lunar eclipse...NOW

[Urchin]

 

[mum2A&L]

ooo.. we have been watching it but nothing yet..


just sent oh to look

 

[mum2A&L]

YEY!!!!

 

[Sarah&Braydon]

u wot??

 

[Urchin]

look at the moon sarah!

 

[Sarah&Braydon]

i am i cant see nuttin wrong wit it

 

[Sarah&Braydon]

is there blue on it??

 

[violet-glow]

I got all excited because I thought I could see it happening, but OH has just informed me it was just a cloud in the way lol

 

[Urchin]

we can see it here.

sarah its an eclipse, the shadow of the earth is going to cover up the moon. you will see the shadow moving across it till its gone.

 

[Sarah&Braydon]

someone explain please

 

[Melly+2]

aww violet hunny,

 

[Sarah&Braydon]

how long does it take??

 

[mum2A&L]

here you are sweety
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/6411991.stm

 

[Rachel]

Can't even see the moon, just had a look out of a few windows around the house and I can't see it

 

[Urchin]

Amateur star-gazers and astronomers worldwide were dusting off their telescopes and unsheathing their binoculars Saturday for the first total lunar eclipse in three years.

The moon will turn a shade of crimson as light reaching it from the sun is almost completely blotted out by the Earth. The eclipse will be at least partly visible on every continent, although residents of Europe, Africa and the Middle East will have the best view, weather permitting.

Lunar eclipses occur when Earth passes between the sun and the moon, an uncommon event because the moon spends most of its time either above or below the plane of Earth's orbit.

Sunlight still reaches the moon during total eclipses, but it is refracted through Earth's atmosphere, bathing the moon in an eerie reddish light.

Despite cloudy conditions over much of Europe, a variety of webcasts were carrying the event live, and astronomers urged the public not to miss out on the spectacle.

"It's not an event that has any scientific value, but it's something everybody can enjoy," said Robert Massey of Britain's Royal Astronomical Society.

Earth's shadow will begin moving across the moon at 2018GMT, with the total eclipse occurring at 2244GMT and lasting over an hour.

Residents of east Asia will see the eclipse cut short by moonset, while those in the eastern parts of North and South America will find the moon already partially or totally eclipsed by the time it rises over the horizon in the evening.

While eastern Australia, Alaska and New Zealand will miss Saturday's show, they will have front row seats to the next total lunar eclipse, on Aug. 28.

 

[violet-glow]

I can see it Just poped my glasses on lol ...will try and take some pics. Or rather ill stand and watch from the wondow while OH gets cold and takes the pics lol

 

[Sarah&Braydon]

ohh i understand now it is so exciting

 

[Xena]

I'm watching - I've been looking forward to it for a few days now

I remember watching one a few years ago with my mam, it was great.

Went down to Cornwall for the solar eclipse too (but it was cloudy damnit). Still it was amazing. I'll never forget it. I looove astronomical stuff

 

[Sarah&Braydon]

violet glow will u post the pics if u get them ??
i was gonna go to bed but now i wanna see it lol

 

[Alfiesmummy]

nothings happening!