[Laser] Lunar Eclipse

[Zack Widup]

It's overcast here, freezing drizzle at the moment turning into
snow/sleet. Supposed to continue till tomorrow. Oh well ...

73, Zack

On 12/20/10, Tim Toast <toasty256 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
> In a few hours will be the last lunar eclipse of the year. I was
> hoping to fire up my Xenon strobe transmitter just for the heck of
> it, but it's overcast and cloudy here... For anyone that wants to
> listen in though, it looks like; the lights of Japan, New Zealand
> and South America (Rio is bright) as well as extreme western Europe
> (London, Paris), will all be near the rim of the earth as seen from
> the moon. I think those are all using 50 Hz power (100Hz lines). The
> darkness of this eclipse is similar to the one where Yves detected
> a 120 Hz line in France, apparently from the eastern USA (it was on
> the rim of the earth as seen from the moon). The lower half of the
> moon will be in the darkest part of the Earth's shadow, making the
> Tycho area a good choice for listening. I think the cities near the
> rim of the earth, at eclipse time, are the best candidates since streetlamps
> tend to leak the most light to the sides and not
> straight up. The moon is also near perigee..any little bit would
> help - it's not much though, lol.
> But, even without any scientifical optical stuff, it should be a
> nice one to just watch - there's also a meteor shower happening and
> the dark red moon should make it more visible for a while.
>
> My live moon site: http://www.aladal.net/toast/moon.html
> main astro page: http://www.aladal.net/toast/daynight.html
>
> Happy Mooning and Holidays/New Year!
>
> -toast
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