Lunar Eclipse

[Lazerboy5000]

A Lunar Eclipse will be happening early tomorrow morning.

I wonder if anyone will be up to witness this event? Set your alarm clocks early (about 3:52AM)

So, what are your thoughts.

[Tenku]

There's just no way in hell I'm gonna wake up in time to watch it. That, and I don't have any reason to wake up that early. =\

[Rolling Cloud]

I'll be too asleep, but thanks for telling me!

[Wanted]

booooooo if it's not happening during normal waking hours there's no point

[ToOn~g@l]

My geography teacher told us about this and I was excited at first but now I feel that the idea at waking up at three in the morning to stare at the moon for a few seconds is just too much of a hassel. I hope we have another one at an eariler time like the one a few years ago that happened at 9 p.m and that was cool.

[Captain Highwind]

Can I stare at it and not go blind?

[Tanooki]

Can I stare at it and not go blind?
where's the fun in that?

[Captain Highwind]

where's the fun in that?

Tonight's Street Fighter II V taught me that it's not fun to be blind. :(

[XOMiss_Samantha]

I wish I could watch it, but I cherish my sleep. I sat for 30 minutes waiting for a meteor shower a few weeks ago and ended up seeing absolutely nothing.

I don't feel like doing that again.

[Meson]

Can I stare at it and not go blind?

Unless you're allergic to the red moon, you should be fine.

[Ishtar]

I wish I could watch it, but I cherish my sleep.

Same. I'm not staying up that late or getting up that early. >_>

[Tay the Cat]

Since I'm always awake that early, I'll be seeing it :D

[Michael24]

Local news said it'll be starting around 1AM here. I'm usually up until around 2AM, so if I'm not doing anything else, I may step out onto the back porch and check it out.

[Harvey Two Face]

SUCKERS!, for me it starts at about 6:30pm and ends around 9pm. GO AUSTRALIA

[Captain Highwind]

Unless you're allergic to the red moon, you should be fine.

Well the moon's pretty friggin' bright right now. DX

[Majin_Megabyte]

I'm outside on my laptop watching it happening. The moon have begin to darken a bit. I'm out doing this fo a lab for my Astornmy class at the college. Aleast I get one of my four labs done tonight.

[D Dubbs]

My dad just got me up to see it. It's kinda cool, but now it's fading away.

[veemonjosh]

NASA's site lied to me. It said would still be able to see it at 5:30AM.

And guess what? I haul my ass out of bed, go outside, and it's too damn bright to see anything...*Sigh*

Maybe next time...

[Ashton Anchors]

veemon if you're still around, you can watch it online

http://www.discoverychannelasia.com/eclipse/

[sdp]

People are waking up early?

lol, I'm just about to go to bed..right before dawn just how I like it.

[veemonjosh]

veemon if you're still around, you can watch it online

http://www.discoverychannelasia.com/eclipse/


Thanks for the link.

[J'onn J'onzz]

I could see it and I got up at like 6:45.

[Lazerboy5000]

Look like most people were asleep with the exception of D Dubbs.

I was sleeping too. I was thinking about seeting the alarm clock, but it was like midnight by the time I got to bed, so I didn't see the point in waking up so early.
Plus, Lunar Eclipses are not 'once in a life time' events. There will be more. Trust me.

But my little sister did wake up at 6:45 and just missed it (trees were blocking her view). This was weird because she usually wakes up at 11:00.

[Kury Wagner]

I was up... but I wasn't about to go outside at that time of night. I don't wanna get shot, just because of the moon. ><

I find it hilarious that everyone was talking about 'staying up' to see it. That's at least an hour before I normally go to bed. xD

[Lazerboy5000]

I was up... but I wasn't about to go outside at that time of night. I don't wanna get shot, just because of the moon. ><

I find it hilarious that everyone was talking about 'staying up' to see it. That's at least an hour before I normally go to bed. xD
you must live in a bad part of a big city if you 'didn't want to get shot'. It's the same way in Milwaukee.

Knowing my friend, he was probably up 'til 6:00 this morning, so he probably had a chance to see it.

[Kury Wagner]

you must live in a bad part of a big city if you 'didn't want to get shot'. It's the same way in Milwaukee.rofl, I live in Milwaukee, dude. xD You should know this, since I'm pretty sure you and I had a conversation about it, but same deal. Yes, Milwaukee; yes, crime; yes, moon got covered up, oh boy.

[veemonjosh]

rofl, I live in Milwaukee, dude. xD You should know this, since I'm pretty sure you and I had a conversation about it, but same deal. Yes, Milwaukee; yes, crime; yes, moon got covered up, oh boy.

The moon is scared of Milwaukee, apparently.

[J. B. Warner]

Four in the morning? No, thank you. I figure if you've seen one lunar eclipse, you've seen 'em all.

[Dr.Pepper]

The only reason why I was up at two something in the morning was my brother started having conversations in his sleep. I was too tired to get up but then my dad came and got us up. Lucky for me we can see from our kitchen window. I didn't have my glasses on but the moon was like blood red.

[Captain Highwind]

Wait, it just turns red?

I saw it do that a few months back. Glad I didn't stay up either.

[Tay the Cat]

Wait, it just turns red?

I saw it do that a few months back. Glad I didn't stay up either.

LOL, no. It can do that, but it usually doesn't.

I figure if you've seen one lunar eclipse, you've seen 'em all.
Nt rly.

[Lazerboy5000]

rofl, I live in Milwaukee, dude. xD You should know this, since I'm pretty sure you and I had a conversation about it, but same deal. Yes, Milwaukee; yes, crime; yes, moon got covered up, oh boy.
I didn't know you lived in Milwaukee. I guess that's why your location says 'hell's cupcake'. Cool, i'm out in Hartland (about 30 miles west). there are some trees on the West part of my house, so my sister wasn't able to see the Eclipse.
But I think the last time I mentioned where I live was to D Dubbs a couple of months back.

Wait, it just turns red?

I saw it do that a few months back. Glad I didn't stay up either.
I believe that there was a lunar eclipse in March this year.

[Tay the Cat]

I believe that there was a lunar eclipse in March this year.
Yes. However, the western hemisphere couldn't see it at all due to the position of Earth.

[Lazerboy5000]

I was up... but I wasn't about to go outside at that time of night. I don't wanna get shot, just because of the moon. ><
If anyone needs any proof, two people were shot in Milwaukee last night. I'm sure we now all know how dangerous Milwaukee can be after dark.

[Lazerboy5000]

Knowing my friend, he was probably up 'til 6:00 this morning, so he probably had a chance to see it.
I just got of the phone with him and he was on vacation in South Dakota, and there was a bunch of coulds, so he didn't get to see it.

[Kury Wagner]

If anyone needs any proof, two people were shot in Milwaukee last night. I'm sure we now all know how dangerous Milwaukee can be after dark.What a generalization! That's not everywhere in the city. There are pockets of crime throughout neighborhoods, just like any other bigger city. I was making a joke before. Not sure if you caught that.

[Lazerboy5000]

What a generalization! That's not everywhere in the city. There are pockets of crime throughout neighborhoods, just like any other bigger city. I was making a joke before. Not sure if you caught that.
sorry, i didn't get the joke.
opps :o

[Meson]

Note: The eclpise in Februray will be the last eclipse until 2010!

[Lazerboy5000]

Note: The eclpise in Februray will be the last eclipse until 2010!
that's a long time consideraing that the Febuaray eclipse will be the 3rd eclpise in the last 12 months.

[Meson]

I bumped this old thread to report that there will be an eclipse this Wednesday at 10 pm EST. This is the one mentioned earlier in the thread.

http://sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse/LEmono/TLE2008Feb21/TLE2008Feb21.html

Note: This is the last total lunar eclipse until 2010. The 2010 eclipse is slated for December 2010.

[Lazerboy5000]

Yep, I saw the news on this upcoming event about 2 weeks ago. I was going to wait until next week to creat a thread on it, but I just the old thread works too.

Oh, and the difference between this eclipse and the last one is that it’s going to take place at about 10pm eastern time, rather than 5 o’clock in the morning. Most people should get a chance to see this event.

Edit: the eclipse begins at 8:43pm on Wed. and ends at 12:09am on Thurs.
The total eclipse begins at 10:01 and ends at 10:51

[Conekiller]

Weird, i was just thinkin bout eclipses earlier today!

[DBZNarutoWarrior]

Nice, I hope that the weather will be good so that I can see it. I wonder what color it'll be.....?

[Harvey Two Face]

Since it's a total eclipse it should be quite red, like wine or blood.

[Lazerboy5000]

Just bumping this thread to remind everyone that it’s tonight.

Here’s a great website that has just about everything you need to know.
http://sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse/LEmono/TLE2008Feb21/TLE2008Feb21.html

[Dr.Pepper]

I'm going to stay up and watch it. Good thing there is no school tomarrow.

[tucsoncoyote]

Here's a Chart of the time of when the eclipse is supposed to start, reach its maximum, and end (All times are in EST, adjust to your own time zone accordingly.


http://sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse/LEmono/TLE2008Feb21/image/TLE2008Feb21-ESTs.GIF


If you miss this one you'll have to wait till December 21st, 2010 before we in the US and Western Hemisphere get to see another one of these.



:coyote:

[Aclaim]

booooooo if it's not happening during normal waking hours there's no point

I'm not getting out of my bed just because of some damn lunar eclipse. I can wait until December 21, 2010.

[DBZNarutoWarrior]

Well, for those of you who forgot, it's about halfway in the earth's shadow now. It should be in full shadow (red as I was told) soon.

[GuardianKid13]

I just finished seeing the eclipse. It was really cool, with the part of the cresent moon shining and the rest dark redish. Does anyone know when a solar eclipse is going to happen?

[Lazerboy5000]

And so it begins... :evil:

Wow, looks great. I stood outside (in the sub 0 degree weather) to watch as the last part of the moon turned red.


A Solar Eclipse happened just 2 weeks ago, but only Antartica got to see it. :sweat: Ummm... I don't think a solar eclipse will happen for several years. But only a few people will get to see the total solar eclipse.

[TheVofSteel]

Watched it about an hour ago, it was cool seeing the moon look all red like that. :)

[PC!]

Of all the nights for a solar eclipse, it has to be on a cloudy one... :\

[purplehairedwonder]

I caught a few minutes of it. Very cool. Astronomy is a hobby of mine so I enjoy things like this.

[ToOn~g@l]

It was sort of a cloudy night around here, so I wasn't expecting much of anything. I did check though as soon as I got out of the movies with a friend and it turned out to not be too cloudy and still perfect to see it. It was nearing the end of the partial lunar eclipse, so that was cool to see. I just hope the next one will be a clear night, then I can take pictures.

[Peter Paltridge]

I saw it tonight; it was awesome. This area has a better chance of being cloudy during celestial events than usual, so a clear night for once was nice.

[Novapocalypse]

I watched it a few hours ago,it was nice.
I love stuff like this.

This is the last one for what,3 years,right?

[Lazerboy5000]

WOW, it was perfectly clear out here. It looked great, but it wasn’t as red as I thought it would be.

And my dad got off of work early last night and he got home just before the eclipse started. And when it started told him why it appears red (because of the suns light being refracted in the Earth’s atmosphere and only the longest wavelength makes it to the moon, thus making it appear red). Then, about 15 minuets later, the weather man on the news gave basically the exact same explanation.

I only watched it until it stated to finish, but I didn’t watch the moon completely reappear. I had to get to bed a little early since I had morning swim practice.

[Dark Fact]

The eclipse happened in Winnipeg around 6:00 - 10:00 PM. It was a clear night and it was a spectacular view! I was working on an essay when the eclipse happened. I got out my binoculars for such an occasion. The moon really did look bloody! However, just as the eclipse started to wane, the moon passed over some trees so I couldn't get a good view. :( Still great to see though. :)

[Dr.Pepper]

It was so pretty:anime: