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Offline GourmetDan

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Re: 'Super blood moon' to give stargazers a rare show
« Reply #25 on: September 28, 2015, 01:33:15 pm »
Caught the moment when it entered total here. Amazing!  :laugh:

Lunar eclipses aren't like solar eclipses where totality comes in a moment and only lasts a couple of minutes.

Totality for last night's supermoon lunar eclipse lasted for over an hour...


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Re: 'Super blood moon' to give stargazers a rare show
« Reply #26 on: September 28, 2015, 01:43:44 pm »
Lunar eclipses aren't like solar eclipses where totality comes in a moment and only lasts a couple of minutes.

Totality for last night's supermoon lunar eclipse lasted for over an hour...

....So did the stupid cloud cover. Guess I'll see it online then. meh

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Re: 'Super blood moon' to give stargazers a rare show
« Reply #27 on: September 28, 2015, 07:55:42 pm »
Saw the beginning and the end. Not the red. Ugh. didn't wake up in time. Funny usually cloudy for these events here.