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Total lunar eclipse on tap for early Saturday (early 12/10/11, 4:45am w/total at 6:05am PT)
SFGate.com ^
| 12/9/11
| David Perlman
Posted on 12/09/2011 10:16:44 AM PST by NormsRevenge
Early risers Saturday will see a total eclipse of the moon low in the western sky, and if the Bay Area's clear weather persists, the sight should be spectacular.
"The full moon should appear even larger than normal when the eclipse is total because it will be so low in the sky that Earth's atmosphere will magnify it into a blood-red monster," said astronomer Andrew Fraknoi of Foothill College in Los Alto Hills.
The partial eclipse will begin at 4:45 a.m. and will become total at 6:05 a.m., Fraknoi said. Totality will last until 6:57 a.m.
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TOPICS: Astronomy; Chit/Chat; Outdoors
KEYWORDS: bayarea; california; lunareclipse; sanfrancisco; sanfranswishco
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posted on
12/09/2011 10:18:09 AM PST
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NormsRevenge
(Semper Fi ... Godspeed .. Monthly Donor Onboard .. Obama: Epic Fail or Bust!!!)
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12/09/2011 10:19:33 AM PST
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NormsRevenge
(Semper Fi ... Godspeed .. Monthly Donor Onboard .. Obama: Epic Fail or Bust!!!)
To: NormsRevenge; SunkenCiv
...Thanks norm
...Pinging civ.
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12/09/2011 10:28:15 AM PST
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gargoyle
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To: Cyber Liberty
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12/09/2011 10:35:14 AM PST
by
Cyber Liberty
(To Obama, bipartisanship is giving the opposition the opportunity to do as they are told. (WGensert))
To: NormsRevenge
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12/09/2011 10:40:30 AM PST
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JRios1968
(I'm guttery and trashy, with a hint of lemon. - Laz)
To: NormsRevenge
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12/09/2011 10:41:38 AM PST
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Jack Hydrazine
(It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine!)
To: NormsRevenge
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posted on
12/09/2011 10:46:50 AM PST
by
Jack Hydrazine
(It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine!)
To: NormsRevenge
The next eclipse for the USA is April 15, 2014.
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posted on
12/09/2011 10:47:45 AM PST
by
Jack Hydrazine
(It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine!)
To: NormsRevenge
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posted on
12/09/2011 10:50:58 AM PST
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Jack Hydrazine
(It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine!)
To: NormsRevenge
The bad news is that for the eastern part of the US, only the penumbral phase will be visible--and that may not be very noticeable. The umbra (where, from a viewer on the moon, the sun would be completely blocked) starts to creep across the lunar surface either after the moon has set or when it is just about to set for much of the US.
The good news is that the umbra will be visible in Umbria.
To: Jack Hydrazine
The next total eclipse of the sun visible in the USA is on August 21, 2017.
Hopefully during the first year of the second term of the President elected in November 2012.
To: Verginius Rufus
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posted on
12/09/2011 2:47:58 PM PST
by
Jack Hydrazine
(It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine!)
To: gargoyle; WSGilcrest; WePledge; weeder; Viking2002; ukie55; Trillian; ToxicMich; ThomasMore; ...
Thanks gargoyle. An “extra, extra” ping to a couple of relevant lists.
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12/09/2011 3:42:07 PM PST
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SunkenCiv
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To: NormsRevenge
From my yard just now...
To: WSGilcrest
Very nice. From here it was not quite a full eclipse as it set behind the Rocky Mountains.
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12/10/2011 6:45:16 AM PST
by
MileHi
( "It's coming down to patriots vs the politicians." - ovrtaxt)
To: WSGilcrest
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posted on
12/10/2011 6:53:47 AM PST
by
M Kehoe
To: WSGilcrest
Cool, Thanks!
I awoke at 6 am and caught it as it hit full effect.. now we can nap until 2014 for the next one. ;-)
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posted on
12/10/2011 10:52:24 AM PST
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NormsRevenge
(Semper Fi ... Godspeed .. Monthly Donor Onboard .. Obama: Epic Fail or Bust!!!)
To: Jack Hydrazine
If nature hadn’t called me, I’da missed it. I could watch it laying in the bed, the dogs and wife snoring thru it all.
Thanks for all the links!
HaPPY Holidays to ALL!
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12/10/2011 10:57:30 AM PST
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NormsRevenge
(Semper Fi ... Godspeed .. Monthly Donor Onboard .. Obama: Epic Fail or Bust!!!)
To: WSGilcrest
SFGate.com
Sky-watchers get rare treat: total lunar eclipse
Frederic Larson / Special to The Chronicle
Early risers on the west coast got to see a total lunar eclipse Saturday morning 12/10
as it set over the south tower of the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, California.
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12/10/2011 11:07:40 AM PST
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NormsRevenge
(Semper Fi ... Godspeed .. Monthly Donor Onboard .. Obama: Epic Fail or Bust!!!)
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