Tilted Forum Project Discussion Community  

Go Back   Tilted Forum Project Discussion Community > Chatter > General Discussion


 
 
LinkBack Thread Tools
Old 05-04-2004, 07:23 AM   #1 (permalink)
I change
 
ARTelevision's Avatar
 
Location: USA
total lunar eclipse

This week offers an opportunity to view the dramatic shift of moonlight from familiar gold to ruddy reddish hues as a total lunar eclipse will be visible from much of Europe, Africa and the Americas....

..................

Skywatchers await lunar eclipse
By Dr David Whitehouse
BBC News Online science editor

Skywatchers are preparing themselves for a total eclipse of the Moon on Thursday night into Friday morning.

It will be visible from much of Europe, Africa and the Americas.

The slow and subdued nature of lunar eclipses makes them less dramatic than solar eclipses. Scientifically they are also less important.

From the UK, the eclipse will occur in the early hours of Friday morning, when the Moon is low over the southern horizon.

At the start of the eclipse, the satellite is 17 degrees above the horizon. It gets lower in the southern sky as the event progresses. By mid-eclipse, at 0440 BST (0340 GMT), it is just five degrees above the horizon.

Serenity and fertility

Lunar eclipses are an enchanting spectacle of nature, delightfully reminding us of the cycles and rhythms of the cosmos, of which we are only spectators.

TOTAL LUNAR ECLIPSE
Occurs when Moon passes into Earth's shadow
Penumbra: Region where Earth blocks some (but not all) Sun rays
Umbra: Zone where Earth blocks all direct sunlight - total eclipse
Although not as spectacular as when the Moon crosses the face of the Sun, lunar eclipses have a beauty and grandeur of their own.

Thomas Hardy said the movement of the Earth's shadow over the Moon had an "imperturbable serenity".

This week's event lasts just over five hours. One thing to watch out for is the colour of the Moon as it moves into the Earth's shadow.

During a total lunar eclipse the only light that can reach the Moon's surface has been refracted through our planet's atmosphere on the limb of the Earth as seen from the Moon.

Stuff of myth

The refracted light is red. If it were possible to look back at the Earth during a lunar eclipse then the rim of the Earth would appear a glowing red.

WHERE TO SEE IT
South America and eastern North America get best view
Dust and cloud in Earth's atmosphere affects Moon colour
Telescope is useful but total eclipse is viewable with naked eye
This colour effect is the stuff of myth and legend. An account in 331 BC said: "...all her light was sullied and suffused with the hue of blood."

Some ancients called it "the time of the blood of the Great Mother's wisdom", linking the Moon's colour with menstruation. This was a natural thing to do given the link between the length of the month and human fertility.

In 1503, Christopher Columbus, stranded in the Caribbean, used a lunar eclipse he knew would take place to impress the natives and secure respect and fear, as well as a regular supply of food.

Story from BBC NEWS:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3020737.stm
__________________
create evolution
ARTelevision is offline  
Old 05-04-2004, 07:26 AM   #2 (permalink)
I'm baaaaack!
 
Didn't we have one of these just a few months ago? I know it was within the past year, unless by we, I really mean my area of the country. I don't know much about this stuff.
__________________
You don't know from fun.
Rubyee is offline  
Old 05-04-2004, 07:31 AM   #3 (permalink)
Right Now
 
Location: Home
Last year's eclipse:


This one:
Peetster is offline  
Old 05-04-2004, 09:15 AM   #4 (permalink)
Getting it.
 
Charlatan's Avatar
 
Super Moderator
Location: Lion City
I caught a lunar eclipse for the first time last fall... it was really cool.

For some reason I've always missed them because of cloud cover or just plain forgetting... My son and I just sat on the porch and soaked it up...
__________________
"My hands are on fire. Hands are on fire. Ain't got no more time for all you charlatans and liars."
- Old Man Luedecke
Charlatan is offline  
Old 05-04-2004, 09:36 AM   #5 (permalink)
SiN
strangelove
 
SiN's Avatar
 
Location: ...more here than there...
Fun

So long as the clouds stay away, i should be able to catch this one

Thx for the heads-up
__________________
- + - ° GiRLie GeeK ° - + - °
01110010011011110110111101110100001000000110110101100101
Therell be days/When Ill stray/I may appear to be/Constantly out of reach/I give in to sin/Because I like to practise what I preach
SiN is offline  
Old 05-04-2004, 11:14 AM   #6 (permalink)
A Real American
 
Holo's Avatar
 
According to CNN it won't be viewable here in USA:

http://edition.cnn.com/2004/TECH/spa...lunar.eclipse/
North America will miss out on the entire show, as the moon will be below the horizon during midday and afternoon hours. Weather permitting, some Europeans will have a chance to see the very end of the event.

The very best region to view this eclipse will be across western Asia, much of the Indian Ocean and the eastern two-thirds of Africa. The entire eclipse will be visible from this region.





ah well I'll take a gander in case someone's wrong.
__________________
I happen to like the words "fuck", "cock", "pussy", "tits", "cunt", "twat", "shit" and even "bitch". As long as I am not using them to describe you, don't go telling me whether or not I can/should use them...that is, if you want me to continue refraining from using them to describe you. ~Prince
Holo is offline  
Old 05-04-2004, 11:20 AM   #7 (permalink)
I change
 
ARTelevision's Avatar
 
Location: USA
seems to contradict the BBC story above.
hmm...more checking...
__________________
create evolution
ARTelevision is offline  
Old 05-04-2004, 11:25 AM   #8 (permalink)
Poo-tee-weet?
 
JStrider's Avatar
 
Location: The Woodlands, TX
yah i'm seeing that it wont be visable from the states....
__________________
-=JStrider=-

~Clatto Verata Nicto
JStrider is offline  
Old 05-04-2004, 11:37 AM   #9 (permalink)
I'm baaaaack!
 
We were spoiled with an eclipse a couple of months ago. I knew I wasn't crazy. It will be years again before we see another one here.
__________________
You don't know from fun.
Rubyee is offline  
Old 05-04-2004, 11:43 AM   #10 (permalink)
A Real American
 
Holo's Avatar
 
Quote:
Originally posted by Rubyee
We were spoiled with an eclipse a couple of months ago. I knew I wasn't crazy. It will be years again before we see another one here.

from CNN:


The next total lunar eclipse will occur on the night of October 28-29 and will favor most of the Americas, as well as western portions of Europe and Africa.





so only a few more months for America to get one.
__________________
I happen to like the words "fuck", "cock", "pussy", "tits", "cunt", "twat", "shit" and even "bitch". As long as I am not using them to describe you, don't go telling me whether or not I can/should use them...that is, if you want me to continue refraining from using them to describe you. ~Prince
Holo is offline  
Old 05-04-2004, 11:53 AM   #11 (permalink)
I'm baaaaack!
 
I did not know they were that frequent. I cannot wait.
__________________
You don't know from fun.
Rubyee is offline  
Old 05-05-2004, 07:46 AM   #12 (permalink)
it's jam
 
splck's Avatar
 
Location: Lowerainland BC
Ah yes, nothing quite like a lunar mooner party!
__________________
nice line eh?
splck is offline  
Old 05-05-2004, 10:41 AM   #13 (permalink)
peekaboo
 
ngdawg's Avatar
 
Location: on the back, bitch
The last lunar eclipse visible here, I took pictures every 20 minutes-they came out as a orange blob surrounded by black sky. Not perfect, but definitely worth keeping as are the pics I took of Mars last August.
Whenever your ego gets too big and you feel the world owes you, look up into the clear night sky. I guarantee you will feel your true place in this universe.
ngdawg is offline  
Old 05-06-2004, 06:18 AM   #14 (permalink)
Psycho
 
InTeGrA77's Avatar
 
Location: the tangent universe
God-dammit! I always look forward to lunar eclipses, and its supposed to cloud up later in the day today, and rain all night tonight, making it impossible for me to see...!
__________________
28 days...6 hours...42 minutes...12 seconds...
InTeGrA77 is offline  
 

Tags
eclipse, lunar, total

Thread Tools

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are On
Pingbacks are On
Refbacks are On



All times are GMT -8. The time now is 03:18 AM.

Tilted Forum Project

Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.7
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, vBulletin Solutions, Inc.
Search Engine Optimization by vBSEO 3.6.0 PL2
© 2002-2012 Tilted Forum Project

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 200 201 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 209 210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 219 220 221 222 223 224 225 226 227 228 229 230 231 232 233 234 235 236 237 238 239 240 241 242 243 244 245 246 247 248 249 250 251 252 253 254 255 256 257 258 259 260 261 262 263 264 265 266 267 268 269 270 271 272 273 274 275 276 277 278 279 280 281 282 283 284 285 286 287 288 289 290 291 292 293 294 295 296 297 298 299 300 301 302 303 304 305 306 307 308 309 310 311 312 313 314 315 316 317 318 319 320 321 322 323 324 325 326 327 328 329 330 331 332 333 334 335 336 337 338 339 340 341 342 343 344 345 346 347 348 349 350 351 352 353 354 355 356 357 358 359 360