Dear friends of Science and Astronomy, SUNSET PLANETS: Venus, Mercury and Saturn
have gathered together to form a compact (5o wide) triangle in the twilight sky
after sunset. To see them, use binoculars to scan the horizon, low and due west.
Consider this a prelude to an even prettier conjunction of Venus and Mercury
during the week of Aug. 17th-24th. Sunset is where the action is: sky map.LUNAR
ECLIPSE: This Saturday, August 16th, people on every continent except North
America can see a lunar eclipse. At maximum, around 2110 UT, 81% of the Moon
will be inside the red core of Earth's shadow. It's going to look something like
this:
Photo credit: James Tse, Christchurch, New Zealand. Aug. 28, 2007The eclipse
lasts for more than three hours (19:36 UT to 22:44 UT), so there is plenty of
time to gaze, drink coffee and take pictures. Follow the links for webcasts and
more information:

Live webcasts from the Netherlands; from Norway; from the Canary Islands; (these
begin around 3:30 pm EDT)
Find out when to look using an animated timetable or worldwide visibility map;
Local Lunar Eclipses









Saturday 16 August 2008


Time
Object (Link)
Event

20h35m41s

Partial lunar eclipse beginsPosition Angle=99.0°, Altitude=3.0°

22h10m05s

Greatest eclipse: Partial Lunar EclipseSaros-Number: 138, Magnitude=0.813,
Position angle=154.9°, Position angle vertex=181.4°Duration partial phase=188.9
minutes, Duration penumbral phase=334.0 minutes, ET-UT=65.6sec, Altitude=14.5°

23h44m36s

Partial lunar eclipse endsPosition Angle=210.9°, Altitude=22.6°
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