Here’s the links. Yes, should have put this up earlier.

Thanks for the reminder and the link, Joshua.



  1. green says:

    Just set the alarm and got the coffee set to go. Haven’t watched a sunrise in a while… Looking forward to taking in the view.

  2. watch says:

    Yep, this is going to be good. A friend is calling at 1/30 am so we can get some pictures. I hope some IDs are there to see the “magic”.

  3. Steven Long says:

    I was hoping to catch up on sleep tonight, but I’m the central timezone, if I want to catch this thing, I’m going to be so screwed.

  4. BubbaRay says:

    Here’s a nice time-elapse shot of a great total lunar eclipse in 2003:
    http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap070826.html

    Unfortunately, those on the east coast will see totality when the moon is at a low altitude, and the moon leaves U3 (totality) at moonset. The farther west you are, the better the view and altitude. Most in the US will need a clear view to the west.

    For those inclined, here’s a graphic of eclipse visibility worldwide, from Goddard Space Flight Center:
    http://tinyurl.com/2k5qg3

  5. mooney tunes says:

    It’s 1.15 am PST and I’m waiting for a friend to call so we can meet by the beach to try and get good pics of the moon, this time on a much better camera. ZZZZzzzzzz…..
    February will not be so kind as tonight.

  6. FRAGaLOT says:

    It’s just now started! Cool! I hadn’t seen an Eclipse since the 80s.

  7. FRAGaLOT says:

    hey the time stamp on this site for my post here is an hour slow! John you didn’t set it for DLS?

  8. Johnson says:

    One of the best eclipes I have ever seen it was perfect viewing in Indiana.

  9. Gene Chilson says:

    Cool, A shooting star for emphasis

  10. Eideard says:

    #7 – our ISP stays on Standard Time year-round. What else would you expect from the founder of the Church of Reality?

    Eclipse is lovely here in northern NM – looking out over the Caja del Rio plateau, SW of Santa Fe. Takes me back to the 1st one I witnessed as a kid. We were still at war and it was the best Blackout we’d ever had. Dozens of folks in the neighborhood standing around outdoors watching.

    I imagine some shaman somewhere is outdoors, shaking his rattles and chanting – to bring the moon all the way back. Someplace suitably primitive – like Indianapolis. 🙂

  11. BubbaRay says:

    Darned clouds!! My report is already off to EUP and the AAS. Predicted times were off by about 0.25 seconds.

    Here’s a link to just one photo of the 55 I managed to take before I was clouded out, just 5 min. after totality. Note how “fuzzy” the Earth’s shadow is on the Moon. This was one of the darkest Lunar eclipses I’ve witnessed in 20 years. If this article doesn’t disappear quickly, check back for more photos of Lunar totality as soon as I can process them.

    Also note how bad the “seeing” (atmospheric turbulence) was through the main optics (edge of Moon is a little blurry):

    http://tinyurl.com/yor24k

  12. Eideard says:

    Lovely image, BubbaRay. My view was a lot redder – with the moon sitting over Albuquerque.

  13. Mike says:

    Anyone else catch the shooting star that occurred just 15 degrees east (at least where I live in central victoria) of the almost eclipsed moon?

  14. Mr. Fusion says:

    #10, Ed,

    Someplace suitably primitive – like Indianapolis.

    Although you comment is not without some validity, unfortunately, we had clouds last night.

  15. AlanB says:

    Beautiful view from Salem Oregon. Clear skies and moderate temps. While viewing through binocs my daughter noted she could see the background stars. Very cool, stars normally blotted out by the earth shine could be seen all around the moon. Gave it kind of a 3D effect and created a better sense of space.

  16. BubbaRay says:

    #12, Eideard, thanks for the kudos. That photo is raw, totally unprocessed. Further processing may yield some detail on the non-illuminated surface. The Moon’s southern limb was definitely brighter at mid eclipse, but the color wasn’t visible in the 24″, only with the naked eye.

    #13, Mike, there were over 25 meteors (and 3 satellites) streaking overhead. The meteors all seemed to radiate from the constellation Perseus — probably stragglers from the Perseid shower (comet Swift-Tuttle) which peaked on August 12.

  17. BubbaRay says:

    #14, Mr. Fusion, just in case you need a laugh today, Hopper awarded the BubbaRayDipDork award here:
    http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=13366#comment-762761

    Do you remember the origin?
    http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=13077#comment-741097

  18. Li says:

    It was a lovely sight in Ohio. After the last sliver of white light disappeared, the fine red color seemed to shimmer over the moon for a few minutes. Well worth getting up early for.

  19. Rebecca says:

    RE: Mike and the shooting star

    I saw that shooting star, too, and I’m all the way down in Utah. Didn’t realize they would be visible over quite that much distance, but I guess it was at a high enough altitude. It was very bright; I saw it through my bedroom window, and I live near Salt Lake City, so it’s not exceptionally dark here.

  20. BubbaRay says:

    Here’s a great photo taken from Japan, where the moon was much higher in the sky at totality than in the US:

    http://tinyurl.com/2s5rmq


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