Winter Solstice Total Lunar Eclipse

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Hey Hogs. I thought you may appreciate a heads up to this if you all weren't aware. A total lunar eclipse will take place during the winter solstice for the first time since 1638. Time Dec 21 @ 0133 EST. Total eclipse last 72 minutes and begins at 0241 EST. This will not occur again until 2094.

I tried my telescope tonight to see the view. Here is a pic through it with my cell phone...HAHA...
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I hope you all get a chance to check it out. It is supposed to be a pretty cool show.

Later,

Kevin
 
I wish my cell phone took pics that good

Thanks for the heads up. Maybe you could get a couple pics of the eclipse if some of us forget, maybe :rolleyes: ;)
 
richstag said:
Time Dec 21 @ 0133 EST. Total eclipse last 72 minutes and begins at 0241 EST.
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NICE!!! A lunar eclipse on my birthday! Thanks for the heads up Kevin; I had no idea. So...the eclipse will happen tomorrow night (Tuesday morning)?! Sorry man, I am an idiot when it comes to military time :o
 
That's a cool pic Kevin looks like the moon has a few craters in it. Pretty neat shot and thanks for the heads up. :cool:


-Doug-
 
Great shot! Hope someone gets some good pics, as it isn't looking hopeful for a clear night in northern AZ. :(

Happy Solstice and Good Yule to all!
 
Astronomy Picture of the Day has a story on it today and may have another story on it tomorrow, with pictures of the actual event. Go to http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap101220.html and mouse over the picture for more information.

Lunar eclipses are a regular and fairly frequent phenomenon, much more frequent than solar ecipses, and they last longer and are seen over a wider area.

But for a lunar eclipse to match up against a particular date is a random, rare, and astronomically meaningless coincidence.
 
Thanks, and that stinks about AZ skies :(

Thanks Esav for the link.

Compact digital camera pic tonight (the moon is hard to get):
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snwbrdr202 - Happy B-day man! Yeah, tonight and into tomorrow morning depending on your time zone.
 
Well, it's snowing here so I don't think the eclipse will be visible for me. :(

Any chance of some pics? ;)
 
Well, I tried to get pics. I am SURE there are much better available, but these are my attempts:

Through the Televid with a handheld digital P&S (3 progressive pics)
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And then it was too dark to capture with the P&S. I switched to the Nikon with a telephoto lens:

Beginning of 'totatity'
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At 0317
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The best I could do with what I have. I posted them since they were requested.

Take care,

Kevin
 
Great pics. I set my alarm and got up at 1:40 to check it out for a few minutes. It was worth it though. When I saw it, it had a reddish hue and a crescent of the right side of it that was much darker than the rest of the moon, but still visible. That lens is awesome:thumbup:
 
Thanks, I heard it was cool. Pics turned out nicely :thumbup:

Of course the first full lunar eclipse in hundreds of years we had to have snow :rolleyes:
 
The big deal is that it was a full lunar eclipse at the time of the winter solstice, the first day of winter. Lunar eclipses are fairly common, just random, rarely on a day notable for something else as well.

Wait till you get one in warm weather, and get everyone out there with cameras and tripods and telescopes and binoculars, and wine & cheese, and chips & dip ... :D

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunar_eclipse
 
I think the pics are great, and thanks for posting them!

We had dogs and coyotes howling, but could not see the moon. I appreciate it! :)
 
Too danged late and snowing here.

I love Lunar Eclipsii (Eclipseses? Eclipicles? Whatever). As the pix above indicate, you truly get a sense of the spherical nature of the heavenly bodies when it occurs. Even with a good telescope, the sunlight washes out the roundness of the moon. Only in an eclipse do you see it's a ball.

Great pix!
 
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