Just a couple of more minutes and the moon eclipse will come to the end of totality here in the PDT zone. I’ve got an 8" Celestron telescope set up on my ramp. Lots of sky out there and great viewing this morning!!
Happy RRing,
Jerry
Jerry Bowers said:Here in UK most of us folk are just too poor to afford even a lunar eclipse - such things are only for the rich, as are the much more expensive solar eclipses.
Just a couple of more minutes and the moon eclipse will come to the end of totality here in the PDT zone. I've got an 8" Celestron telescope set up on my ramp. Lots of sky out there and great viewing this morning!! Happy RRing, Jerry
We can afford BAD weather, like rain, but sunny weather is again just too expensive for most.
We can also only afford three days a week, as night-times, being dark, require less energy and are therefore a lot cheaper.
tac
One of the things we missed the most while living in the UK and Germany was the SUN. Being native Californians, we were really used to lots of sunlight! I guess the advent of the EU hasn’t made much more sunlight available??
Tonight, the appearance of the first light at the end of totality was just spectacular!! In the few total lunar eclipses I’ve seen in 65 years, that is always the most beautiful part.
5:45 am. Off to bed now to see if I can salvage some sleepy time.
Happy RRing,
Jerry
Ahhh, but Terry;
Here where the poor are determined by whether a person can afford Bachmann, or some Live Steam, brass pile; the poor can still do their part under a full moon.
The Branch Railroadian nude sun dance is performed by rich and poor alike, to provide the hope of at least 2 full days of sunshine within the following 2 weeks.
Without brass Royal Hudsons, or Bayer Garrets, the poor can still enjoy Large Scale model railroding; thanks to the people at Bachmann.
The fact that we enjoyed a rain free period of several hours last Saturday, amidst a band of wet weather, allowing our operation to be quite successful; proves that the poor can be blessed by the sun dancing of the last full moon.
Tonight at exactly 23:59; I will perform the ritual, in the hope that I can benefit my fellow Model Railroaders, of all persusions, even though I’m of the belief that Branch Railroadianism is the hope of mankind.
The full moon of Tuesday August 28th, will bring good feelings of dryness to all; even you poor souls over on that lonely, wet, mouldy old island, close to all the dregs of the empty whine bottles of France.
Contact our friendly Archie Bishop of Winchester; young Deryck Coleman, for further instructions on sun dancing, and other artistic feats.
BTW…it says at the head of this topic, that “It” is “Way off topic”. So, what would be “On topic” if I was to look for such an animule ?
To be off of some topic, there has to be some topic to be “On”
I can suggest several things that could stand in as topics to allow one to be "Off topic if one wished.
One could be the state of lead pipe in the annals of future sex theropy.
Another is the potential use of leather as a replacement for plastic in the manufacture of shoes.
It is clear and pleasantly warm, here in the Ottawa Valley.
Enjoy a pleasant full moon this evening my son;
I slept through it 
Me too.
But I’ve experienced a total eclipse of the sun years ago. Much neater than a lunar!
Unfortunately, I missed it, too. We had good viewing weather, and the moon would have been directly over my back yard. I was quietly hoping that Suzi would wake up around 3, and I could use her as an excuse to check out the eclipse. She didn’t wake up until 5. By then, it was over and the eastern horizon was already a dim turquoise. Why can’t these things happen in the daytime??? 
Later,
K
I missed this one. But many years ago I saw an annular (ring) eclipse of the sun, which was incredibly cool. So strange and alien to see the sun with a big hole in the middle of it!
Being in the southern hemisphere, in Australia, we witnessed the eclipse from 6.30 pm till 10.30 pm, much more civilised viewing hours!
Fred Mills said:After reading that... I'm GLAD I slept through it :D
The Branch Railroadian nude sun dance is performed by rich and poor alike, to provide the hope of at least 2 full days of sunshine within the following 2 weeks..
My efforts to see the eclipse were thwarted – it was too dark.
Wendell
I saw the re-play this afternoon.