oh, that's sad..

well.. if it's not cloudy here, i'll take pics for you

~V

Thanks a bunch, but if it isn't cloudy, I'll be taking pictures myself. It's actually a lot harder than you may think. First off, you'd need to set the camera to long exposure (I'd say at least 5 seconds), and then you'd need a tripod. My dad used to be a photographer, so he'll help me out a bit with it.

When's it happening? Tonight? Tomarrow night? I'd like to get my hands on a few photos myself... My dad has a tripod and I think it would work pretty well in this situation.

Quote from previous entry:

Also, the previously mentioned Total Lunar Eclipse occurs on the 20th of this month. Earth's dark shadow moves across the lunar surface starting at 7:43 PM Central Time. Along the East Coast, the Moon sits 30° high in the dark eastern sky by then. For those on the West Coast, the Moon rises minutes after the partial eclipse begins, just as the Sun sets. If you're on a hilltop with a clear view of both the western and eastern horizons, you might get a unique opportunity to briefly see both the Sun and eclipsed Moon. Earth's shadow takes 78 minutes to envelop the Moon completely. Once totality starts, at 9:01 PM Central Time, our companion takes on a reddish-orange color. Totality lasts 51 minutes, ending at 9:52 PM (again, Central Time). The Moon then leaves our shadow over the following 78 minutes.

If I take good pictures, I'll put them here in my blog.

Hmm... I think I can get that... is that Eastern, Central, Mountain, or Pacific time. (I live in Central and et home from church at about 9:00 my time."

Also, the previously mentioned Total Lunar Eclipse occurs on the 20th of this month. Earth's dark shadow moves across the lunar surface starting at 7:43 PM Central Time. Along the East Coast, the Moon sits 30° high in the dark eastern sky by then. For those on the West Coast, the Moon rises minutes after the partial eclipse begins, just as the Sun sets. If you're on a hilltop with a clear view of both the western and eastern horizons, you might get a unique opportunity to briefly see both the Sun and eclipsed Moon. Earth's shadow takes 78 minutes to envelop the Moon completely. Once totality starts, at 9:01 PM Central Time, our companion takes on a reddish-orange color. Totality lasts 51 minutes, ending at 9:52 PM (again, Central Time). The Moon then leaves our shadow over the following 78 minutes.

Central.

I'll try to see it also.

Oh cool! I'm deffinately gonna take pics if it's clear here!

You should! Especially if it is the last one for two and a half years.

Last total until then? Could be. I expect many partials would occur.

Hm, pictures. I'll try.

I wish they could get someone up onto the moon. Up there it would be a solar eclipse, and they can learn more about the sun during such events.

I don't see why it should be. They have seemed fairly common in the past...

 

Hm, pictures. I'll try.

 

I wish they could get someone up onto the moon. Up there it would be a solar eclipse, and they can learn more about the sun during such events.

This will be the third in 12 months, but in the absence of Lunar Eclipses, there will surprisingly be more Solar Eclipses (more than likely none for the Americas).

I believe NASA has a plans to get men back to the moon by 2012. I could be wrong though. It'll be after they retire the space shuttle in 2010 and introduce the Orion spacecraft.