Good evening everyone,
I spoke too soon about Sydney being overcast for the lunar eclipse. For some
reason the clouds pretty much cleared and the eclipse was just as predicted:
an orange red disc. I know because I saw it on the TV news about 30 minutes
ago. I was fast asleep at the time
Hi all,
I missed seeing the Lunar Eclipse, not because I forgot but because we had
thunder storms, lighting and lots of clouds.
Maybe if I watch the TV news tonight I might see it.
Melbourne Australia.
Roderick Wall.
From: Brad Lufkin
Sent: Thursday, December 08, 2011 6:05 PM
To: Sundial
Hi,
Leaden skies in South Australia, too ;^(
Peter
On 11/12/2011 08:24, R Wall ML emails wrote:
Hi all,
I missed seeing the Lunar Eclipse, not because I forgot but because we
had thunder storms, lighting and lots of clouds.
Maybe if I watch the TV news tonight I might see it.
Hi Brad,
The eclipse tonight (Sydney time) has made it to out national news, both on
radio and TV.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-12-09/rain-may-spoil-blood-red-eclipse/3723564
Unfortunately, it's currently totally overcast, with no break expected.
Cheers, John
John Pickard
Of John Pickard
Sent: Friday, December 09, 2011 10:32 PM
To: Brad Lufkin; Sundial Mailing List
Subject: Re: Lunar Eclipse of 2011 Dec 10
Hi Brad,
The eclipse tonight (Sydney time) has made it to out national news, both on
radio and TV.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-12-09/rain-may-spoil
John:
We can predict the eclipses. The weather, on the other hand, is not yet
under under our control.
Cheers, Brad
On Fri, Dec 9, 2011 at 10:32 PM, John Pickard john.pick...@bigpond.comwrote:
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Hi Brad,
The eclipse tonight (Sydney time) has made it to out national news, both
on radio and
Pickard ; Sundial Mailing List
Sent: Saturday, December 10, 2011 6:41 AM
Subject: Re: Lunar Eclipse of 2011 Dec 10
John:
We can predict the eclipses. The weather, on the other hand, is not yet under
under our control.
Cheers, Brad
On Fri, Dec 9, 2011 at 10:32 PM, John Pickard john.pick
More information is here:
http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/OH/OH2011.html
I thought some of you might be interested in the upcoming lunar eclipse on
the 10th of this month. I've attached a diagram showing the regions of
visibility of the eclipse.
Brad
A quick look throug Astronomy Picture of the Day
(http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/) gave these results:
Probaly the closest you get:
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap960620.html
Not a total, but the counterpart of the diamon ring of a solar eclipse.
An idea of the colors involved (if you
Well, that's interesting. I would have defined full moon as the
time when the moon is most nearly opposite the sun, which would be the
same as the time of maximum ecclipse. How else can it be defined?
There must be something like a projection into the ecliptic.
Art Carlson
Perhaps the
Earalier I wrote:
Now we know from my earlier messages that the Moon
is one degree north of the ecliptic at the time of the full moon, and
approaching crossing.
Oops... It's south of the ecliptic at the time of the full moon.
Sorry for the error.
Jim
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Jim_Cobb [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I noticed that this time disagrees with the time given in the almanac,
so I thought I should provide more information so as not to impugn the
reputation of the excellent xephem program. The 16:08:17 UT time is
what xephem computes as the time of the full
Philip P. Pappas, II wrote:
There will be a total penumbral lunar eclipse on
Jan. 31. The moon will
pass entirely through the lighter part of the Earth's shadow without
any of
it being in the umbra or darkest portion. I don't know the exact
time of
the event. This is a somewhat rare event. I
Here is the eclipse info from the 1999 Astronomical Almanac (p. A 79).
I meant to include this in the last message, but sent it off too
soon...
Circumstances of the Eclipse
d h m s
UT of geocentric opposition in right ascension,
Philip P. Pappas, II wrote:
There will be a total penumbral lunar eclipse on Jan. 31. The moon will
pass entirely through the lighter part of the Earth's shadow without any of
it being in the umbra or darkest portion. I don't know the exact time of
the event. This is a somewhat rare
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