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No lunar eclipse viewing for me tonite
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Bob DeWoody Send message Joined: 9 May 10 Posts: 3387 Credit: 4,182,900 RAC: 10 |
Unfortunately it has become overcast in the last coupe of hours here in central Florida as the cold front is coming through. Bob DeWoody My motto: Never do today what you can put off until tomorrow as it may not be required. This no longer applies in light of current events. |
Pierre A Renaud Send message Joined: 3 Apr 99 Posts: 998 Credit: 9,101,544 RAC: 65 |
Same here in Quebec :( But for us and the rest of us : "#Supermoon" lunar #eclipse Live broadcast 1030 pm EST https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bicnsife1Hk&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR3tQ380i7vwsK5bz9JOymowvfSBtwv3n7HsaZ-lAzmmlawB9mhD3zPKA00 Map of observability https://scontent.fymq3-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/50725404_10156262399202775_548075884674809856_n.jpg Unfortunately it has become overcast in the last coupe of hours here in central Florida as the cold front is coming through. Apr 3, 1999 - May 3, 2020 |
anniet Send message Joined: 2 Feb 14 Posts: 7105 Credit: 1,577,368 RAC: 75 |
It's looking excellent for London. We've not had a single cloud in the sky all day and as long as that lasts, which I think they're saying it will, it's very promising. I expect I'll be awake for it too because I'm not sleeping terribly well. I'll try get a picture or two if all that I said up there ---^ happens :) I'm sorry to hear you might not get to see it though (the eclipse, not so much my pictures. My photography skills are more absent than present when I operate cameras and such). |
moomin Send message Joined: 21 Oct 17 Posts: 6204 Credit: 38,420 RAC: 0 |
Of course. A Supermoon on a Monday:) Hmm. Maximum effect here at 6.12 am and cloudy all night... https://www.timeanddate.com/live/ Just checked. Now, Sunday 5.45 pm, there is a perfect clear sky overe here with a very bright full moon shining:) |
rob smith Send message Joined: 7 Mar 03 Posts: 22526 Credit: 416,307,556 RAC: 380 |
With 10/10 cloud cover predicted for tonight I'm joining the "Can't See The Moon Club" :-( Bob Smith Member of Seti PIPPS (Pluto is a Planet Protest Society) Somewhere in the (un)known Universe? |
Michael Watson Send message Joined: 7 Feb 08 Posts: 1387 Credit: 2,098,506 RAC: 5 |
Not looking too good for eclipse viewing here in northern California, either. Last evening got my hopes up. I could see the Moon through thin, broken clouds that seemed to promise a break in the fairly consistent overcast of recent days. Then it clouded up again and rained, overnight. Back to near- total overcast this morning. The weather predictors see a possibility of clearing, later today, but that remains to be seen. |
W-K 666 Send message Joined: 18 May 99 Posts: 19396 Credit: 40,757,560 RAC: 67 |
Not looking too good here, I can just see the moon through some thin cloud. |
Bob DeWoody Send message Joined: 9 May 10 Posts: 3387 Credit: 4,182,900 RAC: 10 |
What a dummy I was. The eclipse is tonight Sunday/Monday. I thought it was last night Saturday/Sunday. Perfectly clear tonight but very cold for Florida. Bob DeWoody My motto: Never do today what you can put off until tomorrow as it may not be required. This no longer applies in light of current events. |
betreger Send message Joined: 29 Jun 99 Posts: 11415 Credit: 29,581,041 RAC: 66 |
The cloud cover has cleared in the central Puget Sound area and things will be potentially good. |
anniet Send message Joined: 2 Feb 14 Posts: 7105 Credit: 1,577,368 RAC: 75 |
Really don't know what I was thinking :/ might just as well have planned to launch myself there propelled by a can of fizzy drink :\ |
lw Send message Joined: 20 Jan 19 Posts: 2 Credit: 1,141,052 RAC: 0 |
No lunar eclipse visible in Russia, sadly. AND it's very grey and very overcast. |
lw Send message Joined: 20 Jan 19 Posts: 2 Credit: 1,141,052 RAC: 0 |
At -2C it was ----ing cold! Still -1C now. Is it very humid over there for the weather to feel cold? Also windy, perhaps? |
William Rothamel Send message Joined: 25 Oct 06 Posts: 3756 Credit: 1,999,735 RAC: 4 |
Very high in the sky here in Tennessee. Started about 9:30 PM. Very thin, wispy, fast moving clouds spoiling a clear view==also cold here : 23 Fahrenheit, and I couldn't find our 2 pairs of binoculars. Watched till about 1/3 covered. Less spectacular and more uncomfortable than I would have liked. |
betreger Send message Joined: 29 Jun 99 Posts: 11415 Credit: 29,581,041 RAC: 66 |
AS luck would have the moon disappeared behind a cloud 20 min before total. No red moon for me. |
W-K 666 Send message Joined: 18 May 99 Posts: 19396 Credit: 40,757,560 RAC: 67 |
I had the luck, that the cloud started to break up and I got a few glimpses, but at the same time it started to rain harder. |
Michael Watson Send message Joined: 7 Feb 08 Posts: 1387 Credit: 2,098,506 RAC: 5 |
Here in northern California, overcast broke intermittently , allowing a brief view of the Lunar eclipse at about 50 percent, and then again later for totality. When the Moon was covered in clouds they gave a multicolored rainbow-like effect; very pretty. At totality, as usual, the orangey tint made the full moon look more three dimensional than it usually does, especially through binoculars. |
Pierre A Renaud Send message Joined: 3 Apr 99 Posts: 998 Credit: 9,101,544 RAC: 65 |
As forecasted, complete cloud cover in the Montreal QC area. But for many all wasn't lost, thankfully :) Lunar eclipse 2019 photo sets https://www.npr.org/2019/01/21/687102307/photos-super-blood-moon-wows https://www.geekwire.com/2019/photographers-get-super-views-super-blood-wolf-moon-eclipse-even-seattle/ https://www.space.com/43063-super-blood-wolf-moon-2019-thrills-skywatchers.html https://www.space.com/43074-super-blood-wolf-moon-2019-eclipse-skywatcher-photos.html Apr 3, 1999 - May 3, 2020 |
Bob DeWoody Send message Joined: 9 May 10 Posts: 3387 Credit: 4,182,900 RAC: 10 |
As it turned out it was perfectly clear over central Florida Sunday night and the eclipse reached totality around midnight. I watched the last bit of brightness disappear and then hurried back inside. I wonder, is there still any science to be gleaned from scientific observation of a lunar eclipse, or is one just something interesting to watch? Bob DeWoody My motto: Never do today what you can put off until tomorrow as it may not be required. This no longer applies in light of current events. |
betreger Send message Joined: 29 Jun 99 Posts: 11415 Credit: 29,581,041 RAC: 66 |
Yes |
Pierre A Renaud Send message Joined: 3 Apr 99 Posts: 998 Credit: 9,101,544 RAC: 65 |
Forgot to add these from APOD (2nd link is a video from a 2018 eclipse but it shows very well its progression) https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap190119.html https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap190120.html And for good measure... Police: Florida officer ran over pair lying in road to watch lunar eclipse https://wvah.com/news/nation-world/police-florida-officer-ran-over-pair-lying-in-road-to-watch-lunar-eclipse Lunar eclipse 2019 photo sets As it turned out it was perfectly clear over central Florida Sunday night and the eclipse reached totality around midnight. I watched the last bit of brightness disappear and then hurried back inside. I wonder, is there still any science to be gleaned from scientific observation of a lunar eclipse, or is one just something interesting to watch?Party pooper here: I heard an expert comment that the reddish color was caused by Earth's atmospheric contaminants, and that to his knowledge no studies used this phenomena's metrics to study how it correlated with other standard atmospheric studies. Makes sense since we know violently beautiful sunsets are "improved" by the density of air pollutants...  =:/ Apr 3, 1999 - May 3, 2020 |
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