Winter Solstice

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flight Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 13 Sep 99 Posts: 296 Credit: 976,732 RAC: 0	Message 1058345 - Posted: 21 Dec 2010, 6:59:04 UTC Last modified: 21 Dec 2010, 7:00:38 UTC here is a live feed of the lunar eclipse http://www.ustream.tv/spacevidcast ID: 1058345 ·

dcappello Send message Joined: 3 Apr 99 Posts: 261 Credit: 170,969,320 RAC: 0	Message 1058357 - Posted: 21 Dec 2010, 8:07:38 UTC Lots of clouds and light pollution in Dallas: ID: 1058357 ·

Cosmic_Ocean Send message Joined: 23 Dec 00 Posts: 3027 Credit: 13,516,867 RAC: 13	Message 1058366 - Posted: 21 Dec 2010, 8:35:10 UTC I just froze for two hours outside with my telescope. Clouds started rolling in pretty heavy and I couldn't see through them anymore. Packed it up and went inside. Never got to see one of these through a 'scope before. At 38x, you could see the shadow moving across craters, though it was slow-going. Linux laptop: record uptime: 1511d 20h 19m (ended due to the power brick giving-up) ID: 1058366 ·

B-Man Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 11 Feb 01 Posts: 253 Credit: 147,366 RAC: 0	Message 1058374 - Posted: 21 Dec 2010, 8:59:40 UTC Very bad clouds in New England. Worcester Ma could see the moon early in the night but it was gone by the time the eclipse came around. I had a sliver barely visible around 2:17 AM ET. Could not see the shadowed part at all though the clouds. ID: 1058374 ·

soft^spirit Send message Joined: 18 May 99 Posts: 6497 Credit: 34,134,168 RAC: 0	Message 1058375 - Posted: 21 Dec 2010, 9:25:22 UTC - in response to Message 1058374. Last modified: 21 Dec 2010, 9:28:26 UTC Very bad clouds in New England. Worcester Ma could see the moon early in the night but it was gone by the time the eclipse came around. I had a sliver barely visible around 2:17 AM ET. Could not see the shadowed part at all though the clouds. partial clouds and drizzle here, but I did see the last sliver disappear. Um.. it is a full moon. If you saw the sliver, you saw the eclipse. Edit: west coast is back to a half moon visible. Still partially obscured here. Janice ID: 1058375 ·

kittyman Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 51514 Credit: 1,018,363,574 RAC: 1,004	Message 1058379 - Posted: 21 Dec 2010, 9:49:50 UTC Snowstorm here....so no chance to view the event. "Time is simply the mechanism that keeps everything from happening all at once." ID: 1058379 ·

xx Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 23 May 99 Posts: 166 Credit: 3,450,910 RAC: 0	Message 1058432 - Posted: 21 Dec 2010, 13:31:48 UTC It was clear and chilly here in Jacksonville, FL. Perfect eclipse viewing weather. I put a lounge out in the back yard and lay out under a couple of blankets from 1:30 - 2:30 watching it go to totality. Glad I'm retired and don't have to go in to work this morning. Chuck ID: 1058432 ·

ML1 Volunteer moderator Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 25 Nov 01 Posts: 21621 Credit: 7,508,002 RAC: 20	Message 1058433 - Posted: 21 Dec 2010, 13:32:09 UTC Cloud and freezing fog here this morning :-( And that's the second one here that I've missed due to cloudy/wet UK weather :-( :-( Keep searchin' Martin See new freedom: Mageia Linux Take a look for yourself: Linux Format The Future is what We all make IT (GPLv3) ID: 1058433 ·

kittyman Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 51514 Credit: 1,018,363,574 RAC: 1,004	Message 1058442 - Posted: 21 Dec 2010, 13:52:57 UTC - in response to Message 1058433. Cloud and freezing fog here this morning :-( And that's the second one here that I've missed due to cloudy/wet UK weather :-( :-( Keep searchin' Martin I hope you are a vampire, because the event is not likely to happen again in YOUR lifetime. "Time is simply the mechanism that keeps everything from happening all at once." ID: 1058442 ·

soft^spirit Send message Joined: 18 May 99 Posts: 6497 Credit: 34,134,168 RAC: 0	Message 1058446 - Posted: 21 Dec 2010, 14:12:54 UTC Full moon, on a solstice, with a total lunar eclipse.. Maybe another 3-400 years Janice ID: 1058446 ·

Richard Haselgrove Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 4 Jul 99 Posts: 14688 Credit: 200,643,578 RAC: 874	Message 1058448 - Posted: 21 Dec 2010, 14:15:43 UTC - in response to Message 1058442. Cloud and freezing fog here this morning :-( And that's the second one here that I've missed due to cloudy/wet UK weather :-( :-( Keep searchin' Martin I hope you are a vampire, because the event is not likely to happen again in YOUR lifetime. No, lunar eclipses are fairly common - about five a year, the BBC are saying - and they can be seen from anywhere in the world if the moon is above the horizon. Except the UK, of course. Beautifully bright, crystal clear moonlit and starlit night here around 23:30 UTC, but it had clouded over by 01:30 It's the total solar eclipses which are rare, and location-specific. I saw my one (and probably only) in March 2006, and I had to fly to Turkey to see it (and I had to go and read the front of my souvenir T-shirt to check the date, lol). ID: 1058448 ·

bj Send message Joined: 11 Oct 00 Posts: 163 Credit: 50,429,507 RAC: 0	Message 1058450 - Posted: 21 Dec 2010, 14:26:08 UTC Next one in 2094 bj ID: 1058450 ·

arkayn Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 14 May 99 Posts: 4438 Credit: 55,006,323 RAC: 0	Message 1058560 - Posted: 22 Dec 2010, 0:21:24 UTC I had no chance to see it as my alarm went off at 3:25 this morning and it was raining buckets. ID: 1058560 ·

flight Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 13 Sep 99 Posts: 296 Credit: 976,732 RAC: 0	Message 1059139 - Posted: 23 Dec 2010, 17:38:06 UTC - in response to Message 1058450. Next one in 2094 bj I dont think that ill wait for that one lol ID: 1059139 ·

soft^spirit Send message Joined: 18 May 99 Posts: 6497 Credit: 34,134,168 RAC: 0	Message 1059171 - Posted: 23 Dec 2010, 19:54:34 UTC Full Lunar eclipses are uncommon. During a full moon much more uncommon. Full lunar eclipse, during a full moon, on a solstice, extremely uncommon. Gallileo was under house arrest during the previous one. Janice ID: 1059171 ·

Lint trap Send message Joined: 30 May 03 Posts: 871 Credit: 28,092,319 RAC: 0	Message 1059176 - Posted: 23 Dec 2010, 20:21:23 UTC - in response to Message 1059171. Full Lunar eclipses are uncommon. During a full moon much more uncommon. Full lunar eclipse, during a full moon, on a solstice, extremely uncommon. Gallileo was under house arrest during the previous one. You can find eclipse dates on NASA'a Eclipse web site at http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse.html. There will be 2 total Lunar eclipses in 2011. Martin ID: 1059176 ·

soft^spirit Send message Joined: 18 May 99 Posts: 6497 Credit: 34,134,168 RAC: 0	Message 1059182 - Posted: 23 Dec 2010, 20:50:56 UTC - in response to Message 1059176. Full Lunar eclipses are uncommon. During a full moon much more uncommon. Full lunar eclipse, during a full moon, on a solstice, extremely uncommon. Gallileo was under house arrest during the previous one. You can find eclipse dates on NASA'a Eclipse web site at http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse.html. There will be 2 total Lunar eclipses in 2011. Martin And how many during a full moon? Janice ID: 1059182 ·

Lint trap Send message Joined: 30 May 03 Posts: 871 Credit: 28,092,319 RAC: 0	Message 1059215 - Posted: 23 Dec 2010, 23:19:06 UTC - in response to Message 1059182. Last modified: 23 Dec 2010, 23:20:17 UTC And how many during a full moon? For a Lunar eclipse, the moon has to pass through Earth's shadow, either partially or fully, so the moon has to be in Full phase. The opposite is true for a Solar eclipse, when the moon's phase is always New. Have a look at this page: http://www.mreclipse.com/Special/LEprimer.html. Martin ID: 1059215 ·

Troy R. Stull Send message Joined: 22 Dec 06 Posts: 4 Credit: 251,543 RAC: 0	Message 1060894 - Posted: 29 Dec 2010, 17:06:16 UTC Sadly, it was overcast in New Mexico and I didn't get to see it. ID: 1060894 ·

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