Total eclipse of the Moon

by mdr on Feb. 20th, 2008

Lunar eclipse sequence
Lunar eclipse sequence
Courtesy Mark Ryan
Saturn, Moon, and Regulus
Saturn, Moon, and Regulus
Courtesy Mark Ryan
Tonight's total lunar eclipse was the last one until 2010. In the photo below, Saturn can be seen in the lower left and the star Regulus hovers above the Moon (they're easier to see if you click on the photo for a larger view). Art posted some very interesting lunar eclipse information earlier this week which you can find here.

P.S. ----- Below is a timelapse of the eclipse posted recently on YouTube:

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Your Comments, Thoughts, Questions, Ideas

<em>bryan kennedy</em>'s picture

Thanks for sharing your great pics MDR. There are also lots of great images of the lunar eclipse over on Flickr.

posted on Thu, 02/21/2008 - 9:07am
<em>Candice_318</em>'s picture

My brother and I waitched the eclipse yestserday but I thought one happens every year? I'm gonna miss it cause it's so beautiful!

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posted on Thu, 02/21/2008 - 11:07am
<em>bryan kennedy</em>'s picture

Hey Candice_318...If you want to keep tabs on upcoming eclipses, NASA keeps a handy list. There will be another lunar eclipse in August, 2008 but it will only be a partial eclipse and won't be visible from North America. Sadly the next total lunar eclipse won't be until Dec 21, 2010!

posted on Thu, 02/21/2008 - 12:07pm
<em>Candice_318</em>'s picture

Thank you i'll look it up

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posted on Thu, 03/06/2008 - 11:16am
<em>MrBig621188</em>'s picture

Is there some were you can watch the eclipse caused i missed it let me know thx :D

posted on Thu, 02/21/2008 - 8:06pm
<em>mdr</em>'s picture
mdr says:

Check out YouTube. Search: Lunar Eclipse 2008. There should be some videos of the event posted by now.

posted on Thu, 02/21/2008 - 10:02pm
Anonymous says:

my family and i had a great time watching the eclipse

posted on Sat, 02/23/2008 - 1:01pm
<em>BLB</em>'s picture
BLB says:

I was actually driving around 9 or 10 o'clock and i was trying to find the moon. I heard about it on the radio; it looks really cool.

posted on Mon, 02/25/2008 - 12:05am
<em>zephyr</em>'s picture
zephyr says:

man that sucks that it will be here in 2010..... my girlfriend thought it was romantic and stuff and it was free =p

posted on Wed, 02/27/2008 - 10:30am
Anonymous says:

man those pic is hot i have never seen an eclips thanks for showing me the pictures those are hot

posted on Wed, 02/27/2008 - 11:05am
<em>tiffany_88</em>'s picture
tiffany_88 says:

Wow it's wonderful can see this type of evets. Is gradious and interesant discovered more things...

posted on Thu, 03/06/2008 - 11:15am
<em>diamond2008</em>'s picture

Wow I didn't know that I'm sad now

posted on Thu, 03/06/2008 - 11:24am

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