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isca
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Lunar lunacy Tonight there is a lunar eclipse. The fun starts at 8.18pm GMT, with totality at 10.44pm. Wouldn't it be cool if MC could use this lunar event as part of the syzygy ARG storyline - alas I think not.
Anyway, take a look.
Robert Massey, Royal Astronomical Society said:
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It is like Mars suddenly coming a thousand times closer and just hanging there in the sky above you.
Posted: Sat Mar 03, 2007 2:17 pm
The_Cube
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Cant wait...it already looks quite cool...Big and yellow...Definatley made of cheese...
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Posted: Sat Mar 03, 2007 3:36 pm
myf
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There's more info over at http://www.popastro.com/sections/lunar/eclipse_march2007.htm - and if you're in a bit of the world that can't see it, you might be able to watch online:
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If for any reason you're unable to view the total lunar eclipse on the night of March 3/4, but have access to the Internet, do join me as I present a live total lunar eclipse webcast from Rednal, Birmingham, UK, from 21:15 to 01:15 UT, on my website at www.lunarobservers.com.
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Posted: Sat Mar 03, 2007 6:33 pm
Tornan Steel
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Joined: 29 Dec 2006 Posts: 36
Quite funny there being an eclipse actually. Wrong type but fits in with a card I've just solved....
Spoiler (Rollover to View):
Card #12 The Owl and the Wolf
Lets hope there's no evil magicians about!!
Posted: Sat Mar 03, 2007 7:02 pm
The_Cube
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That was cool at one stage it was copper blueish and white...Although it was alot bigger earlier in the day.
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Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2007 5:11 am
poozle
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I could just see the moon from my window but all I did see was a small section of it, nothing special or anything just looked as if it wasn't a full moon tbh.
Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2007 6:42 am
The_Cube
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Later it went a reddish copper colour and looked unuasually 3D
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Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2007 6:44 am
poozle
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The_Cube wrote:
Later it went a reddish copper colour and looked unuasually 3D
That was probably when it went out of my view, I looked again around midnight and it was gone from my field of vision out the window.
Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2007 6:46 am
The_Cube
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Or maybe it was just totally covered.
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Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2007 6:47 am
poozle
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I did wonder that but I thought it was a bit late to be all covered, and when I first looked it was only just in my field of vision, oh well, I'll claim it was covered and so I saw it
Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2007 6:49 am
The_Cube
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I think the next bone is in 2017 so that would be a good idea.
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Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2007 6:50 am
sheetal
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The next total lunar eclipse can be seen on 28th Aug 2007 for those in Australia and US. For us UKans the next one is on 21 Feb 2008 but it's at about 3-4 am.
Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2007 8:20 am
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