Tonight, around 10pmET, there will be a lunar eclipse. I seem to be looking to the skies a lot lately (Have you met Eris? You might have known her as Xena). I was going to offer a pointer from NECN, went to the site, did a search for eclipse and got "Meanwhile, Democrat Barack Obama has raised $32 million this month for his presidential campaign, an amount expected to eclipse fundraising for Hillary..." Yes, so much for that. Let's try CNN...
Okay. A little better. This time, third entry down in a list provided by Google, is NASA - Eclipse Home Page and that has a link to Click for special web page on the Total Lunar Eclipse of 2008 Feb 21.
Lunar eclipses are fascinating things. It is thought that the ancient Greeks saw the earth's curved shadow during a lunar eclipse and realized the earth was round long before Columbus set sail.
As for us, we'll be viewing the eclipse from a nearby ball field (Nashua, NH). Nice open area, good view of the sky. I've often brought one of my telescopes up there and spent a evening of joyful (re)discovery. There is a chance of clouds and perhaps snow showers, though.
If that's the case, perhaps I'll fly my LearJet up to Nova Scotia to see a total eclipse of the moon. With apologies to Carly.
Enjoy.
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