mini-muffin Posted December 21, 2010 #1 Posted December 21, 2010 Well tonight is a lunar eclipse and it's the winter solstice. In case you wondered the last time this happened was 456 yrs ago. Also you may get to see some meteors as well. You'll start seeing the shadow they said after midnight, but it'll be after 2am that the eclipse takes place. At least that's east coast time. Margaret
SilvrT Posted December 21, 2010 #2 Posted December 21, 2010 It's so cloudy here .... I'm sure glad I saw it last time
mraf Posted December 21, 2010 #4 Posted December 21, 2010 Its to cloudy here too. I'll see it the next time around.
pickinfred Posted December 21, 2010 #5 Posted December 21, 2010 The year 1098 everyting was G R E A T !!
E-Fishin-C Posted December 21, 2010 #6 Posted December 21, 2010 We will be unable to see it .We have Cloud cover
Yammer Dan Posted December 21, 2010 #7 Posted December 21, 2010 Clouds. Going to watch it anyway. I gave up sleeping. Except for naps if the Warden don't catch me!!
Dano Posted December 21, 2010 #8 Posted December 21, 2010 Got 2 more inches of snow this evening, cloud cover and it's time to go to bed. I'm sure somebody will have pics of it on here by morning........
Celt Posted December 21, 2010 #9 Posted December 21, 2010 It's so cloudy here .... I'm sure glad I saw it last time
Guest tx2sturgis Posted December 21, 2010 #10 Posted December 21, 2010 (edited) http://184.72.239.143/mu/46eed859-6262-ebc2.jpg Captured this image of the lunar eclipse this evening/morning. Edited December 21, 2010 by tx2sturgis
autopilot Posted December 21, 2010 #11 Posted December 21, 2010 Captured this image of the lunar eclipse this evening/morning. Thanks for posting that. If that's not a blood moon, I don't know what would be!
mlew Posted December 21, 2010 #12 Posted December 21, 2010 The clouds broke just long enough to get a good look. It peaked around 3am here. Me and my wife braved the cold for 30 minutes to watch. Quite impressive, glad I was not the only one up watching.
Flyinfool Posted December 21, 2010 #13 Posted December 21, 2010 I got up, looked out the window and it was still snowing. The new snow and the whole sky wer a redish copper color. Looked kind of cool. In case you wondered the last time this happened was 456 yrs ago.The last winter solstice lunar eclipse was on Dec 21, 1638, by my math that is only 372 years ago. That was also the ONLY other time that there was a lunar eclipse on the winter solstice going back to the year 1. At least we do not have to wait as long to see the next lunar eclipse on the winter solstice, it will happen again on Dec 21, 2094. My source was NASA. They have been wrong before. I'll start planning an all nighter M&E for that date......
Yammer Dan Posted December 21, 2010 #14 Posted December 21, 2010 Complete dud here. Couldn't see moon at all. Warden said there was a red tint to the sky but being colorblind it didn't thrill me.
mraf Posted December 21, 2010 #15 Posted December 21, 2010 Complete dud here. Couldn't see moon at all. Warden said there was a red tint to the sky but being colorblind it didn't thrill me. So if your colorblind was the blue beast really blue?
SilvrT Posted December 21, 2010 #16 Posted December 21, 2010 the last time this happened was 456 yrs ago The last winter solstice lunar eclipse was on Dec 21, 1638, by my math that is only 372 years ago. Since I saw it last time, you're tellin me I ain't as old as I thought I was.... WOOOO HOOOO!!! :thumbsup2:
Guest tx2sturgis Posted December 21, 2010 #17 Posted December 21, 2010 Just trying out the forumrunner app for the iPad. Seems to work so far!
Flyinfool Posted December 21, 2010 #19 Posted December 21, 2010 Oh was that last night? No Actually it was this morning.
Dave77459 Posted December 21, 2010 #20 Posted December 21, 2010 It was clear here just before the Eclipse started. http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5203/5278888989_6c97a1fbf8.jpg Then, when the actually eclipse was going on, the moon was invisible. 15 minutes before the "peak" (2:17AM central), the sky became patchy. Out of this 20 second exposure, about 15 was clear. The other 5 seconds were obscured, making the photo look blurry. Drat! http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5123/5279898282_c0a16f25d5.jpg
Yammer Dan Posted December 22, 2010 #21 Posted December 22, 2010 So if your colorblind was the blue beast really blue? The streak she left behind was!!!
Flyinfool Posted December 22, 2010 #22 Posted December 22, 2010 The streak she left behind was!!! Does that mean it is burnin a lot of oil????? You should get that fixed.
Guest Ken8143 Posted December 22, 2010 #23 Posted December 22, 2010 Take a look at this! [ame=http://vimeo.com/18026388]Riding the World...2010 on Vimeo[/ame]
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