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Saturday's Lunar Eclipse Will Include 'Impossible' Sight
09 Dec 2011 19:34 #1
by ScienceChic
"Now, more than ever, the illusions of division threaten our very existence. We all know the truth: more connects us than separates us. But in times of crisis the wise build bridges, while the foolish build barriers. We must find a way to look after one another as if we were one single tribe.” -King T'Challa, Black Panther
The truth is incontrovertible. Malice may attack it. ignorance may deride it, but in the end, there it is. ~Winston Churchill
Cool! If anyone is up and gets good pictures, please post them here! :thumbsup:
http://www.space.com/13856-total-lunar- ... elion.html
Saturday's Lunar Eclipse Will Include 'Impossible' Sight
by Joe Rao, SPACE.com Skywatching Columnist
Date: 07 December 2011
This table shows the local times of sunrise and moonset, along with the percentage of the moon's diameter that is within the dark umbral shadow at the time of moonset, for 11 selected cities.
CREDIT: Joe Rao/SPACE.com
http://www.space.com/13856-total-lunar- ... elion.html
Saturday's Lunar Eclipse Will Include 'Impossible' Sight
by Joe Rao, SPACE.com Skywatching Columnist
Date: 07 December 2011
This year's second total lunar eclipse on Saturday (Dec. 10) will offer a rare chance to see a strange celestial sight traditionally thought impossible. For most places in the United States and Canada, there will be a chance to observe an unusual effect, one that celestial geometry seems to dictate can't happen. The little-used name for this effect is a "selenelion" (or "selenehelion") and occurs when both the sun and the eclipsed moon can be seen at the same time.
Over the central regions of the United States, the moon will set as it becomes progressively immersed in the Earth's umbral shadow. The Rocky Mountain states and the prairie provinces will see the moon set in total eclipse, while out west the moon will start to emerge from the shadow as it sets.
This table shows the local times of sunrise and moonset, along with the percentage of the moon's diameter that is within the dark umbral shadow at the time of moonset, for 11 selected cities.
CREDIT: Joe Rao/SPACE.com
"Now, more than ever, the illusions of division threaten our very existence. We all know the truth: more connects us than separates us. But in times of crisis the wise build bridges, while the foolish build barriers. We must find a way to look after one another as if we were one single tribe.” -King T'Challa, Black Panther
The truth is incontrovertible. Malice may attack it. ignorance may deride it, but in the end, there it is. ~Winston Churchill
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17 Dec 2011 06:26 #7
by ScienceChic
"Now, more than ever, the illusions of division threaten our very existence. We all know the truth: more connects us than separates us. But in times of crisis the wise build bridges, while the foolish build barriers. We must find a way to look after one another as if we were one single tribe.” -King T'Challa, Black Panther
The truth is incontrovertible. Malice may attack it. ignorance may deride it, but in the end, there it is. ~Winston Churchill
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I know this happened several days ago, but this was too cool not to share!
http://www.livescience.com/17515-total- ... -2011.html
Need a new wallpaper? Check out the stages of the recent total lunar eclipse.
Credit: Amy Van Artsdalen
Wallpaper download options in link.
http://www.livescience.com/17515-total- ... -2011.html
Need a new wallpaper? Check out the stages of the recent total lunar eclipse.
Credit: Amy Van Artsdalen
About this Image
This composite photo of the total lunar eclipse was taken Dec. 10 by skywatcher Amy Van Artsdalen outside San Francisco.
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"Now, more than ever, the illusions of division threaten our very existence. We all know the truth: more connects us than separates us. But in times of crisis the wise build bridges, while the foolish build barriers. We must find a way to look after one another as if we were one single tribe.” -King T'Challa, Black Panther
The truth is incontrovertible. Malice may attack it. ignorance may deride it, but in the end, there it is. ~Winston Churchill
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