[AstroNet] Skypecast for the Total Lunar Eclipse

[Kevin Govender]

Hi all
Total lunar eclipse early Thursday morning!
As part of a Universe Awareness (UNAWE) project, we'll have children and 
astronomers observing all over the world and linked via the internet.
The SA node of the project will be online with telescopes with learners 
from Lynedoch Primary in Stellenbosch.
Please visit www.unawe.org/eclipse2008 for more information and please 
join in online on the day or just go outside and have a look for yourself.
Spread the word! All technical instructions to join the skypecast are on 
that website.
Regards
Kevin




  Connecting the world through Astronomy and the Internet


      An Eclipse is coming!

Dear Friends,

We will be lucky to witness a *_total lunar eclipse_* 
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Total_lunar_eclipse> on the night of Feb 
20 - 21, 2008. It will be visible from America, the Atlantic, Africa and 
Europe. Watch out for *_Saturn_* <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturn> 
which will be right next to the moon on that night. There will also be a 
bright star (*_Regulus_* <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regulus>) which 
will appear to move closer then further from the moon - great for sky 
enthusiasts!

Here is a page describing what is going to happen: *20-21 Feb 2008 Lunar 
Eclipse page 
<http://sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse/LEmono/TLE2008Feb21/TLE2008Feb21.html>*


The page above gives you the times in U.S. Eastern Central Time. Click 
on the links below to see viewing times for other time zones:

    * GMT (e.g. Ireland)
      <http://sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse/LEmono/TLE2008Feb21/image/TLE2008Feb21-GMT.GIF>
    * GMT+1 (e.g. Continental Europe)
      <http://sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse/LEmono/TLE2008Feb21/image/TLE2008Feb21-GMT+1.GIF>
    * GMT+2 (e.g. South Africa)
      <http://sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse/LEmono/TLE2008Feb21/image/TLE2008Feb21-GMT+2.GIF>


      How are we going to celebrate it?

With a Skypecast! (if you don't know what it is, see the website below. 
In short, it's like a radio phone-in show, but with free communication 
over the Internet)

Rafael and Carolina are going to be in Leiden, The Netherlands and run a 
5-hour long shows in English, with support for Spanish and French and 
you are all welcome to join!  The plan is to have children, teachers, 
adults and even professional astronomers available to answer all your 
astronomy & space questions, be it anything from the moon to the 
blackest of cosmic holes!

We will compare observations from around the world, share the thrill and 
the impressions of the on going phenomenon, answer all the questions you 
might have about lunar eclipses, and above all, enable children 
themselves to share what they are seeing in different parts of the world.


        *This is a great opportunity to connect us all by voice over the
        Internet to celebrate an astronomical event we can all see -
        differently...!*

        The 20-21 Feb 2008 Lunar Eclipse
        brought to you by Universe Awareness and partners
        coming to a Skypecast near you!

More information:
http://www.unawe.org/eclipse2008/
and
https://skypecasts.skype.com/skypecasts/skypecast/detailed.html?id_talk=3883923


Hoping to see you online!

The UNAWE Eclipse Skypcasters

Contact the organisers by email: carolina.odman at unawe.org 
<mailto:carolina.odman at unawe.org>




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Dr. Carolina Ödman               carolina.odman at unawe.org 
<mailto:carolina.odman at unawe.org>
Universe Awareness              http://www.UNAWE.org/
Tel   +31 71 527 58 16           Fax  +31 71 527 58 19



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