h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

For anyone who wants to view the eclipse live regardless of location or weather conditions, NASA will be streaming it here: http://www.nasa.gov/connect/chat/lunar_eclipse.html

Last time I saw a lunar eclipse the moon was perfectly visible, decked in elegant bronze.

Those moon maps are mind-boggling, MB

Last time I saw one, my 8 year old daughter was amazed. "The moon in Newfoundland never does that ..."

She's now 29, and a bit less naive

The first one I saw will always be my favorite. It was near totality about an hour after dusk and still near to the horizon. I went down to the bay to watch it reflect off the water. It was a gorgeous auburn.

And then, there was July 10th, '72. About 2 weeks before my first employment. A full solar eclipse.

I don't remember that. So either it wasn't visible in the UK or I was in a post-'A'-level drunken stupor.

Raining like all get out locally, (southern California) (~ 5 inchesw over the past three days). Zero night sky visibility, clearing expected late in the week.

News report coming even now on ABC TV with photos of a past total lunar eclipse "...in case the weather doesn't allow us to see it...".

Clear skies here, the shadow's just started to cross the moon's face.

Got a wonderful view of the eclipsed moon at about 50% dark and again at about 90% dark, with a beautiful pink tinge on the dark side. Then a cloud came up and it wasn't visible after that.

I took a couple of pictures, but I didn't get the telescope out as there was about a foot of snow which I would have had to clear, so the pictures are probably a bit shaky. I'll put them up later when I get home from work.

It poured with rain all morning here. I was watching the pavement/cycle path on my way to work, as I dared to cycle through the snow, in the hope that there was no ice underneath it. I didn't look at the sky at all. Somehow I don't think I'm the born astronomer.

I stayed in bed, but it should have been wonderful here. Our forecast was for mostly cloudy skies with light fog. I saw the moon both before and after the eclipse and it was dramatically clouded. The clouds were at about 70% coverage with fairly quick movement so the moon was alternately behind or peaking out from behind the clouds. Every minute was a different view. It didn't stay hidden for more than a few minutes at a time depending on the size of the cloud hiding it. I wish I had gotten up to see it but I was just too tired.

All that could be seen in Gorey (Wexford) was falling snow. We have about four inches. Wasn't it me who was boasting on her Christmas cards about having been snowed in early! it wouldn't happen to me twice in one month, would it?

I always thought there should be a hairdresser in Gorey called "Gorey Locks".

What are you doing in Wexford?

Here's a nice view of the eclipse: http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery/image_feature_1827.html

Here's my photo of the eclipse:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/eoinmcauley/5281411746/

Nice.

Here's some more pics, info and a video.
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2010/12/21/didja-see-the-eclipse/

Here's my favorite pic so far. http://i.imgur.com/zeL7S.jpg

One more eclipse photo. This one has a lot of things going on in it.

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2010/12/22/my-new-favorite-lunar-eclipse-image/

Here's a very nice piece of time-lapse footage taken in Co. Cork with a short segment featuring the eclipse at the end. It's quite beautiful.

http://www.petercox.ie/blog/2010/12/gougane_barra_winter_2010.php

Upcoming, Monday,

http://www.jodrellbank.manchester.ac.uk/astronomy/nightsky/

Given ideal viewing conditions, Uranus may be barely visible to the naked eye as a blue object at ~ the 6th magnitude, approximately as bright as the fainter stars of the Pleides. A small telescope or binoculars are usually required though.