Dan, thank you for the heads-up.
The timing might allow me showing this interesting phenomenon to my
little daughter (for the first time).
I am hoping for a sufficiently clear sky.
Just a quick comment on your correspondent's statement:
"Notice, too, that the Earth's
shadow is curved at all phases of the eclipse, as the Moon passes
through it. This is direct proof that the Earth itself is round.
something recognized by many early skywatchers."
But it is not yet a complete proof that Earth is not flat! The same
could be observed if the Earth were, say, a disk.
(That's a physicist speaks. :-) )
Igor
Daniel J. Matyola Tue, 22 Sep 2015 12:19:18 -0700 wrote:
From an email I received this afternoon:
Total Lunar Eclipse!
On the evening of September 27th, skywatchers throughout North America
will be treated to one of nature.s grandest celestial sky shows . a
total eclipse of the Moon. And unlike the one in April which occurred
in the early predawn hours, this one will happen during convenient
evening ones.
This cosmic spectacular begins with the full Moon entering the Earth.s
dark inner shadow (the .umbra.) at 9:06 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time and
continuing to become ever-more fully immersed in it for the next hour.
Totality itself will start at 10:11 p.m. EDT and last more than an
hour until 11:23 EDT, after which the Moon begins to slowly emerge
from the cone of darkness in reverse order. Adding to the beauty of
the overall scene at this eclipse (especially during totality itself,
while the sky is dark), the Moon will be accompanied by some of the
early rising bright winter stars. (Use your Scientifics. Star and
Planet Locator to identify them)
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