02-02-2017, 02:46 PM
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February events.
A few things to look out for on the same night in Febrary.New Year Comet
The New Year comet - or to give it its Sunday name, 45P/Honda–Mrkos–Pajdušáková (its is named after the astronomers who discovered it back in 1948, although it’s not clear who was called 45P).
Regardless, the comet’s path will be closest to Earth on February 11 and it will be visible from 1am. Like other comets, this one is mass of rock, dust, water and ice.
It’s been dubbed the New Year Comet because it appeared right next to the moon on New Year’s Eve 2016, giving off a blue-green colour with its tail trailing behind it.
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
More subtle than a total eclipse - and with less of a ring to it, if you’re Bonnie Tyler - it’s likely you’ll have to squint hard to get a proper look at this.
Boiled down, a penumbral eclipse is when the moon passes through the outermost shadow of the Earth - the penumbra - meaning we will only see a darker shadow move across the moon’s surface, but it won’t be pitch black.
In the UK, we should see the eclipse from around 10.34pm on the evening of February 10, but it will be at its maximum around 12.43am in the early hours of February 11, ending around 2.53am.
Because the moon will be above the horizon at this time, you should be able to watch the whole eclipse from start to finish. Reminder to wrap up warm #1.
On the same evening, the Snow Moon - also known as the Hunger Moon - will also be present and correct. It will become full at 12.32am in the early hours of February 11.
Although it looks the same as a regular moon, the February full moon was known by early native American tribes as the Snow Moon because the heaviest snows usually fell during this time of the year.
As hunting was difficult, this moon was also known by some tribes as the Hunger Moon, or even the Bone Moon because people had so little food that they were forced to gnaw on bones and make meals of bone marrow soup.
So, I’m gauging from this that the Snow Moon is simply a full moon. In February. Slightly less excited about this one now, if I’m honest. But let’s plough on.
http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/whats...lipse-12536304
02-02-2017, 04:25 PM
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Re: February events.
Originally Posted by Nom
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A few things to look out for on the same night in Febrary.New Year Comet
The New Year comet - or to give it its Sunday name, 45P/Honda–Mrkos–Pajdušáková (its is named after the astronomers who discovered it back in 1948, although it’s not clear who was called 45P).
Regardless, the comet’s path will be closest to Earth on February 11 and it will be visible from 1am. Like other comets, this one is mass of rock, dust, water and ice.
It’s been dubbed the New Year Comet because it appeared right next to the moon on New Year’s Eve 2016, giving off a blue-green colour with its tail trailing behind it.
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
More subtle than a total eclipse - and with less of a ring to it, if you’re Bonnie Tyler - it’s likely you’ll have to squint hard to get a proper look at this.
Boiled down, a penumbral eclipse is when the moon passes through the outermost shadow of the Earth - the penumbra - meaning we will only see a darker shadow move across the moon’s surface, but it won’t be pitch black.
In the UK, we should see the eclipse from around 10.34pm on the evening of February 10, but it will be at its maximum around 12.43am in the early hours of February 11, ending around 2.53am.
Because the moon will be above the horizon at this time, you should be able to watch the whole eclipse from start to finish. Reminder to wrap up warm #1.
On the same evening, the Snow Moon - also known as the Hunger Moon - will also be present and correct. It will become full at 12.32am in the early hours of February 11.
Although it looks the same as a regular moon, the February full moon was known by early native American tribes as the Snow Moon because the heaviest snows usually fell during this time of the year.
As hunting was difficult, this moon was also known by some tribes as the Hunger Moon, or even the Bone Moon because people had so little food that they were forced to gnaw on bones and make meals of bone marrow soup.
So, I’m gauging from this that the Snow Moon is simply a full moon. In February. Slightly less excited about this one now, if I’m honest. But let’s plough on.
http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/whats...lipse-12536304
02-02-2017, 05:08 PM
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Re: February events.
Originally Posted by Rehab44
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You know what grips my crap is that all those wonderful astronomical events happen at some ungodly times...the universe needs to get its crap together and do them at a time reasonable to normal civilised people...but thanks anyway mate.
02-02-2017, 07:43 PM
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Re: February events.
Thanks Nom, I'll tell the grandson to watch out for those events, he got a new telescope recently and loves all that stuff, just hope the weather is not too bad.I remember as a young man courting I said to the girlfriend one beautiful starry night "Darling shall we pause and look at the Moon" "We can look at the Moon alright, but keep your paws to yourself"
Sorry, I couldn't resist that old chestnut.
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