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August 16th 2008 - Partial Lunar Eclipse, clouds permitting!! Live Webcast from Peter Grego

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           Special Electronic News Bulletin 2008 August 14
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2008 AUGUST 16 -- PARTIAL LUNAR ECLIPSE
Webcast live from Peter Grego at St Dennis, Cornwall

I will be producing a live webcast of the partial lunar eclipse on the
evening of 16 August on my website   www.lunarobservers.com    . The
webcast takes place from 19:30 to 22:45 UT (8:30 to 11:45 pm BST).
Images are updated every 20 seconds when live (640x480 resolution).
The umbral phase of the eclipse lasts from 8:36 until 11:44 pm BST.
If the event is clouded out a real-time computer simulation of the
eclipse will be broadcast.

A 4-inch f/6.5 refractor (Celestron NexStar SLT) and a Philips ToUcam
PCVC740K webcam will be used to capture images at the eyepiece using a
tablet PC (ViewSonic 1100) and sent wirelessly from a remote site via
USB broadband wireless modem.

Partial Eclipse of the Sun - August 1st 2008 - Greater Manchester (plus China)

Don't look at it - protect your eyes! List of fun things to try on NASA page

NASA Science News for July 29, 2008

This Friday, August 1st, millions of people in China will witness a well-publicized total eclipse of the sun. Less widely reported is the partial eclipse, which *billions* of people across a quarter of the globe can observe and enjoy. Today's story from Science@NASA explores the delights of partiality.

FULL STORY at

http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2008/29jul_solareclipse.htm?list110882

There's a link in the full story to an animation of 'what can be seen where' from an interesting website: http://shadowandsubstance.com/

try : Exploratorium: Total Solar Eclipse 2008 Live from China

For UK news and info try the Jodrell Bank pages : http://www.jb.man.ac.uk/public/nightsky.html

The times for the Backyard given here are:

Manchester 08:27:50 09:16:20 10:06:54 16.8

Don't look at it - protect your eyes!


Cloud cover had a few swift breaks in it	Got a few quick sightings through	the dark solar viewing strips

Pictures from China's Total eclipse	via the excellent Exploratorium webcast	Thanks folks !!!


Too late for the 2 day moon - already set in the West	But caught the 3 day moon at 21:00 BST - about 3/4 hr before setting