More on this in Monday's News but since there was some talk here a few days ago about recent baseball games, I thought I'd note that, weather permitting, those at Wednesday's world series game will be able to watch a total eclipse of the Moon while watching the game.
From what I've been able to dig up, this will be the first time that a total lunar eclipse has happened during a world series game.
Patrick p.s. Just curious, but anyone know how the "world" series got it's name? Other than the US and Canada have any other countries ever participated?
Patrick, While the obvious response is "You mean there is someone else besides the US & Canada?", the real answer is explained quite well at this web site. :) http://roadsidephotos.com/baseball/name.htm Jo At 03:09 AM 10/24/2004 -0600, you wrote:
More on this in Monday's News but since there was some talk here a few days ago about recent baseball games, I thought I'd note that, weather permitting, those at Wednesday's world series game will be able to watch a total eclipse of the Moon while watching the game.
From what I've been able to dig up, this will be the first time that a total lunar eclipse has happened during a world series game.
Patrick
p.s. Just curious, but anyone know how the "world" series got it's name? Other than the US and Canada have any other countries ever participated?
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Josephine Grahn wrote:
While the obvious response is "You mean there is someone else besides the US & Canada?"...
While I know _you_ are kidding, I'm also aware that there are so many of our fellow citizens that really do think that way (probably even deleting Canada) that anytime I give a talk on space exploration I always make it a point to mention the ongoing contributions and missions from ESA, Japan, Russia and others. Thinking of all of this I just had a chuckle wondering what the organizers of the World Cup, a _truly_ international event, think of the World Series. :-) Patrick
Greetings from an eternal lurker! I could facetiously introduce myself as the person responsible for Mark Dakins' 20 inch dobsonian, and Rich Tenney's 16. I say this because I think I'm the one who got Rich connected with Mark several years ago, which obviously led to the 'aperture envy' between the two of them. As a result, I have been able to enjoy their excellent scopes at star parties, and at the same time keep my astronomy budget at a minimum! :-) At any rate, I just wanted to share with the group my pleasure in the latest version of 2sky for Palm OS. I'm sure many of you are aware of this excellent star chart program. Well, today Kevin posted an upgrade that includes an earth shadow feature, allowing precise prediction and simulation of the lunar eclipse tonight! And with stormy weather in the forecast, a good simulation may be the next best thing. He recently added comets and meteor showers as well. I've been using it for years and it just keeps getting better. Ran good enough on my old IIIxe; runs really great on my T3. Be assured my enthusiasm for it is purely as a satisfied user. By and large I am a free software user, but the modest price for 2sky has been more that worth it for me. Kevin's web site is http://2sky.org/ On a side note, with this earth shadow feature, showing earth's umbral and penumbral shadows as concentric circles against the celestial sphere, I wonder if an observer could get a slightly better view on faint deep sky objects when they are in earth's shadow? Warm regards, Quinn Jensen
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