God is giving me a birthday present!

[The Warthog]

For my 58th birthday, God is giving me a total lunar eclipse! That's on March 3, starting at 20:18, UT, which means it will rise in eclipse here, saving me some time. Looks like it will be a very good, very dark eclipse, too. It'll probably rain.

[daz]

Looking forward to that here as well!

DON'T MENTION THE 'R' WORD!!!!!

[FLO]

Excellent news WH

Just love those copper/gold tones.

[Caz]

For my 58th birthday, God is giving me a total lunar eclipse!

Now thats what I call generous!! It won't rain because the wrapping paper will get wet...

[The Warthog]

[richard42]

I'm sorry to disappoint WH but it is my 28th birthday present from god as my birthday is also on the 3rd of march :shock: But I'm willing to share

I'm actually very excited, have cancelled all family visits, and put an order in for clear skies:)

never seen a lunar eclipse before what is the best way to image it?

[Vega]

This one is special... it's visible from every continent on Earth!

From Moonrise in the Americas...

Whole eclipse visible from Europe/Africa/Middle East...

Before Moonset in the far East...

Even Australia gets a look in before moonset... stroike me twoice yeeou little rippa... where's me can a Fosters

Surely to spark off world peace and harmony... ye ha right... maybe not LOL

Vega

[The Warthog]

I'm sorry to disappoint WH but it is my 28th birthday present from god as my birthday is also on the 3rd of march :shock: But I'm willing to share

I'm actually very excited, have cancelled all family visits, and put an order in for clear skies:)

never seen a lunar eclipse before what is the best way to image it?

When I was a kid, nobody had the same birthday as me, except for Alexander Graham Bell. Now, I can't shake a tree without three people who were born on March 3 falling out. I actually used to correspond with a young poet who was born the same day as you, 30 years after me. It was an auspicious day!

[maroon bells]

I thought you were going to announce that you are having a BABY

[proflight2000]

Hope this data of the eclipse may help some in the UK.

from 51 degrees North, 001 degrees west. UK

3rd March 2007

Moon enters penumbra 20:19 hours

Moon enters Umbra 21:31 hours

Start of totality 22:44 hours

eclipse maximum 23:20 hours

end of totallity 23:56 hours

moon exits umbra 01:10 hours

moon exits penumbra 02:22 hours

eclipse magnitude 1.229

Moon rises 17:28 hours

moonset 06:47 hours

[richard42]

other people that share our birthday

http://www.nndb.com/lists/580/000106262/

[The Warthog]

I thought you were going to announce that you are having a BABY

That would be some headline: "58-Year-Old Man Has Baby!" Maybe I can sell it to the Weekly World News, they're always printing stuff like that... :shock: