it, yet where I live, one isn't due in about 120 years or more :(

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Post by MaFiaBoY » Thu Oct 21, 2004 1:10 pm

Wow, in Europe it will be something like 5 in the morning :zzz:

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Post by browneyedgirl » Thu Oct 21, 2004 2:45 pm

Agent Orange wrote:I've seen at least 4 total lunar eclipses already, and if you've seen one, you've seen them all.

As practioner of astronomy, I'm more interested in SOLAR eclispes, thoise are different each time you see it, yet where I live, one isn't due in about 120 years or more :(
People long, long ago used to be so superstitious of eclipses--they thought they wre harbingers of catastrophic events! I'm glad people aren't so ignorant anymore&realize eclipses are just rare, but normal natural events! :)

But, I can understand their fear&paranoia--after all, during a total Solar eclipse it becomes almost dark as night---I can imagine if you were not aware of what was happening, that would be a puzzling&frightening phenomenon, indeed! :D
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Post by Agent Orange » Fri Oct 22, 2004 12:53 am

browneyedgirl wrote:People long, long ago used to be so superstitious of eclipses--they thought they wre harbingers of catastrophic events! I'm glad people aren't so ignorant anymore&realize eclipses are just rare, but normal natural events! :)

But, I can understand their fear&paranoia--after all, during a total Solar eclipse it becomes almost dark as night---I can imagine if you were not aware of what was happening, that would be a puzzling&frightening phenomenon, indeed! :D
In those days, any astronomical event was an omen of imminent doom. If they saw a comet racing through the night sky, everyone immediately assumed the sky was falling and that they were all gonna die.

As you said yourself, now we know that it's just one of many interesting things adorning our night sky, and that's what fascinates me so much! :)

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Post by Reaper » Sat Oct 23, 2004 1:51 am

Sleeping Sun... Sleeping Moon :D
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Post by HvyMtlClickWitch » Sat Oct 23, 2004 9:10 pm

aye, you can bet i'll be outdoors weaving something magical. :wink:
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Post by browneyedgirl » Wed Oct 27, 2004 3:45 am

My local TV stations said the eclipse would be TONIGHT!

Which is it?
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Post by Painless_Cry » Thu Oct 28, 2004 2:25 am

in 45 minutes yohoooo we had a lunar eclipse this year already right?

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Post by browneyedgirl » Thu Oct 28, 2004 5:44 am

Its in totality right now, here.
The most beautiful phase is when there is just a sliver of moon shortly before totality occurs! Looks spooky, too! :D
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Post by Neorave » Thu Oct 28, 2004 4:46 pm

Didn't see a damn thing. Too cloudy in Nebraska!!! :evil:
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Post by MaFiaBoY » Thu Oct 28, 2004 7:16 pm

Tot cloudy here too. Damn it, I got up at 5 for nothing :/

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Post by metalmaiden » Fri Oct 29, 2004 1:01 am

browneyedgirl wrote:Its in totality right now, here.
The most beautiful phase is when there is just a sliver of moon shortly before totality occurs! Looks spooky, too! :D
It ws really cool! And here it was kind of spooky as well 'cause we had low wisps of thin grey clouds that would track across the view occationally. Just a beautiful sight as wel shivered in the night.

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Post by Painless_Cry » Fri Oct 29, 2004 2:14 am

I couldn't see it, I had to wake up early :(

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