OT: Moon eclipse
 

At least from here, (near Vancouver, BC), if anyones interested.

Re: OT: Moon eclipse
 

This is the first time in my life that I have seen a lunar eclipse. The other times it happened, it was always cloudy. Fortunately, today it's a perfectly clear sky. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif Right now, the moon is just starting to come out of eclipse. It's very interesting how you can see the curve of earth's shadow on the moon. Even when the moon is totally in shadow, it's still clearly visible, just darker and grey. It's not red like I expected it to be.

Re: OT: Moon eclipse
 

Yay! Teh moon is made of cheese narf, go get it!

Re: OT: Moon eclipse
 

From here it looked as if the moon were on fire. Most awe inspiring.

Re: OT: Moon eclipse
 

Its the refracted light from the edges of the atmosphere. It was very bright red too, skies must be clear and free of dust as well...

Re: OT: Moon eclipse
 

I wasn't making this post as Narf. I was posting it as me.

It was faintly red here.

Re: OT: Moon eclipse
 

It's over now... that was great! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif There's a nice full moon in the sky now. My neck feels sore from looking up for so long. I wonder what people thought in ancient times looking at eclipses when they didn't know what was happening.

Re: OT: Moon eclipse
 

It actually looked normal to me... but then again, it (sort of) rained yesterday in SoCal, and there wasn't as much smog in the air. So the moon was red because of the eclipse, and not the pollution :O

Re: OT: Moon eclipse
 

Did I miss something? A red Moon? I guess noone has any pics eh? Pics would be great.

Cheers! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

Yes, I do live under a rock, right now it's an asteroid from se5. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...ies/tongue.gif

Re: OT: Moon eclipse
 

Didn't see a red moon but it was a very clear and very cool eclipse in New England (southern Maine anyways).

Setup my telescope too which really wasn't necessary - a set of binoculars were fine. Someday I'll get a camera adapter for it and take a few shots.

Re: OT: Moon eclipse
 

Here is a pic of it with the Space Needle in the foreground.

Re: OT: Moon eclipse
 

I saw only Clouds...damn, i wish we lived on a Rock.Planet with NO Atmosphere ;-)
but i saw a lot of moon-eclipses before and in 1999 i went to Hungary with a couple of friends and my telescope to get a perfect view of the total solar eclipse - it was fanastic!

Re: OT: Moon eclipse
 

I wonder why an eclipse would make the moon look red?

Re: OT: Moon eclipse
 

Not my words but accurate AFAIK...

"The atmosphere plays a role here. Longer wavelengths pass through the atmosphere more readily, while shorter wavelenghts are scattered (related to the "why is the sky blue" question). When the moon or sun is low in the sky and shining through more atmosphere, this effect is at its maximum. Note that though the reddish appearance of the moon during the eclipse is related to this, an eclipsed moon can appear red when high in the sky."

So IOW it all has to do with the angle and the refractive qualities of the medium.

Re: OT: Moon eclipse
 

I'd forgotten which wavelengths are scattered. Thanks.

Re: OT: Moon eclipse
 

http://www.why-is-the-sky-blue.org/w...-sky-blue.html
http://www.sky-watch.com/articles/skyblue.html

This also explains why the sun is red/orange, but the sky is blue. Those wavelengths that are not scattered randomly by oxygen and nitrogen travel more or less straight from the sun to your eyes, rather than at random angles like the bluish light.

Re: OT: Moon eclipse
 

It was cloudy here http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/frown.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/frown.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/frown.gif