Lunar Eclipse Feb 20th 2008

Keropi · Post by **Keropi** » Wed Feb 20, 2008 8:25 pm

Can anyone see the lunar eclipse?

It's too cloudy for me to see anything at this point. Maybe later on when the moon is higher in the sky something will show through the clouds.

The max is around 10:01PM to 10:51 PM EST.

Sugarflower · Post by **Sugarflower** » Wed Feb 20, 2008 9:02 pm

It's snowy here so the cloud cover is making it impossible to see. If only it happened last night, the full moon looked beautiful and not a cloud in the sky!

Keropi · Post by **Keropi** » Wed Feb 20, 2008 9:14 pm

Sorry to hear that. These things make better spectator events during summer when it's warmer and less likely to be cloudy.

I could barely see something between clouds. The moon looked fairly dark, but it did seem to have some color to it. It's hard for me to gauge it exactly because I think I was looking through a thin fog/cloud when I caught the brief glimpse.

EDIT:

Yeah, the moon doesn't have much orange-red color to it. The moon seems about 30 degrees elevation, but doesn't have much color to the naked eye. I can make out the entire outline of the moon though so this eclipse is not that dark.

animeobsessed · Post by **animeobsessed** » Wed Feb 20, 2008 9:28 pm

It's too cloudy here, too

Kata · Post by **Kata** » Wed Feb 20, 2008 9:30 pm

I was asked by a friend to post these here for the ones that couldn't see the EC. I'm not really good with taking pictures so excuse my lack. Here are four pics of the eclipse. First ones are 5 to 10 minutes before the full eclipse and last one is full EC where you really have to look close in the pic and see the red dot.

Keropi · Post by **Keropi** » Wed Feb 20, 2008 9:47 pm

Thanks for the pictures Kata.

I'm catching some moon glimpses here and there, but they're mostly through atmospheric moisture/fog. There are so many low flying, fast moving FAT clouds flying overhead here that I feel like I'm underneath the Imperial Star Destroyer during the opening of the Star Wars movie.

kamidake · Post by **kamidake** » Wed Feb 20, 2008 9:50 pm

Yup, we're having a rare clear sky here. Can actually barely make out Saturn's ring too.

shellie · Post by **shellie** » Wed Feb 20, 2008 10:02 pm

I'm frozen to death because I didn't want to come in from staring at the moon. It was beautiful! I'm sorry it was too cloudy for some of you to see it. It was large and very coppery red here. Gorgeous! I tried taking some photos, and I think one did come out clearly, but very small. If any of the pictures look okay after I've gotten them off my camera and onto the computer, I'll post them.

miz ducky · Post by **miz ducky** » Wed Feb 20, 2008 10:05 pm

It's still daytime here.

Oh well.

syan · Post by **syan** » Wed Feb 20, 2008 11:30 pm

It was snowing on the way home from work, but it cleared up in time.

Since I was lazy and wanted to stay warm, I viewed it from my window upstairs. I took a couple pics at the beginning, but they didn't seem to come out well (haven't moved them to the comp yet). It wasn't as dark as I was expecting with that reddish hue.

Cloud · Post by **Cloud** » Wed Feb 20, 2008 11:30 pm

Do you take a couple pics at the beginning but they did not seem to come out well have not moved them to the comp often? It seemed like as dark as I was expecting with that reddish hue.

Okuni · Post by **Okuni** » Thu Feb 21, 2008 12:49 am

Thanks Kata!

I was working.. so I missed it.
-plus I kinda didn't know about it 'til now.

moonrabitt · Post by **moonrabitt** » Thu Feb 21, 2008 1:43 am

I hear that if you stare at it that you go blind

But I still looked at it...it looked EXTREMELY creepy...so I saw through the window...it was all Grey and ominous...It was still beautiful...in a creepy sort of way

miz ducky · Post by **miz ducky** » Thu Feb 21, 2008 2:42 am

moonrabitt wrote:I hear that if you stare at it that you go blind

Just in case some one is reading this and they don't already know (just in case...)
That only applies to a Solar Eclipse. No one should ever look directly at the sun even if it's being eclipsed.

I am only posting this now, because I've had a friend say that before, and I was like "you're kidding right?", but she wasn't kidding. I had to then further explain that a Lunar eclipse happens when the Earth casts a shadow on the Moon. You can usually look at the moon with out fear of damaging your sight so it's ok to look at a lunar eclipse.

(just in case someone else slept through that part of the class in school)

Cloud · Post by **Cloud** » Thu Feb 21, 2008 2:43 am

Does anyone ever really else slept through that part of the class in school?