Lunar eclipse

Anyone gonna watch the lunar eclipse tonight? It's the last one til 2010 :)

i might, but its snowing here so i probably wont be able to see it

sleazoid wrote: i might, but its snowing here so i probably wont be able to see it

Here are some simple steps to establish if you will be able to see it.

1. Walk outside
2. Check for a moon in the sky

If there is in fact, a moon in the sky, then you will be able to see it. You're welcome for the help :).

hellz yeah im watching it. got my telescope out, im ready to rumble. starts at 8 here. 1 hour 15 min to kill with some hw/hacking. :happy:

I'll give it a shot. And binoculars are best for the moon ;-)

fuck that dude. real men use telescopes :)

haha i love it on the side it says "Warning: do not look at sun"

NO SHIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

weeeee, lets massively magnify the energy of the sun right into my eye!

any one who does i have no pity for.

DigitalFire wrote: fuck that dude. real men use telescopes :)

The extra magnification doesn't do anything. It just makes it so you can't see the entire moon at once.

I'll see your binoculars and raise you hot coco.

true. but you can adjust it to however magnified you want it to be. and its more comfortable. take your pick, really doesnt matter.

i fold :(

no hot cocao. i suppose i could go make it with real cocoa/sugar/milk, but thats too much work.

slpctrl wrote:

Here are some simple steps to establish if you will be able to see it.

1. Walk outside
2. Check for a moon in the sky

If there is in fact, a moon in the sky, then you will be able to see it. You're welcome for the help :).

yeah i fucking understand that haha

im just saying, its snowing and probably by the time eclipse is underway the sky is still going to be cloudy

sleazoid wrote: [quote]slpctrl wrote:

Here are some simple steps to establish if you will be able to see it.

1. Walk outside
2. Check for a moon in the sky

If there is in fact, a moon in the sky, then you will be able to see it. You're welcome for the help :).

yeah i fucking understand that haha

im just saying, its snowing and probably by the time eclipse is underway the sky is still going to be cloudy[/quote]

Well, the moon will be completely covered by the moons shadow in T-43 minutes :)

Edit: Except for the ring of course :p

DigitalFire wrote: i fold :(

no hot cocao. i suppose i could go make it with real cocoa/sugar/milk, but thats too much work.

Lucky you didn't catch my bluff. All I have is a package of swiss mix and some (really really old) stale oveltine. You have to check the suits in case it isn't a flush.

Almost there here, there's a little part of the top corner to go. I'm gettin some pretty good pix with my new digital camera :D

The next one viewable from here in the UK isn't till 1st august :( You going to upload some pics? :)

AH tight!!

NO MOON right now!!! yay

haha that was sweet.

sigh i thought you were bluffing, but i couldnt tell for sure.

Pix will be up momentarily :)

Shit, my damn CD rom isn't working, it's not recognizing the CD at all to install drivers. Guess the pix will have to wait until tomorrow, I got some really good shits though :D:)

I was watching part of it, but the stupid clouds got in the way.:|

the clouds dissipated for me and i saw it lol

pretty cool

i watched it for a few minutes. it was as unexciting as i expected, so i'm glad i decided not to sit out in the -5 degree (fahrenheit) weather. if it's not solar, it's not worth my time.

I saw it, though only for a moment since it was cold as balls. If there hadn't been any street lamps in the neighborhood, it would have been pitch black. Pretty neato.

hey, it might not be that exciting, but its still really cool. Just imagine like 1000 years ago, people would be flippin out because the gods were angry.

i think its pretty tight. and the fact that they can calculate it down so accurately, and know that the next one will be in 2010 to the day is pretty damn cool.

@lesser, you sig intrigues me. care to enlighten me of its source?

i missed it but i saw the one before that.. not as cool as i thought it would be..

Only clouds here, no moon visible. But wth, otherwise I'd have had to go up at 4.05 in the morning to see it :happy:

the moon was read .You should have seen it it waas cool

I live in the western United States, much of which was covered with clouds last night. I was unable to see the lunar eclipse. Unfortunate indeed.