Lunar Eclipse

***Valandil*** · 11-07-2003, 04:10 PM

Only heard this morning that there's to be a lunar eclipse tomorrow night. Apparently the full eclipse will be in approximately the 7:00 to 7:30 timeframe - that's Central Standard Time - or, right about 29 hours from the time stamp on this post. Hope most of you get to see it (being a world-wide site though, some of you will miss it)!

DEFINITELY gotta get the two older boys out to see this!

Artanis · 11-07-2003, 04:40 PM

There was a full lunar eclipse here a few nights ago, at about 0300. Didn't see it this time since I've experienced it before, and it happens quite often.

Hope you'll have a nice view, Valandil.

***Rían*** · 11-07-2003, 04:56 PM

*gets out "What's Out Tonight? 50 year Astronomy field guide, 2000 - 2050", a great reference book I highly recommend*

Oh yes, Nov. 8, early evening, Continental US and Canada.

We'll be there! Thanks for the heads-up!

We have to wait until August 2017 until the next total solar eclipse in the US. I've never seen one.

eowyngirl14 · 11-07-2003, 05:09 PM

cool, ill have t oget out my dads telescope!

sun-star · 11-08-2003, 06:17 AM

It won't be visible here until 1 am, so I'll see it if I stay awake. Hope those of you who live in more forgiving timezones enjoy it though

I saw the solar eclipse a few years ago (well, I saw it reflected on a bit of paper, but you know what I mean). That was really cool

Bombadillo · 11-08-2003, 08:11 PM

Hey, I get to watch it right now. We've got this window here behind me; I'm looking up every now and then at it. It's actually pretty cool.

Did anyone else see that giant meteor shower last year? (I think there was a thread on that somewhere)

gollum9630 · 11-08-2003, 09:31 PM

yah i saw the meteor shower last year. it was pretty cool, but sooo late at night i barely made it.

just went out and saw the lunar eclipse, pretty cool.

b.banner · 11-08-2003, 09:39 PM

i just saw it and it scared me

Bunnie_Queen_1146 · 11-08-2003, 10:08 PM

Ya,like an hour ago i checked it out with binoculars it looks pretty cool but then my neck was hurting so i stopped but me check it later

Elf Girl · 11-08-2003, 10:09 PM

The Moon as seen by Elf Girl:

Bunnie_Queen_1146 · 11-08-2003, 10:11 PM

yes, thats what it looked like when I looke up in the sky, well maybe not the same but yea. It's gone down a bit.

eowyngirl14 · 11-09-2003, 12:03 AM

omg i cant feel my toes! i layed out on my lawn in my pj's and my winter coat for like half and hour to watch the eclipse. it was really awesome. i didnt get he telescope set up in time, but i thin i saw a shooting star!! or it could have a UFO, who knows?

im gunna go get some hot coacoa now!

***gdl96*** · 11-09-2003, 12:04 AM

Really cool stuff. I was going to take some pictures, but the zoom on my camera sucks, so I would have just ended up with a small white dot.

gimli7410 · 11-09-2003, 12:08 AM

i just saw it at the time thy said it would be nuts and it was pretty damn bright

the meteor shower last year was pretty cool too

Hemel · 11-09-2003, 06:58 AM

I saw it! I'm really pleased. I'd just gone to bed, and then I saw on the teletext there was an eclipse so I got straight back up again and went outside. Was out there for ages and froze half to death, but it was worth it. I 'phoned a friend up and woke him up and asked him to go and take some pictures - he moaned like mad, but he did get some. I hope they come out!

I saw the solar eclipse too. It was weird. There was only a tiny bit of the sun left shining and still it was really light, just like getting to the end of the day really but without all the long shadows. It made me realise just how strong the sun is!

But I've never seen a meteor shower. I've looked but never seen it. But I did see Halley's comet a long while back. That was cool

***Earniel*** · 11-09-2003, 08:37 AM

Dju! I missed it!

I can't believe I just forgot!

I realised only when I got up this morning and saw dad's camera still standing downstairs. And then he talked about how awesome it had been and how great the weather had been to see it. Fne. I hope his pictures turn out good, then at least I get to see something of the eclipse.

Ruinel · 11-09-2003, 12:33 PM

I had plans to go out west of town to a friend's bf's ranch to watch it, but it rained.

Damn stinkin' rain.

Ah, it's cool, though... you live 7000 yrs like me and you see lots of lunar eclipses.

Coney II · 11-09-2003, 01:17 PM

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Originally posted by sun-star
It won't be visible here until 1 am, so I'll see it if I stay awake. Hope those of you who live in more forgiving timezones enjoy it though

I saw the solar eclipse a few years ago (well, I saw it reflected on a bit of paper, but you know what I mean). That was really cool

I would'nt worry if ya missed it sun-star.......we are due two more lunar eclipses next year

I saw the solar eclipse.......standing in the middle of the university grounds wearing welders goggles. Watching the sun disapear while the filters in the goggles made everything very green was really funky!

sun-star · 11-09-2003, 02:10 PM

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Originally posted by Coney II
I would'nt worry if ya missed it sun-star.......we are due two more lunar eclipses next year

Good, because I was asleep

Seen some nice pictures of it today though.

Bombadillo · 11-09-2003, 02:12 PM

Wow, a lot more people went outside than I expected.

I went out to rent a movie last night, and as I'm sitting in the car outside of Blockbuster, the clerk stepped outside to look at the moon. Then a couple walks out of the store, an Indian man, and a freakishly tall black man coming from his car. All staring at the sky, like in a really bad commercial.

11-07-2003, 04:10 PM	#1
*Valandil* High King at Annuminas Administrator Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Wyoming - USA Posts: 10,752	Lunar Eclipse Only heard this morning that there's to be a lunar eclipse tomorrow night. Apparently the full eclipse will be in approximately the 7:00 to 7:30 timeframe - that's Central Standard Time - or, right about 29 hours from the time stamp on this post. Hope most of you get to see it (being a world-wide site though, some of you will miss it)! DEFINITELY gotta get the two older boys out to see this!

11-07-2003, 04:40 PM	#2
Artanis Greatest Elven woman of Aman Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Having way too much fun with Fëanor's 7 Posts: 4,285	There was a full lunar eclipse here a few nights ago, at about 0300. Didn't see it this time since I've experienced it before, and it happens quite often. Hope you'll have a nice view, Valandil. __________________ --Life is hard, and then we die.

11-07-2003, 04:56 PM	#3
*Rían* Half-Elven Princess of Rabbit Trails and Harp-Wielding Administrator (beware the Rubber Chicken of Doom!) Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Not where I want to be ... Posts: 15,254	gets out "What's Out Tonight? 50 year Astronomy field guide, 2000 - 2050", a great reference book I highly recommend Oh yes, Nov. 8, early evening, Continental US and Canada. We'll be there! Thanks for the heads-up! We have to wait until August 2017 until the next total solar eclipse in the US. I've never seen one. __________________ . I should be doing the laundry, but this is MUCH more fun! Ñá ë?* óú éä ïöü Öñ É Þ ð ß ® ç å ™ æ ♪ ?* "How lovely are Thy dwelling places, O Lord of hosts! ... For a day in Thy courts is better than a thousand outside." (from Psalm 84) * * * God rocks! Entmoot : Veni, vidi, velcro - I came, I saw, I got hooked! Ego numquam pronunciare mendacium, sed ego sum homo indomitus! Run the earth and watch the sky ... Auta i lómë! Aurë entuluva!

11-07-2003, 05:09 PM	#4
eowyngirl14 i don't know what i am talking about either, so don't ask Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 1,353	cool, ill have t oget out my dads telescope! __________________ 'The coming of dawn is ever the hope to the heart of men' -Aragorn 'Then I will die as one of them' -Aragorn TTT movie “They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little safety deserve neither liberty nor safety” - Benjamin Franklin arms are made for hugging avatar from the avatar shop! made by Eowyn, Lady of Rohan

11-08-2003, 06:17 AM	#5
sun-star Lady of Letters Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Either Oxford or Kent, England Posts: 2,476	It won't be visible here until 1 am, so I'll see it if I stay awake. Hope those of you who live in more forgiving timezones enjoy it though I saw the solar eclipse a few years ago (well, I saw it reflected on a bit of paper, but you know what I mean). That was really cool __________________ And all the time the waves, the waves, the waves Chase, intersect and flatten on the sand As they have done for centuries, as they will For centuries to come, when not a soul Is left to picnic on the blazing rocks, When England is not England, when mankind Has blown himself to pieces. Still the sea, Consolingly disastrous, will return While the strange starfish, hugely magnified, Waits in the jewelled basin of a pool. Last edited by sun-star : 11-08-2003 at 06:19 AM.

11-08-2003, 08:11 PM	#6
Bombadillo "The Bomb" Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: all over the place Posts: 1,601	Hey, I get to watch it right now. We've got this window here behind me; I'm looking up every now and then at it. It's actually pretty cool. Did anyone else see that giant meteor shower last year? (I think there was a thread on that somewhere) __________________ Could it be that one path to enlightenment leads through insanity?

11-08-2003, 09:31 PM	#7
gollum9630 Canadian Guy. Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: The true North Strong and Free Posts: 1,513	yah i saw the meteor shower last year. it was pretty cool, but sooo late at night i barely made it. just went out and saw the lunar eclipse, pretty cool. __________________ "Canadians are so apathetic, but, what are you gonna do about it" -Glen Foster Wierd Harry Potter quotes the old nintendo duck hunt game Lemmings Swron Random Homer Simpson Quotes

11-08-2003, 09:39 PM	#8
b.banner Elf Lord Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Trying to keep a hold on my temper so I don't turn into a big green guy. Posts: 572	i just saw it and it scared me __________________ "We are going to tickle some Aes Sedai under the chin, rescue a mule, and put a snip-nosed girl on the Lion Throne. Oh, yes. That's Aviendha. Don't look at her cross-wise or she'll try to cut your throat and probably slit her own by mistake."-Mat Cauthon from Wheel of Time "Don't make me angry, you wouldn't like me when I'm angry...."-Dr. Bruce Banner HULK BATMAN THE FLASH

11-08-2003, 10:08 PM	#9
Bunnie_Queen_1146 90% angel Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Unknown>:) Posts: 243	Ya,like an hour ago i checked it out with binoculars it looks pretty cool but then my neck was hurting so i stopped but me check it later __________________ Call me BQ orTiny. Since I can't change my user name.lol Don't you remember/ The fizz in a pepper/Peanuts in a bottle/At ten, two and four/A fried bologna sandwich/With mayo and tomato/Sittin' round the table/Don't happen much anymore /Back when a hoe was a hoe/Coke was a coke/And crack's what you were doing/When you were cracking jokes/Back when a screw was a screw/The wind was all that blew/And when you said I'm down with that Well it meant you had the flu/I miss back when

11-08-2003, 10:11 PM	#11
Bunnie_Queen_1146 90% angel Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Unknown>:) Posts: 243	yes, thats what it looked like when I looke up in the sky, well maybe not the same but yea. It's gone down a bit. __________________ Call me BQ orTiny. Since I can't change my user name.lol Don't you remember/ The fizz in a pepper/Peanuts in a bottle/At ten, two and four/A fried bologna sandwich/With mayo and tomato/Sittin' round the table/Don't happen much anymore /Back when a hoe was a hoe/Coke was a coke/And crack's what you were doing/When you were cracking jokes/Back when a screw was a screw/The wind was all that blew/And when you said I'm down with that Well it meant you had the flu/I miss back when

11-09-2003, 12:03 AM	#12
eowyngirl14 i don't know what i am talking about either, so don't ask Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 1,353	omg i cant feel my toes! i layed out on my lawn in my pj's and my winter coat for like half and hour to watch the eclipse. it was really awesome. i didnt get he telescope set up in time, but i thin i saw a shooting star!! or it could have a UFO, who knows? im gunna go get some hot coacoa now! __________________ 'The coming of dawn is ever the hope to the heart of men' -Aragorn 'Then I will die as one of them' -Aragorn TTT movie “They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little safety deserve neither liberty nor safety” - Benjamin Franklin arms are made for hugging avatar from the avatar shop! made by Eowyn, Lady of Rohan

11-09-2003, 12:04 AM	#13
*gdl96* the greg the admin Join Date: Sep 1999 Location: NJ Posts: 2,101	Really cool stuff. I was going to take some pictures, but the zoom on my camera sucks, so I would have just ended up with a small white dot.

11-09-2003, 12:08 AM	#14
gimli7410 the dumb stoner canuck Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: canada Posts: 2,542	i just saw it at the time thy said it would be nuts and it was pretty damn bright the meteor shower last year was pretty cool too __________________ -"Down with the system"-Serj tankian of system of a down -“Humans have been on the earth for millions of years, yet we don’t believe man began thinking until he started building walls. And what good have these walls ever done us?”-Serj tankian of soad -"stupid people do stupid things"-Serj tankian of soad "Trying is the first step to failure" Homer Simpson "It isn't going to be easy"-jerseydevil "only the good die young" I AM CANADIAN If the people lead, the leaders will follow.

11-09-2003, 06:58 AM	#15
Hemel Elven Warrior Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: on the boats Posts: 264	I saw it! I'm really pleased. I'd just gone to bed, and then I saw on the teletext there was an eclipse so I got straight back up again and went outside. Was out there for ages and froze half to death, but it was worth it. I 'phoned a friend up and woke him up and asked him to go and take some pictures - he moaned like mad, but he did get some. I hope they come out! I saw the solar eclipse too. It was weird. There was only a tiny bit of the sun left shining and still it was really light, just like getting to the end of the day really but without all the long shadows. It made me realise just how strong the sun is! But I've never seen a meteor shower. I've looked but never seen it. But I did see Halley's comet a long while back. That was cool

11-09-2003, 08:37 AM	#16
*Earniel* The Chocoholic Sea Elf Administrator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: N?n in Eilph (Belgium) Posts: 14,363	Dju! I missed it! I can't believe I just forgot! I realised only when I got up this morning and saw dad's camera still standing downstairs. And then he talked about how awesome it had been and how great the weather had been to see it. Fne. I hope his pictures turn out good, then at least I get to see something of the eclipse. __________________ We are not things.

11-09-2003, 12:33 PM	#17
Ruinel Banned Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: I have no idea. Posts: 5,441	I had plans to go out west of town to a friend's bf's ranch to watch it, but it rained. Damn stinkin' rain. Ah, it's cool, though... you live 7000 yrs like me and you see lots of lunar eclipses.

11-09-2003, 02:12 PM	#20
Bombadillo "The Bomb" Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: all over the place Posts: 1,601	Wow, a lot more people went outside than I expected. I went out to rent a movie last night, and as I'm sitting in the car outside of Blockbuster, the clerk stepped outside to look at the moon. Then a couple walks out of the store, an Indian man, and a freakishly tall black man coming from his car. All staring at the sky, like in a really bad commercial. __________________ Could it be that one path to enlightenment leads through insanity?