FYI, Jim I

Calling all scientists and science-lovers,

There is a Total Lunar Eclipse coming next Wednesday at a reasonable time of day. I recommend that you go to the website below to check it out.

Carol

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From: Gary Tabbert [mailto:ImAGary2@gmail.com]

Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2008 9:06 PM

Subject: Total Lunar Eclipse NEXT THURSDAY EVENING!!!

Hey Kids,

Next Wednesday, there will be a total lunar eclipse occurring at the perfect time of night to see it comfortably?

Well the "totality" phase of the February 20^st, 2008 lunar eclipse will begin at 9:01PM CST (10:01PM EST, 8:01PM MST) and lasts for 50 minutes, ending at 9:51PM CST.

The entire eclipse (including the beginning and ending partial phases) lasts from 7:43PM CST to 11:09PM CST.

Let’s all hope for a clear night.

Here is a link to all the specific information about the eclipse:

http://sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse/LEmono/TLE2008Feb21/TLE2008Feb21.html

I strongly recommend you go to this webpage and GLANCE through it. Of course, if you have a mind to, you are most welcome to read it in its entirety.

TTYL

Gary

NOTE: A friend of mine, John Dooley, who was the channel 4 WCCO weatherman and is now a college meteorology professor, responded to my note with:

"Tell your friends this is the LAST total lunar eclipse visible from this area until December 2010."

He said that what the computer models are predicting looks promising for clear weather.

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