redstone SG For those who don't understand: Eclipse first contact at 5.51pm Max eclipse is at 8.03pm Eclipse ends 10.15pm "2005 Oct 17: Partial Lunar Eclipse The last event of the year is a rather shallow partial eclipse of the Moon. The penumbral phase begins at 09:51 UT, but most observers will not be able to visually detect the shadow until about 10:30 UT A timetable for the major phases of the eclipse is as follows: Penumbral Eclipse Begins: 09:51:25 UT Partial Eclipse Begins: 11:33:59 UT Greatest Eclipse: 12:03:18 UT Partial Eclipse Ends: 12:32:26 UT Penumbral Eclipse Ends: 14:15:08 UT In spite of the fact that the eclipse is so shallow (the Moon's southern limb dips just 2.2 arc-minutes into Earth's dark umbral shadow), the partial phase last nearly one hour. This is due to the grazing geometry of the Moon and umbra At the instant of greatest eclipse (12:03 UT), the Moon will stand near the zenith for observers in the central Pacific. At that time, the umbral eclipse magnitude will be only 0.068. North Americans will all see the start of the event, but the Moon sets by mid-eclipse for observers east of the Mississippi River and Great Lakes. Further west, the entire event is visible from the Pacific coast provinces and states as well as eastern Asia and Australia. The Moon's path through Earth's shadows as well as a map illustrating worldwide visibility of the event is shown in (Figure 6)" [URL]http://sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse/OH/OH2005.html[/URL]
I_am_PeTe_Parker SG wah liao eh...have already seen so many times. Maybe Full solar eclipse than will get me excited. Anyway kudos Redstone for bringing this up. What about organising a moon watching party
Honeybunz SG In chinese it's called Tian Gou Shi Ri (Heavenly Dog eats up the Sun). I was told that if this happens, we are supposed to hit the Gong (called the Luo) to chase the Tian Gou away.
Honeybunz SG Must hit non stop, you know! If not diseaster will happen. Those aunties and grandma say one.
redstone SG The eclipse on monday lasts for 4 hours. So theorectically you have to hit non stop for 4 hours?
ShrodingersCat SG this time of time usually either some great evil will befall or some great vampires will arise this type of scary thing one...
