Wednesday, June 15, 2011

Prelude to the the Lunar Eclipse June 16th 2011

Full totality of a previous Lunar Eclipse on August 28th August 2007 taken at Royal Park Launceston.





Just Before totality!







Halfway to totality









The intitial darkening of the limb of the moon which will begin around 4am Thursday Morning (tommorrow).








Here is a short summary on the Iceinspace website for basic information about tommorrow's Lunar Eclipse.

http://www.iceinspace.com.au/63-618-0-0-1-0.html


If its clouded out here in Northern Tasmania you can try a live upload to u tube at







Here's hoping for clear skies wherever you are observing the eclipse.








Michael




































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