The lunar eclipse

[Theodoric]

Well, I've been a good boy and carried out a search to make sure that no one else has started a thread on this subject (unless they've avoided using the words lunar or eclipse, that is) so I thought I'd mention it as it becomes full in about 30 minutes. The sky hereabouts looks like it might be clear.

it's pretty clear here too Theo, hopefully I'll be able to see it - thanks for reminding me

and put that silver bullet away, you won't need it - ooogh, argh, no!!! - owoooooooooh

[danielf]

Well, It's ink black here. I doubt it will last 30 minutes untill the flood gates open...

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Cloudy here so have to make do with old pictures of previous eclipses.

[Russ]

A blood-red moon....just as Revelations describes..... :pp

[Scrubbs]

southernish sky?

[Julian]

Blast... it's cloudy here atm.

[Lew]

Looks like the sky's finally beginning to clear here in NE Hants, so I've got my camera on a tripod (to prevent camera shake as the night-shooting modes use a slow shutter speed). Here's hoping for some good shotsââ‚ƚ¬Ã‚¦

[Ramrod]

Cloudy and light here

Originally Posted by Scrubbs

southernish sky?

yes, it's still quite low in the sky, I'd be able to see better if there wasn't a tree in the way, quite bright, though

- it's hard typing in the dark

[Xaccers]

Originally Posted by Russ D

A blood-red moon....just as Revelations describes..... :pp

The moon, like the sun, does go through colours from red, yellow and then white as it rises above the horizon anyway.
Most of the time though it's above the horizon before the sun has gone down enough.

Now here's an astronomical question, which happens more often, a lunar eclipse, or a solar eclipse?

[jellybaby]

Originally Posted by Xaccers

Now here's an astronomical question, which happens more often, a lunar eclipse, or a solar eclipse?

A quote from here

According to Fred Whipple's book Earth, Moon and Planets, solar eclipses are fairly numerous, about two to five per year, but the area on the ground covered by totality is only a few miles (kilometers) wide.

In any given location on Earth, a total eclipse happens only once every 360 years.

Eclipses of the Moon created by Earth's shadow are actually less numerous than solar eclipses; however, each lunar eclipse covers about half of Earth's surface. At any given location, you can have up to three lunar eclipses per year, but some years there may be none.

In any one calendar year, the maximum number of eclipses is four solar and three lunar.

[Matuka]

I cant see nowt in the sky, its too dark...lol

Nothing showing up north.

[Xaccers]

Originally Posted by jellybaby

A quote from here

Did you cheat and use google?

lol - I was looking at a street light earlier

I can see it now, though, more burnt sienna than blood red atm