Events 01 (Jul 08 - Dec 15)

Re: Events 01 (Jul 08 - Dec 10)

Postby winston » Sat Dec 18, 2010 7:46 am

Amazing spectacle: Total lunar eclipse Monday night

For a few hours on the night of Dec. 20 to Dec. 21, the attention of tens of millions of people will be drawn skyward, where the mottled, coppery globe of our moon will hang completely immersed in the long, tapering cone of shadow cast out into space by our Earth.

If the weather is clear, favorably placed skywatchers will have a view of one of nature's most beautiful spectacles: a total eclipse of the moon.

Unlike a total eclipse of the sun, which is only visible to those in the path of totality, eclipses of the moon can usually be observed from one's own backyard. The passage of the moon through the Earth's shadow is equally visible from all places within the hemisphere where the moon is above the horizon.

The total phase of the upcoming event will be visible across all of North and South America, as well as the northern and western part of Europe, and a small part of northeast Asia, including Korea and much of Japan. Totality will also be visible in its entirety from the North Island of New Zealand and Hawaii — a potential viewing audience of about 1.5 billion people.

This will be the first opportunity from any place on earth to see the moon undergo a total eclipse in 34 months. [ Amazing photos of a total lunar eclipse]

This star chart shows where in the sky the upcoming lunar eclipse will appear. And check this NASA lunar eclipse chart to see how visible the eclipse will be from different regions around the world.

Stages of the eclipse
There is nothing complicated about viewing this celestial spectacle. Unlike an eclipse of the sun, which necessitates special viewing precautions in order to avoid eye damage, an eclipse of the moon is perfectly safe to watch. All you'll need to watch are your eyes, but binoculars or a telescope will give a much nicer view.

The eclipse will actually begin when the moon enters the faint outer portion, or penumbra, of the Earth's shadow a little over an hour before it begins moving into the umbra. The penumbra, however, is all but invisible to the eye until the moon becomes deeply immersed in it.

Sharp-eyed viewers may get their first glimpse of the penumbra as a faint smudge on the left part of the moon's disk at or around 6:15 UT (on Dec. 21) which corresponds to 1:15 a.m. Eastern Time or 10:15 p.m. Pacific Time (on Dec. 20).

The most noticeable part of this eclipse will come when the moon begins to enter the Earth's dark inner shadow (called the umbra). A small scallop of darkness will begin to appear on the moon's left edge at 6:33 UT (on Dec. 21) corresponding to 1:33 a.m. EST or 10:33 p.m. PST (on Dec. 20).

The moon is expected to take 3 hours and 28 minutes to pass completely through the umbra.

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Re: Events 01 (Jul 08 - Dec 10)

Postby winston » Mon Dec 20, 2010 10:10 pm

Red Moon: Lunar eclipse to make memorable solstice AFP

PARIS (AFP) - – Weather permitting, skygazers in northern America and Europe are in for a treat in the early morning hours of Tuesday, when the first total lunar eclipse in almost three years is poised to turn the Moon pink, coppery or even a blood red.

Coinciding eerily with the northern hemisphere's mid-winter solstice, the eclipse will happen because the Sun, the Earth and its satellite are directly aligned, and the Moon swings into the cone of shadow cast by its mother planet.

The Moon does not become invisible, though, as there is still residual light that is deflected towards it by our atmosphere.

Most of this refracted light is in the red part of the spectrum and as a result the Moon, seen from Earth, turns a reddish, coppery or orange hue, sometimes even brownish.

"The entire event is visible from North America, Greenland and Iceland," says NASA's veteran eclipse expert Fred Espenak, pointing out that for observers in the western US and Canada, the show will start on Monday evening rather than Tuesday morning.

"Western Europe will see the beginning stages of the eclipse before moonset, while western Asia will get the later stages after moonrise."

The eclipse runs for three and a half hours, from 0633 GMT to 1001 GMT, although the stage of total eclipse -- when the Moon heads into the "umbra" cast by the Earth -- lasts from 0741 to 0853 GMT.

Two factors affect an eclipse's colour and brightness, says the US astronomy magazine Sky & Telescope.

"The first is simply how deeply the Moon goes into the umbra. The center of the umbra is much darker than its edges," it says.

"The other factor is the state of Earth's atmosphere along the sunrise-sunset line. If the air is very clear, the eclipse is bright. But if a major volcanic eruption has polluted the stratosphere with thin haze, the eclipse will be dark red, ashen gray, or blood-black."

Lunar eclipses have long been associated with superstitions and signs of ill omen, especially in battle.

The defeat of the Persian king Darius III by Alexander the Great in the Battle of Gaugamela in 331 BC was foretold by soothsayers when the Moon turned blood-red a few days earlier.

And an eclipse is credited with saving the life of Christopher Columbus and his crew when they were stranded without supplies on the coast of Jamaica.

According to legend, Columbus, looking at an astronomical almanac compiled by a German mathematician, realised that a total eclipse of the Moon would occur on February 29, 1504.

He called the native leaders and warned them if they did not help, he would make the Moon disappear the following night.

The warning, of course, came true, prompting the terrified people to beg Columbus to restore the Moon -- which he did, in return for as much food as his men needed. He and the crew were rescued on June 29, 1504.

The last total lunar eclipse took place on February 21 2008. Next year, says Espenak, will see two: on June 15 and December 10.

A solar eclipse happens when the Moon swings between the Earth and the Sun.


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Boredom Strikes! 04 (Sep 10 - Jun 11)

Postby kennynah » Thu Jun 16, 2011 2:44 am

Lunar eclipse ongoing now 730pm GMT 15June2011

apparently can be seen in many parts of the world...

you might wana step out to witness this once in a blue moon event..it shd last for a long time when fully eclipsed which will happen at about 8pm GMT

enjoy 8-)

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Re: Boredom Strikes! 04 (Sep 10 - Jun 11)

Postby iam802 » Thu Jun 16, 2011 9:12 am

kennynah wrote:Lunar eclipse ongoing now 730pm GMT 15June2011

apparently can be seen in many parts of the world...

you might wana step out to witness this once in a blue moon event..it shd last for a long time when fully eclipsed which will happen at about 8pm GMT

enjoy 8-)

and see if you can see the rabbit



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Re: Events 01 (Jul 08 - Aug 11)

Postby LenaHuat » Thu Jun 16, 2011 9:53 am

A blue moon event to see a RED moon :lol: .
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Re: Events 01 (Jul 08 - Dec 11)

Postby kennynah » Thu Nov 24, 2011 10:27 pm

thanks MM....good compilation...

the cameras are not on discount at all... in fact, the nikon and canon DSLRs are still going for the same price as 1 year ago... not a good deal.

the shops at funan are giving much better discounts on those DSLRs
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