[Launch Alert] Eclipse Tonight

Sat, 8 Nov 2003 10:10:45 -0800

            ASTRONOMY/SPACE ALERT FOR SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

			           Brian Webb
		         Ventura County, California
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				          2003 November 8 (Saturday) 10:08 PST
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			      LUNAR ECLIPSE TONIGHT

A total lunar eclipse occurs tonight for observers in Asia, Europe,
Africa, and the Americas. Unfortunately, the circumstances of the
eclipse are not favorable for observers on the West Coast where the
eclipse will be well under way when the Moon rises at sunset*.

Totality begins at 17:06 PST and ends less than a half hour later at
17:31. However, if the weather cooperates, the partial portion of the
event should be easily visible to the naked eye.

For more information, go to:

http://skyandtelescope.com/observing/objects/eclipses/article_1072_1.asp

http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2003/04nov_lunareclipse2.htm?list447906

http://sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse/LEplot/LEplot2001/LE2003Nov09T.gif

* Moonrise occurs at 16:52 PST in downtown Los Angeles.
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