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Nov 8th, 2003 at 4:12pm

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For anyone who's interested in astronamy, there will be a total eclipse tonight starting at about 6 EST.  Total coverage of the moon will be from about 8 to 8:30 EST.  It'll be visible for most in the North America and Europe.

For more info, check out these articles.  They're pretty interesting.  8)

Fear and Awe: Eclipses through the Ages

Your guide to the total lunar eclipse
 
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Reply #1 - Nov 8th, 2003 at 5:26pm

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Thanks for the heads up man.  I woulda missed it!  Gotta check it out. Smiley

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Reply #2 - Nov 8th, 2003 at 7:42pm

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lol... I liaten to a talk radio show most nights so I'm pretty well up to date with the space stuff cuz the host is a space nut, as well as my physics professor and a really hot girl I know....Speaking of the eclipse I think that I'm gonna run out know and see what it looks like from here even though it's kinda cloudy...

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Reply #3 - Nov 8th, 2003 at 7:46pm

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For me, there are only a few clouds in the sky.  I'm lucky it didn't happen yesterday, when it was raining and stormy.  Grin  It's really looking red now.  Kinda scary.  Wink
 
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Reply #4 - Nov 8th, 2003 at 7:51pm

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Weather here was pretty good and the moon was nearly covered...pretty interesting stuff when things like this happen in our universe... Smiley\

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Reply #5 - Nov 8th, 2003 at 7:55pm

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Yeah, now I can see what they were talking about in that Fear and Awe article.  (I like the one with Columbus  Grin)  It's an amazing sight.  

I have the luxury of seeing the moon from my computer room.  Smiley  Almost covered...
 
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Reply #6 - Nov 8th, 2003 at 9:18pm

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Looks like it's just fading now. Almost forgot about it.
 
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Reply #7 - Nov 8th, 2003 at 9:18pm

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Sonova&$(%@!  Dern overcast sky!!! Too many clouds to see the eclipse, here in Dallas!!!

Arrgghhh, I hate this town! Angry
 
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Reply #8 - Nov 8th, 2003 at 9:22pm

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Sonova&$(%@!  Dern overcast sky!!! Too many clouds to see the eclipse, here in Dallas!!!

Arrgghhh, I hate this town! Angry


ah, I read in the paper that there is a live webcast of it online.  Maybe I should have posted it so those of you with overcast skies could watch on the comp.  Undecided

Well, if you missed it, you can look at nasa's animation.  It looked pretty much like that.
http://www.nasa.gov/vision/universe/watchtheskies/04nov_lunareclipse2.html
 
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Reply #9 - Nov 8th, 2003 at 9:27pm

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  Just watched the whole thing go down outside my livingroom window with a pair of binoculars, perfectly clear for once, of course when the big auroras were going down it rained for a week straight.
 
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Reply #10 - Nov 8th, 2003 at 10:05pm

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OH MAN!!! Sad Sad Undecided Angry

Its cloudy in NYC so i missed it. Undecided Undecided
But even if it was a clear night i would not be able too see it anyways because of all those neon lights. Sad Undecided Embarrassed
 
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Reply #11 - Nov 9th, 2003 at 12:14am

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Was outside during most of the eclipse, but since it was 20 degrees outside I finally came inside after over an hour and watched from inside.

was pretty cool!
 
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Reply #12 - Nov 9th, 2003 at 1:41am

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Reply #13 - Nov 9th, 2003 at 3:35am

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I stayed up until just after 2 this morning to see it, and it was worth it. Clear skies here, and the moon a beautiful orange colour.
Only the second lunar eclipse I've ever seen. Lovely.

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Reply #14 - Nov 9th, 2003 at 4:30am
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missed it....went to bed at about 1am,when the moon was half covered by the shadow.
at least my dad has seen it.
 
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Reply #15 - Nov 9th, 2003 at 4:57am

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here it was a clear night with no clouds...it was very cold though...anyway, at 2am Bones went outside to see the red moon  Grin
 
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Reply #16 - Nov 9th, 2003 at 5:07am
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fuck** cold and no clouds here,too. the full moon was so useful that night,because i had to go four kilometres by bike and the moonlight lit up the whole landscape,so i don't needed extra lights on my bike.
 
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Reply #17 - Nov 9th, 2003 at 10:10am

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Down here, we were recovering form an unseasonable heat wave that a tropical storm brought up.  It was about 85* a few days ago.  Shocked  I wasn't sure if it was Fall or Summer this week.  It's starting to cool down now though.  That moon was awsome.  It looked like Mars.  8)

If you missed the eclipse, you can still wait untill The 19th to see the Leonid Meteor Shower, but according to space.com, it'll be "more challenging to observe than in recent years."
 
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Reply #18 - Nov 9th, 2003 at 10:15am

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Typically, whenever these events are announced the weather conditons change. The sky was completely overcast here last night. I couldn't even see the pesky moon. Angry Roll Eyes Wink
 
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Reply #19 - Nov 9th, 2003 at 8:08pm

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I watchted the whole thing(from full to partial to gone to partial and full again).  My cousin set his camera to take pics every so often(and later figured out the moon moves Grin).

P.S.  Kinda neat that we were all looking at the same thing - from almost every different spot on our planet!  Wild!
 
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Reply #20 - Nov 9th, 2003 at 8:58pm

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I missed it  Sad It was too cloudy  Sad.
 
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Reply #21 - Nov 9th, 2003 at 9:11pm
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I got to see half the lunar eclipse before it got cloudy. Cry I guess it's not the end of the world because I've already seen two of them.
 
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