lunar eclipse TONIGHT! 20th/21th

theres a lunar eclipse tonight!!! 20th/21th tonight!!

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2374554,00.asp

if you take pics, post them PLEASE! it might be cloudy and/or raining during the eclipse.. and i will be sad.

 

I am thinking about getting up in the middle of the night to go and take some photos, it might be clear tonight and there's loads of snow so could make some great pics. Bloody cold tonight though -10 they are forecasting. Do you know what time GMT it starts and ends?

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-12039683

The eclipse should reach its maximum at 8.17 GMT, and end at 8.53 GMT.

 

I looked on the bbc site and couldn't find owt!

I found info on some other site but wanted it confirmed.

Hope I can get up for that,it could be quite something.

 

set your alarm

 

I will try.

 

drink a lot of water before bed so you have to pee... :2thumbsup:

 

Hello,

after 7:00 MEZ one might expect to see the moon darkening. The maximum phase is about 8:40 MEZ. If you are lucky the moon is still above the horizon at that time in Nijmegen.

Regards
Gyro

 

Shit if this turns out I know a spot near here where i can get up the top of a hill and get a 360 panoramic of edinburgh with the sun and eclipsed moon, how cool would that be!!!!!

 

FREAKING SWEET! yes, take pics.

http://www.space.com/spacewatch/total-lunar-eclipse-moon-101217.html

 

I hope I can do my morning poo before I have to go out, imagine if I have to take a dump right in the middle of a selenelion that would be just ...wyrd.... and cold.

I'm boiling up my hand warmers right now in prep. I wish I had some whisky left.

 

Keep in mind that what time it happens depends on where you are (besides the time zone differences)...

Of course, it doesn't matter anyway as the whole damned world is clouded over...

 

Perfect clear night here so far. It might be a bit cloudy but fingers cross it will remain clear. Beautiful clearmoon outside right now.

 

From first to last bite, the eclipse favors observers in North America. The entire event can be seen from all points on the continent. Credit: F. Espenak, NASA/GSFC.

 

Yes but we could be in for not only a selenelion, but a sunrise view of it.

 

lunar eclipse, full moon and winter solstice tomorrow, wednesday will have as much daylight as today, and it all gets better from there!

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The Ursids meteor shower can be seen. Plus it's the winter solstice on the 21st, the same day as the lunar eclipse. Quite rare for all of those things at once.

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Shit it's started to cloud over a bit, looks like ti will pass. I think it will clear up, cold ness has a way of dispersing clouds I remember when I say the solar eclipse in france in 1999 it was overcast but as the moon passed over the sun it caused the air to cool which was just enough to clear the sky so we could see it.

 

BEER!
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hope it clears....where im at we rarely have a full day over overcast but the last week and been nothing but this shit. ARGHBZHDA!!!@@