09-October-2004, 03:12 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2004
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Originally Posted by Grand Vizier
Grant, I'll throw in this before crashing out: in your opinion, will the total lunar eclipse on October 28 happen or not? Are you willing to be predictive? I'll bet you €10,000 that the eclipse happens (see below), exactly on time. Does your theory predict otherwise?
I'll go with this:
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The total lunar eclipse of October 28 2004 will be visible over the Americas, Europe, Africa, and parts of Asia.
The penumbral eclipse -- the least exciting, and hardest to see part -- will begin at 00:05:32 UT and end at 06:02:42 UT. It will be visible from western Asia, Africa and Europe when it begins around Moonset, then North and South America, being finally visible from Alaska and Hawaii as it ends at around Moonrise.
The partial eclipse will begin at 01:14:23 UT and end over 3 hours later at 04:53:42 UT, and will be visible from a slightly smaller area. The total eclipse lasts for over an hour; it begins at 02:23:25 UT and ends at 03:44:41 UT, with the moment of greatest eclipse at 03:04:04 UT. It is visible over most of Africa, Europe and western Russia, and the Americas.
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Grand,
You have a problem in front of you now start here, the eclipse is another paper and is already half done and will be released on the chronicles in a timely fashion
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