Comments on: Lunar eclipse Tuesday http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/08/26/lunar-eclipse-tuesday/ I am an astronomer, writer, and skeptic. I likes reality the way it is, and I aims to keep it that way. My real name is Phil Plait, and I run the Bad Astronomy blog. Sat, 20 Mar 2010 22:01:28 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Nick http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/08/26/lunar-eclipse-tuesday/comment-page-1/#comment-47040 Nick Wed, 29 Aug 2007 00:00:03 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/08/26/lunar-eclipse-tuesday/#comment-47040 I saw the eclipse. It was pretty cool, but most of the time there was a thin cloud over the Moon in the sky so we didn't really see it too clearly. Still, it's not every night you see a red moon. (Or reddish-orangey-brown) I saw the eclipse. It was pretty cool, but most of the time there was a thin cloud over the Moon in the sky so we didn’t really see it too clearly. Still, it’s not every night you see a red moon. (Or reddish-orangey-brown)

]]> By: Mikhail Bragoria http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/08/26/lunar-eclipse-tuesday/comment-page-1/#comment-47039 Mikhail Bragoria Tue, 28 Aug 2007 21:37:25 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/08/26/lunar-eclipse-tuesday/#comment-47039 *sigh* The light on my wrist-watch decided to fail during the eclipse :( However, I realised that the moon didn't look red at all while watching totality with my binoculars (it looked like a normal full moon - but much dimmer and fuzzier). As soon as I viewed totality with the naked eye, the redness returned. Anyone know why? *sigh* The light on my wrist-watch decided to fail during the eclipse :(

However, I realised that the moon didn’t look red at all while watching totality with my binoculars (it looked like a normal full moon – but much dimmer and fuzzier). As soon as I viewed totality with the naked eye, the redness returned. Anyone know why?

]]> By: chimpanzee http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/08/26/lunar-eclipse-tuesday/comment-page-1/#comment-47036 chimpanzee Tue, 28 Aug 2007 18:39:46 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/08/26/lunar-eclipse-tuesday/#comment-47036 I did a LiveWebCast from Hungry Valley, CA (in the middle of the desert) using my mobile satellite-DSL equipped 4x4 van: http://eclipsechaser.blogspot.com I never intended to do the webcast thing, it came upon me as I was sitting through the partial umbral phase: Why not deploy the satellite dish (5 min operation) & start blogging? I was also surprised at the dramatic effect of the "stars coming out" during totality. One needs to experience a lunar eclipse in the outback (away from city lights). I got some interesting wide-angle shots with the eclipsed moon against stars & Milky Way, those images will be posted soon. Also shot some video. I did a LiveWebCast from Hungry Valley, CA (in the middle of the desert) using my mobile satellite-DSL equipped 4×4 van:

http://eclipsechaser.blogspot.com

I never intended to do the webcast thing, it came upon me as I was sitting through the partial umbral phase: Why not deploy the satellite dish (5 min operation) & start blogging? I was also surprised at the dramatic effect of the “stars coming out” during totality. One needs to experience a lunar eclipse in the outback (away from city lights).

I got some interesting wide-angle shots with the eclipsed moon against stars & Milky Way, those images will be posted soon. Also shot some video.

]]> By: KaiYeves http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/08/26/lunar-eclipse-tuesday/comment-page-1/#comment-47038 KaiYeves Tue, 28 Aug 2007 17:50:09 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/08/26/lunar-eclipse-tuesday/#comment-47038 Woke up at just before five here in NY and went out to the porch with a friend. You know you're up early when you see Orion in August. The top of the moon looked just "bitten off", and as we waited, it all became covered in shadow. When the moon set, only a tiny, hair width of yellow moon at the bottom was unshadowed. I didn't have a good camera, only my second-best pair of binoculars (My good ol' 12x24s have been missing for a while, but these are still okay for maria viewing). Even though the moon was the umbra, we could see it's outline through the binoculars. Very, very cool stuff. :-) Woke up at just before five here in NY and went out to the porch with a friend. You know you’re up early when you see Orion in August. The top of the moon looked just “bitten off”, and as we waited, it all became covered in shadow. When the moon set, only a tiny, hair width of yellow moon at the bottom was unshadowed. I didn’t have a good camera, only my second-best pair of binoculars (My good ol’ 12×24s have been missing for a while, but these are still okay for maria viewing). Even though the moon was the umbra, we could see it’s outline through the binoculars. Very, very cool stuff. :-)

]]> By: Kelson http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/08/26/lunar-eclipse-tuesday/comment-page-1/#comment-47037 Kelson Tue, 28 Aug 2007 17:38:49 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/08/26/lunar-eclipse-tuesday/#comment-47037 I <a href="http://www.hyperborea.org/journal/archives/2007/08/28/eclipse-pics/" rel="nofollow">had a clear view</a> in southern California, though I'm paying for getting up at a ridiculous hour of the morning. Need...more...coffee... I had a clear view in southern California, though I’m paying for getting up at a ridiculous hour of the morning. Need…more…coffee…

]]> By: Shane http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/08/26/lunar-eclipse-tuesday/comment-page-1/#comment-47035 Shane Tue, 28 Aug 2007 15:27:20 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/08/26/lunar-eclipse-tuesday/#comment-47035 Not bad from Sydney either. The last couple astronomical thingys I've tried to catch have been weatherly challenged. Tonight however there was a perfect 380000 odd kays or so of visibility. Looked good from the big coat hanger overlooking the opera house. Sux to be in Sydney sometimes. ;-) Not bad from Sydney either. The last couple astronomical thingys I’ve tried to catch have been weatherly challenged. Tonight however there was a perfect 380000 odd kays or so of visibility. Looked good from the big coat hanger overlooking the opera house. Sux to be in Sydney sometimes. ;-)

]]> By: Michael Verrenkamp http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/08/26/lunar-eclipse-tuesday/comment-page-1/#comment-47034 Michael Verrenkamp Tue, 28 Aug 2007 14:03:05 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/08/26/lunar-eclipse-tuesday/#comment-47034 It was an okay night here in Melbourne, Australia to see it, cloudy half the time but it was visible for at least half an hour, so not bad at all. It was an okay night here in Melbourne, Australia to see it, cloudy half the time but it was visible for at least half an hour, so not bad at all.

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