Paging the loonies

The last total lunar eclipse for quite some time is at 3 am.

That is all.

 

I am not sure if that latitude is invited to the party. ICBW, of course
BICBATGI.

 

First contact @ 00h 35m
Umbral contact @ 01h 43m
Start of totality @ 03h 01m
Greatest eclipse @ 03h 26m
end of totality @ 03h 52m
Last umbral contact @ 05h 09m
Last penumbral contact @ 06h 17m

<http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/court_and_social/article
3278821.ece>

and
<http://sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse/LEplot/LEplot2001/LE2008Feb21T.GIF

 

Oooo. Shame I've got an early train.

<sets alarm> ta.

 

Is the right answer.

 

Yeah, I thought it was clouding over. That'll be why.

 

Move to Her Majesty's South-East.

 

Looking at the Met Office IR satellite animation, I reckon that by about 3am
the SW will be clear and you'll be socked in.

 

With my history of astronomical phenomena, I wouldn't be surprised. I was
a lucky bastard in Cornwall for the solar eclipse, mind, and had a 306b
parting of clouds at the moment of totality which was almost religious.

 

Point of order. The Moon goes red and does not disappear.

<shrug>

 

I thought the feeling of LN's bumps was already being discussed in the
"while I'm doing things I swore I'd never do" thread.

 

Ooh, handy being on nights this week. I'll go and have a nosey later
on...

 

Well, the penumbra may have started to intersect the disc, but it's not
immediately obvious to the naked eye. I'll have another look in half an
hour or so, when I've warmed up again.

 

I haven't actually managed to get to bed yet so may as well stay up.
There's thin cloud but still a clear enough view, just slightly fuzzy.

Edit - There's now a fucking thick blanket of the stuff and it has
disappeared.

Oh ignore him. He's never sat on a roof just to watch the stars.

 

It's a bugger. Classic eclipse weather.

Stood out in a field with a little red torch, a book of star maps and his
father's binoculars.

 

Far more civilised hour of 10pm here (but the temperature of -lots is far
less civilised!).

 

It's a bit bizarre to be reading this article:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/February_21,_2008_lunar_eclipse

at 9.21pm on the 20th Feb, as it starts "A total lunar eclipse took
place on Thursday morning, February 21, 2008".

 

Oh now there's a lovely clear morning.

Red cellophane over an ordinary one and her grandfather's star maps
but yes, that's about it.

Unless you were quoting? Too early to be sure with you.

 

I had a last glance at the full set of oktas at about 3:30, before I
shambled off, grumbling, to the scratcher.

It was an ordinary torch with a red-painted bulb. At one point, my parents
had a converted lifeboat that they were restoring propped up in the yard.
It was a vast thing, and I'd use the cockpit as an observation balcony.

With me, it's always too early to be sure.

 

You really need to work on accepting the woman as you find her, you know.