Total Lunar Eclipse May 15/16 Night

[geo]

Hello people, for those of you who are astronomy lover, like me. There will be a total lunar eclipse tomorrow night (may 15/16,2003)

For more information log on http://sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclips...2003May15.html

here is a preview:

[fred]

Interesting.

I feel that I must mention that this "incidentally" co-incides with the widespread release of The Matrix: Reloaded

46 minutes...

[evulish]

Stupid clouds. *shakes fist in anger*

[Greg Ross]

So, did anyone else see it? It was quite impressive. Unfortunately, I forgot to look until the moon was already on its way out of the umbra.

I'm not sure I would have been able to see it much sooner though -- what with the haze (read smog) here in the Los Angeles area and the fact that totality was around the time of moon rise.

[Marygrace]

i saw it, the light pollution and haze disturbed the view though. I remember when i was in Vegas and saw it it was blood red. It was awesome!

[Andy A.]

Overcast.

Why must spring have so much rain and cloudieness? Why? I am starting to wonder if I am ever going to see another star.

Needless to say, I missed it. Although it was kinda cool to be in the complete dark, no stars, no moon, nothing. Wierd.

-Andy A.

[Katie Reynolds]

Argh! The sky was perfectly clear until the end of the eclipse, so I didn't get to see it when it was red. ::mutters:: stupid clouds ... ...

- Katie

[Jeff Waegelin]

I didn't bother. It was cloudy here in MI... and I was tired from a day at Cedar Point.

[KyleGilbert45]

I got a few pics of the moon when it looked like a finger nail u-shaped and then the clouds came. i was pretty mad but oh well.....

[Greg Ross]

Originally posted by Katie Reynolds
Argh! The sky was perfectly clear until the end of the eclipse, so I didn't get to see it when it was red. ::mutters:: stupid clouds ... ...

- Katie

From the time I started watching, until the very end, the moon was never red! Did anyone see a red moon? I think the earth's atmosphere must have been unusually clear (or maybe opaque because of cloud cover?) for the moon to have not taken on a red glow.

[OneAngryDaisy]

I went out at exactly 11:14 when it was supposed to peak.. and got 2 minutes of a clear sky before the clouds came..

Never seen anything like that before- it was awesome.. but wasn't red at all.

[Breanne M]

i saw it when it was just starting to come out of the eclipse and it was just a sliver of light, then i saw it again whenit was about half way out. it was really cool cause i don't think i've ever seen a real lunar eclipse before.
...not that it has any relevance, but i'll just throw it out there that last night was also my Chris' birthday (love ya chris!) and my school's talent show (which i performed in)...

[EddieMcD]

I watched it through my telescope. Kinda cool seeing the shadows on the eclipsed moon. And the clouds didn't come until the moon had passed out of the penumbra completely. So I could see the whole thing clearly.

[Amber H.]

Wow, I feel lucky.
The clouds cleared in time and I live far enough out of the city that the lights did not interfere with the viewing.
I did not see any red either. Hmmmmm.....

I hope the pictures I took are decent. I'll send you one Chuck (evulish) if they turn out okay. I felt so bad for you after reading your post.

[Jupee]

Oooh, I saw it, I saw it!! I was driving two of the girls on my soccer team home from practice and I saw the moon (I didn't know there was supposed to be an eclipse) and I was like look at the moon!! Look at how red it is--I wonder if there is an eclipse?? Sure enough.... Craziness...