Total Lunar Eclipse Tonight 161
chuckpeters writes "A total lunar eclipse will soon darken the full moon for most of North and South America, Europe, and Africa.
The Moon rises about five p.m. EST and the eclipse will be in penumbra. Totality begins at 8:06 p.m. EST. and ends at 8:31 PM EST and the partial eclipse ends at 10:45 PM. EST" To obtain the time and location for your area, use the Lunar Computer. It looks like the weather will cooperate and we will have clear skies for most of the country. Articles can be found at NASA, Space.com, Sky and Telescope, and Starry Skies."
I'm at the north pole (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Where's the... (Score:4, Funny)
Gosh, we're brave... (Score:5, Funny)
Three cheers for Earth!
Re:Europe (Score:2, Funny)
Start (16:30) EST, where Eastern Standard Time is 5 hours behind GMT. That makes 01.30 in England, which is using GMT at the moment. (update: USNO says 01:06 GMT for beginning of totality)
My website says that hungary is in GMT+1, which would make it 02:06 start (for a couple of hours duration), unless you're still using daylight-savings time?
Anyone further east than hungary will have to get up even later in the morning, unless you're a hacker, in which case you'll be able to see it while you're still working.
All we need now is a power-cut forecast... does anybody here work in the east midlands switchgear department?
Are we a bit self-centered maybe ? (Score:0, Funny)
Perhaps you should have gone all the way and type " The Country". How about next time you just go for "the US", hmm ?
Re:I'm at the north pole (Score:4, Funny)
conspiracy (Score:4, Funny)
But seriously... here's a nice animation [nasa.gov] of what we can expect tonight.
HAHAHAHA (Score:1, Funny)
Nice (Score:5, Funny)
MUAHAHA
And then... (Score:5, Funny)
Too bad it will be missed by all REAL hackers (Score:4, Funny)
Cheers, Jouni