Total Lunar Eclipse: 3am

JIM_BOB7813 · 21 Feb 2008 at 00:33

Dreadi said:
yeah, totals only happen once every four years i think

Just been looking on here http://www.mreclipse.com/Special/LEprimer.html

The next full lunar eclipse visible from the UK seems to be this one http://sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse/LEplot/LEplot2001/LE2015Sep28T.GIF

2015 =(

Dreadi · 21 Feb 2008 at 00:34

ah right, must have been mis-informed then. I can still remember the last one so it couldnt have been that long ago

edit - below says im right

VonClinkerhofen · 21 Feb 2008 at 00:35

February 21, 2008 - 03:26 - Total
August 16, 2008 - 21:10 - Partial
February 9, 2009 - 14:38 - Penumbral
July 7, 2009 - 09:39 - Penumbral
August 6, 2009 - 00:39 - Penumbral
December 31, 2009 - 19:23 - Partial
June 26, 2010 - 11:38 - Partial
December 21, 2010 - 08:17 - Total

Not sure where they're visible from though

Darg · 21 Feb 2008 at 00:36

VonClinkerhofen said:
For the lazy amongst us...there's another one on Aug 16th at 9.10 pm. Apparently it's only a partial though.

That's like a bizillion years away!

VonClinkerhofen · 21 Feb 2008 at 00:38

Darg said:
That's like a bizillion years away!

Well I'm not staying up till half 3 in the morning...take a photo for me

Inquisitor · 21 Feb 2008 at 00:45

Heading down to my uni's physics department in a bit to watch it through their big telescopes :cool:

dunker · 21 Feb 2008 at 00:54

and here comes the cloud, moon? what moon?

Hyper · 21 Feb 2008 at 00:58

Just looked out my loft windows and its not really cloudy but I cant see the moon, hope it clears up!

Cr0fty · 21 Feb 2008 at 00:59

I'm not getting up in the middle of the night, to watch the already dark sky get darker.

JIM_BOB7813 · 21 Feb 2008 at 01:00

Cr0fty said:
I'm not getting up in the middle of the night, to watch the already dark sky get darker.

The moon turns orange/red.

Cr0fty · 21 Feb 2008 at 01:03

JIM_BOB7813 said:
The moon turns orange/red.

Well then it clearly isn't the moon i've been looking at for the last 16 years!

It's a trap :eek:

perox · 21 Feb 2008 at 01:17

I'll probably be up to see it but its cloudy, hope it clears up though.

HighlandeR · 21 Feb 2008 at 01:18

Too cloudy 2night shame

Conscript · 21 Feb 2008 at 01:22

Was thinking of going for a quiet night drive somewhere open to watch it, but I fear that by 3am Ill be too tired

Jebblehmoo · 21 Feb 2008 at 01:25

Im too tired

I really want to see it though!

Damn body ¬_¬.

There wont be another one till 3 years from now!

Bums.

cheets64 · 21 Feb 2008 at 01:26

Cloud cover, ****

KnightStalker · 21 Feb 2008 at 01:57

cloud cover up in south yorkshire too

Doohickey · 21 Feb 2008 at 02:01

Oh what the fudge, it was crystal clear skies a couple of hours ago, now there's a pathetic thin layer of cloud.

Gackt · 21 Feb 2008 at 02:01

Yeah, it's pretty cloudy here too, but the moonlight is still piercing through, dunno though, only another hour and I have six hours of lectures.

Sime · 21 Feb 2008 at 02:02

Can see the moon but quite a lot of cloud...

Middlesbrough.