Topic: 12/31 Lunar Eclipse (or a Blue Moon for Dan)

[SlowModem]

Eclipse can only be seen in Asia and Africa and Europe.

[sam2004gp]

I am jealous.  Dan always gets the best stuff.  

[SlowModem]

I am jealous.  Dan always gets the best stuff.  

Stick your butt out the car window this morning and you'll have a blue moon, too!   

[sam2004gp]

Thanks for the suggestion, but I am a firm believer of.....



Okay, sorry about the hijacking back to the thread topic.

[DanS]

I am jealous.  Dan always gets the best stuff.  

     nanny nanny boo boo ...

Thanks for the heads up Greg. I would have missed that. I'll take a picture and post it if I see anything happen.

[SlowModem]

An interesting article on Blue Moons:

http://www.space.com:80/spacewatch/091230-blue-moon-eclipse.html

[DanS]

The peak time is about 2:20AM here but I'll have a camera ready and make an attempt to be as well.  

[W7DRM (old call was W3DRM)]

Last night's blue moon started out very blurry as it rose in the cloudy eastern skies of northern Nevada. But as the evening progressed, the clouds cleared and we had a spectacular view of the moon. It was really bright and the moonlit snow on the mountain ranges around the Carson Valley literally glowed. It was quite a sight. Just wish I had taken my camera with me to get get a time exposure of the images we saw.