Total Lunar Eclipse Tonight

cobyrne writes: "There will be a total lunar eclipse tonight between 18:42 and 21:59 GMT (13:42 and 16:59 EST). Visibility of the eclipse will be best in Europe, Africa and Asia. It is the last total lunar eclipse until May 2003, so enjoy!"

Eclipse - okay, rest of night sky - brilliant

[frog51]

I and my family went round to my brothers to see the eclipse (Edinburgh - perfect latitude) The evening looked to be crap at first, due to too much cloud, but it cleared up at about 6.45 and the eclipse was going great guns - nice reddish tinge etc.

So we got out the BIG telescope my sister-in-law got for Christmas, and the moon looked really cool.

But weve seen it all before, so we started pointing the 'scope at other things. Like Jupiter and Saturn. I don't know how many of you guys have got a close look at them from your own backyard, but I seriously recommend it. Amazing stuff. The big 4 moons of Jupiter, and the bands of cloud very easy to see, and the rings around Saturn are astonishing.

Not so much a useful post as a waffle, but seriously - get a telescope (reasonably cheap) and take a look. Gives a good excuse to cuddle up and keep warm:)



Frog51

BBC has a live feed

[Tyketto]

The BBC is streaming the feed live, from their site. Check out the eclipse here. [bbc.co.uk]

This is old news!

[mirreke]

This story, with exactly the same link to the NASA was already posted yesterday (see this article [slashdot.org], also in the science section.)

Greetz,
Mirreke.