Thread: moon

there is supposed to be an eclipse of the moon starting at 21:18 UK time so everyone look out of the window because the moon is supposed to turn red

er, no, the moon does not and will not turn red. What will happen is that it will pass into the earth's shadow, if you were standing on the moon and looking to the earth then you would see a bright red ring, ie sunlight refracting through the earth's atmosphere. so the moon will be bathed in a reddish, coppery coloured light.

http://starryskies.com/The_sky/event....eclipse-a.jpg

This picture shows an almost total eclipse. Tonight you will see at around 1115PM (GMT) the full show, the moon should begin to 'change' around 10PM. If there are any bright stars nearby it will look awesome, as if ou are on another planet.

are you sure about the time... because i am looking at it now and it is deffinately changing

and the moon is definately red megabrain

its not red but it does have a coppery red hue, looks like mars...

Originally Posted by Jellybird

its not red but it does have a coppery red hue, looks like mars...

it's not red but a coppery red? way to contradict yourself, it's a dark red from where i am standing

its hard to tell what colour it is with only a pair of rather ancient binoculars tht i have

Originally Posted by Jellybird

its hard to tell what colour it is with only a pair of rather ancient binoculars tht i have

well didums muppet *please don't hurt me later* use your eyes

EDIT: Megabrain, this is friendly banter and old jokes between friends, please don't delete

It was not red, it was bathed in reddish light and appeared red, since we are in a scientific forum I think the proper terms should be used.

Now boys and girls get back to your seats and study!

you know what i meant

Anyway, did you enjoy the show? awsome through good binoculars to see stars around it, like looking at mMars close up!

http://starryskies.com/The_sky/event....eclipse-a.jpg

it was good, i dug an ancient telescope out from the loft and watched