(meteorobs) Lunar Eclipse Meteors

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Weather update as of Sunday evening... 



Using the Clear Sky Clock, it appears there will be a 50-100  mile band of clear skies along the US east coast from MA to FL. Bad clouds just to the west. Clear skies are forecast from roughly ND to TX. Further to the west is REALLY ugly. 



See 

  http://cleardarksky.com/f.php?Mn=equatorial%20mount&p=1C4412Voorhees 



and pan west or south as needed. 





Good luck everyone!!! 



Wayne 

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The best lunar eclipse in years will grace the skies of North America between 1 and 5 AM on the night and morning of Dec 20-21. It's a long eclipse, with totality lasting 72 minutes from ~ 2:41 to 3:53 AM EST (11:41 PM Dec 20 to12:53 AM PST). Parts of the eclipse will be visible in South America, northern Europe, and eastern Asia. 

The partial eclipse (when the umbra takes a bite out of the moon) lasts about 68 minutes before and after totality. 

Some shading toward the edge from the penumbra might be visible a half an hour or so either side of those times. 

It's only about a day before the peak of the Ursid meteor shower, so I'm going to try some full moon meteor observations. 

Active meteor showers (in order of likely rates) 

DLM December Leo Minorids RA 162 (10:48), Dec +30 (Above the middle of Leo's back) 
URS Ursids, 214 (14:18), +75 (Just above the end of the bowl of the little dipper.) 
ANT (Antihelion meteors) 102 (6:48), +23 (In the middle of Gemini) 
COM Coma Beren ic ids 176 (11:50), +18 (right near Denebola, the bright star ot Leo's butt) 
HYD- Sigma Hyrids 136 (9:02), +0 (below Hydra's head) 



Amazingly, the forecast looks good for here. 



Wayne 
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