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General => The Lounge => Topic started by: dinosaur on December 09, 2010, 04:32:57 am

Title: Dec 13th + 20th
Post by: dinosaur on December 09, 2010, 04:32:57 am
December 13th is something we can ALL enjoy together.
It will be a spectacular meteor shower.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20101208/ ... sthismonth (http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20101208/sc_space/meteorshowerandtotallunareclipsetowowskywatchersthismonth)

I am planning to be on chat and annoyingly tell everyone how cool it is. Helpfully we can share it together. tehehe.
Title: Re: Dec 13th.
Post by: philsov on December 09, 2010, 01:36:10 pm
ooooh

hope its not too cloudy here that night, this is something I'll definitely want to see.

Also for you people with smart phones:
Get the google sky app for droid
I think the iphone equivalent is 'star walk'

It's epiiiiic
Title: Re: Dec 13th.
Post by: philsov on December 13, 2010, 03:26:55 pm
buuuuump
Title: Re: Dec 13th.
Post by: dinosaur on December 13, 2010, 04:10:18 pm
Quote from: "philsov"buuuuump

thanks for the reminder  8)
Title: Re: Dec 13th.
Post by: GeneralStrife on December 13, 2010, 04:54:38 pm
says december 14th early morning where i live (georgia) ...dinosaur confirmation?
Title: Re: Dec 13th.
Post by: dinosaur on December 13, 2010, 05:37:14 pm
Yes. The night of Dec 13th and when it hits midnight (and turns Dec 14).
Title: Re: Dec 13th.
Post by: GeneralStrife on December 13, 2010, 06:16:03 pm
cool i need to see when/if i can see them and where
Title: Re: Dec 13th.
Post by: dinosaur on December 13, 2010, 07:09:48 pm
Quote from: "GeneralStrife"cool i need to see when/if i can see them and where

Just look up XD
Title: Re: Dec 13th.
Post by: philsov on December 13, 2010, 07:30:14 pm
as of riiiight now, (Texas), Gemini is pretty much dead East and right at the horizon line.
Title: Re: Dec 13th.
Post by: Kaijyuu on December 13, 2010, 08:11:56 pm
Cloudy here with lots of light pollution :(
Title: Re: Dec 13th.
Post by: dinosaur on December 13, 2010, 11:19:54 pm
Quote from: "Kaijyuu"Cloudy here with lots of light pollution :(

LA I assume?
Title: Re: Dec 13th.
Post by: philsov on December 13, 2010, 11:54:46 pm
hm.  I read the peak is supposed to be at 6 am EST (5 am here)

Tempted to just go to bed now and get up supar early.
Title: Re: Dec 13th.
Post by: dinosaur on December 14, 2010, 12:09:28 am
Quote from: "philsov"hm.  I read the peak is supposed to be at 6 am EST (5 am here)

Tempted to just go to bed now and get up supar early.

Take a picture :oops:
Title: Re: Dec 13th.
Post by: philsov on December 14, 2010, 06:42:37 am
Heh, not much to snap.  Need to be very quick on the draw.  Saw something pretty like once everry 5 mins and rrarely for more than a second.  Course, just being outside while most eeveryone else is asleep is nice too... madee me wish I had a campfire but, you know, light = bad.

Also 36 outside.  Cold hands :(

edit:  cold hands + cell phone typing = crappy spellings abound.
Title: Re: Dec 13th.
Post by: dinosaur on December 14, 2010, 04:32:51 pm
I thought it was going to be more epic. Fail.

I saw nothing. It was like -30 degrees with 16inch of snow. So I could only look out the window for so long XD
Title: Re: Dec 13th.
Post by: philsov on December 20, 2010, 05:59:48 pm
Lunar Eclipse tonight!

(http://www.hovied.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/17086LunarEclipse-300x273.jpg)

QuoteThe 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.

The total phase of the eclipse will last 72 minutes beginning at 7:41 UT (on Dec. 21), corresponding to 2:41 a.m. EST or 11:41 p.m. PST (on Dec. 20).
Title: Re: Dec 13th + 20th
Post by: philsov on December 21, 2010, 02:46:16 am
dammit, diaf you low clouds
Title: Re: Dec 13th + 20th
Post by: Zenko on December 21, 2010, 02:55:52 am
DAMN YOU CLOUD!!!
Title: Re: Dec 13th + 20th
Post by: Celdia on December 21, 2010, 05:21:12 am
*looks at the topic*

December 33rd? What?

*reads thread*

Oh.
Title: Re: Dec 13th + 20th
Post by: Pickle Girl Fanboy on December 21, 2010, 02:06:17 pm
Full lunar eclipse on night of winter solstice.  Summon C'thulu.
Title: Re: Dec 13th + 20th
Post by: theultrawolf on December 22, 2010, 01:10:14 am
third with the whole cloud prob....plus I had fog so that's never nice...