Lunar Eclipse

[McAhron]

THERES A LUNAR ECLIPSE ON NOV 8TH.WHAT WILL YOU BE DOING.THINK I WILL SLEEP ON MY DECK AND WATCH FATHER SKY IN HIS BRILLIANCE.I READ DANAS ARTICLE ON NOT LOOSING SIGHT AND THOUGHT PERHAPS ALL THE TRIBALIST OUT THERE COULD UNITE IN MEDITATION AND CELEBRATION AND THINK ABOUT HOW FORTUNATE WE ALL ARE .AAAAAAWHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOO.

[McAhron]

no takers?

[prizzim]

Missed your original post. Sounds like a good idea. What areas will experience full eclipse vs. a partial one, and around what time?

[Gene Chapman]

Thanks, looked it up, looks like Saturday about 5 pm for the Puget Sound area.

[prizzim]

Here's the chart from "Universe Today" for North American viewing times (beginning the evening of Nov. 8):

Begins: 5:32pm CST, 6:32pm EST, 23:32 GMT (not visible on the west coast that early)
Maximum: 5:19pm PST, 7:19pm CST, 8:19 EST, 01:19 GMT
End: 7:05pm PST, 9:05pm CST, 10:05pm EST, 03:05 GMT

"The whole event will be visible to people in the Americas, Europe and Africa, but not at all visible to Asia and Australia. For people on the West Coast of the Americas, the eclipse will have already begun when the Moon rises above the horizon, and for people closer to Asia, the Moon will be set before the eclipse is complete. For example, in Seattle, Washington, the Moon will already be 13% eclipsed when it rises."

"As usual, Universe Today will be showcasing astrocameras from around the area providing coverage of the eclipse. If you're outside the visible area, or the weather doesn't cooperate for you (November in Vancouver = rain), then you can enjoy it live from the comfort of your computer. If you'd like to get involved, please send me an email at info@universetoday.com."

"This will be the second lunar eclipse for 2003; the first happened back in May, and was visible from similar regions on the Earth. The next total lunar eclipse will be visible from Europe and Asia on May 4, 2004."

[mstu]

Thanks for the heads up guys. Seems like rain may be in the forecast here, but I'll try to step out for a quick howl anyway.

[J Wilson]

We'll be at the Fort Vancouver Blacksmithshop for the weekend. I'll look up the eclipse and Iridum Flare times for that location. This is a great site to look up satellite pass predictions. http://www.heavens-above.com/

We'll be thinking of all you iron pounding lunatics!!!!


Jeff
Visit Fort Nisqually www.fortnisqually.org

[Chuck Burrows]

Hey Chris-
No MST??? - apparently all of us who live her in the Rockies don't get no respect (or did you think MST stood for Mystery Science Theater LOL )

[prizzim]

Just repeating the website's info - they omitted it too. Figured you smart mountain-folk could do the math yourselves, I guess.