# Lunar Eclipse Expected **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 2, 2007, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lunar-eclipse-expected/394313 "2007-03-02T16:46:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DanBlather](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f4b2a3/32.png) [@DanBlather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DanBlather)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2007, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lunar-eclipse-expected/394313/1 "2007-03-02T16:46:08Z")
> [@](#): > > [Mar 2, 10:48 AM EST > > \*\*Total Lunar Eclipse Expected Saturday \*\* > > LONDON (AP) – From [here](https://http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/L/LUNAR_ECLIPSE?SITE=7219&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2007-03-02-10-48-14). Listen morons, its not like a snow storm (or meteor storm for that matter). We’ve been able to predict lunar eclipses with good precision for hundreds of years, if not longer. ---
**Author:** ![scr4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/59ef9b/32.png) [@scr4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scr4)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2007, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lunar-eclipse-expected/394313/2 "2007-03-02T17:17:57Z")
Link not working… ---
**Author:** ![GawnFishin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e9bcb4/32.png) [@GawnFishin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GawnFishin)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2007, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lunar-eclipse-expected/394313/3 "2007-03-02T17:19:08Z")
Fixed [link](http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/L/LUNAR_ECLIPSE?SITE=7219&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2007-03-02-10-48-14), your outrage must have been astronomical for you to screw the link like that. > [@](#): > > “It’s not an event that has any scientific value, but it’s something everybody can **enjoy** ,” said Robert Massey of the Royal Astronomical Society. Those fuckers how dare they enjoy astronomy like that. :rolleyes: Oh and meteor showers are also very predictable. Snow storms maybe not as accurately but certainly predictable. And just in case you were wondering meteorology and meteors don’t go hand-in-hand. ---
**Author:** ![DanBlather](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f4b2a3/32.png) [@DanBlather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DanBlather)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2007, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lunar-eclipse-expected/394313/4 "2007-03-02T17:43:11Z")
[QUOTE=GawnFishin’] Oh and meteor showers are also very predictable. Snow storms maybe not as accurately but certainly predictable. [/QUOTE] Yeah, but they always seem to get the intensity wrong. I sat out in the freezing eastern Oregon desert one year because the Perseides shower was supposed to be particularly spectacular. ---
**Author:** ![Bill\_Door](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/50afbb/32.png) [@Bill\_Door](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bill_Door)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2007, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lunar-eclipse-expected/394313/5 "2007-03-02T18:00:09Z")
[QUOTE=DanBlather] Yeah, but they always seem to get the intensity wrong. I sat out in the freezing eastern Oregon desert one year because the Perseides shower was supposed to be particularly spectacular. [/QUOTE] I like the Perseids as much as the next guy, but I’d have given it up after a week or so. ---
**Author:** ![Jamaika\_a\_jamaikaiake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7993a0/32.png) [@Jamaika\_a\_jamaikaiake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jamaika_a_jamaikaiake)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2007, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lunar-eclipse-expected/394313/6 "2007-03-02T18:25:04Z")
[QUOTE=DanBlather] From [here](https://http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/L/LUNAR_ECLIPSE?SITE=7219&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2007-03-02-10-48-14). Listen morons, its not like a snow storm (or meteor storm for that matter). We’ve been able to predict lunar eclipses with good precision for hundreds of years, if not longer. [/QUOTE] Well, I personally can’t predict lunar eclipses, so I’m glad they gave us the heads up, so that I can remember to look for it tomorrow. ---
**Author:** ![marshmallow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df705f/32.png) [@marshmallow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/marshmallow)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2007, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lunar-eclipse-expected/394313/7 "2007-03-02T18:28:47Z")
Just think of it has another data point and confirmation of our methods. ---
**Author:** ![DanBlather](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f4b2a3/32.png) [@DanBlather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DanBlather)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2007, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lunar-eclipse-expected/394313/8 "2007-03-02T18:33:41Z")
[QUOTE=Bill Door] I like the Perseids as much as the next guy, but I’d have given it up after a week or so. [/QUOTE] That made me LOL. ---
**Author:** ![Duke\_of\_Rat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Duke\_of\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke_of_Rat)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2007, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lunar-eclipse-expected/394313/9 "2007-03-02T21:41:39Z")
I’ve been pouring over my charts and I predict there will be another lunar eclipse August 27th. (OK I cheated and got my prediction off the internet. My charts suck.) ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2007, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lunar-eclipse-expected/394313/10 "2007-03-02T21:46:04Z")
What did you pour over your charts? Water? Maple syrup? Granulated sugar? Whom do you expect is going to clean up this mess? ---
**Author:** ![DiosaBellissima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@DiosaBellissima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiosaBellissima)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2007, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lunar-eclipse-expected/394313/11 "2007-03-02T22:23:57Z")
So because I’m one of those ignorant fools that has to be told about these things: do I not get to see it because I’m in California? Or do I see the tail end? What time should I look? ---
**Author:** ![Duke\_of\_Rat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Duke\_of\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke_of_Rat)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2007, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lunar-eclipse-expected/394313/12 "2007-03-02T23:43:37Z")
[QUOTE=kaylasdad99] What did you pour over your charts? [/QUOTE] Blue cheese dressing, these are some pretty old charts. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2007, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lunar-eclipse-expected/394313/13 "2007-03-02T23:58:33Z")
Shouldn’t that be green cheese dressing? ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2007, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lunar-eclipse-expected/394313/14 "2007-03-03T00:05:51Z")
[QUOTE=DiosaBellissima] So because I’m one of those ignorant fools that has to be told about these things: [/QUOTE] I don’t think he’s pitting the fact there was an article; he’s pitting the fact that it said “expected,” as though it’s just a guess. It ought to have said, “Lunar eclipse Saturday,” or the like. Hell, they don’t even say “Oscar gala expected Sunday.” It’s not like the eclipse might be cancelled. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2007, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lunar-eclipse-expected/394313/15 "2007-03-03T00:38:03Z")
And now, the Great Cthulhu, dreaming in lost R’leyh, shall **RISE**! ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2007, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lunar-eclipse-expected/394313/16 "2007-03-03T00:49:35Z")
[QUOTE=Bill Door] I like the Perseids as much as the next guy, but I’d have given it up after a week or so. [/QUOTE] That was FUNNY! ---
**Author:** ![Yag\_Rannavach](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/858c86/32.png) [@Yag\_Rannavach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yag_Rannavach)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2007, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lunar-eclipse-expected/394313/17 "2007-03-03T04:01:01Z")
[QUOTE=Bill Door] I like the Perseids as much as the next guy, but I’d have given it up after a week or so. [/QUOTE] Well, shit, you need to be more persistant…The Perseids haven’t told you “No, I don’t want to you to see me”, have they? ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2007, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lunar-eclipse-expected/394313/18 "2007-03-03T04:38:25Z")
There’s a good map [here](http://sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse/OH/image1/LE2007Mar03-Fig1.GIF) showing the extent of visibility of the lunar eclipse around the world. I thought this was also interesting: > [@](#): > > The first of two total lunar eclipses in 2007 is unique in that it is partly visible from every continent around the world. ---
**Author:** ![sturmhauke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@sturmhauke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sturmhauke)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2007, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lunar-eclipse-expected/394313/19 "2007-03-03T11:23:19Z")
[QUOTE=Cunctator] There’s a good map [here](http://sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse/OH/image1/LE2007Mar03-Fig1.GIF) showing the extent of visibility of the lunar eclipse around the world. [/QUOTE] Here on the West Coast, the eclipse will be mostly over by the time the moon rises. Apparently we had a good view of the last one back in 2004, but I missed it. Hmph. ---
**Author:** ![Bill\_Door](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/50afbb/32.png) [@Bill\_Door](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bill_Door)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2007, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lunar-eclipse-expected/394313/20 "2007-03-03T13:03:39Z")
[QUOTE=Yag Rannavach] Well, shit, you need to be more persistant…The Perseids haven’t told you “No, I don’t want to you to see me”, have they? [/QUOTE] No, it’s usually “I’m really very busy” or “I have to adjust my orbit”. You know, the third time they broke a date for their grandmother’s funeral I should have taken the hint, but some meteor showers play hard to get. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lunar-eclipse-expected/394313.md?page=2)