Urm... No, I think it would be an eclipse of the sun. It's still a solar eclipse (from the perspective of the moon) but Sol is being eclipsed by Earth instead of her moon, Luna. You're mixing your terminologies slightly.
"Solar eclipse / Lunar eclipse" = "Eclipse of the Sun / Eclipse of the moon". Eclipse of X = X is obscured by Y = been eclipsed by Y. From the surface of the moon, a Solar eclipse happens when the moon passes into Earth's shadow (seen from Earth as a Lunar eclipse).
Thanks for your comment... I called it "Lunar Eclipse" because that's the generally understood term for what was going on that night. I think it makes it easier to grasp what this video is illustrating, especially for the "astronomically challenged" :-), and to relate it to the other lunar eclipse videos posted here. When we have a permanent outpost on the Moon, and this kind of event is actually being observed and documented, I suppose the IAU will have to come up with a specific term for it.
@RoadRunnerLaser while you are correct, telling someone that information is like telling someone, "You really can't park on a driveway, because you don't drive on it... you park.... but that's okay, everyone still calls it a "driveway" anyway."
What program did you use to create the animation? Starry Night Enthusiast shows a red ring around the earth when it's in that aspect relative to the sun. I should use SN to make a QuickTime movie and put it up to demonstrate.
That would be cool, I'd like to see what you come up with! I used Stellarium, which is free and downloadable online. The program isn't fully developed yet, so it's still kind of clunky and buggy (I had to manually capture each frame for this movie), but it can do some fairly nice renderings, and you can't beat the price... :-)
OK then. The red ring may not be prominent, but it will be there, especially if I zoom in! I'm pretty busy, so you'll have to be patient, but meanwhile check out my other animations based on SN (notably the solar eclipse over ancient Babylon).
Terrestrial Eclipse....
encarta007 2 years ago
at that time, there should be a red-orange corona around the earth. that's why we see the moon red, from the earth.
MojtabaParsa2000 2 years ago
stellarium
adsonkool 2 years ago
thats solar eclipes
nanerqt725 4 years ago
It's FROM THE MOON you retard.
Maxsapd 3 years ago
It's amazing how many people are astronomically challenge
massfrog 3 years ago
cool
mooseperson 4 years ago
pause it at 7 seconds. awesome video
holawhohow 4 years ago
Wouldn't that be a solar eclipse of the Earth?
amphiprionocellaris 4 years ago
Urm... No, I think it would be an eclipse of the sun. It's still a solar eclipse (from the perspective of the moon) but Sol is being eclipsed by Earth instead of her moon, Luna. You're mixing your terminologies slightly.
"Solar eclipse / Lunar eclipse" = "Eclipse of the Sun / Eclipse of the moon". Eclipse of X = X is obscured by Y = been eclipsed by Y. From the surface of the moon, a Solar eclipse happens when the moon passes into Earth's shadow (seen from Earth as a Lunar eclipse).
RoadRunnerLaser 4 years ago
nerd
boobyboob69 4 years ago
Thank you. :)
RoadRunnerLaser 4 years ago
eh at least he will get pay you unlike you
bedshow 4 years ago
Thanks for your comment... I called it "Lunar Eclipse" because that's the generally understood term for what was going on that night. I think it makes it easier to grasp what this video is illustrating, especially for the "astronomically challenged" :-), and to relate it to the other lunar eclipse videos posted here. When we have a permanent outpost on the Moon, and this kind of event is actually being observed and documented, I suppose the IAU will have to come up with a specific term for it.
jlc1231 3 years ago
LOL. I wasn't casting doubt upon your terminology. I was answering a user who asked if it would be called a "solar eclipse of the Earth".
I agree that we all know it as the lunar eclipse which happened on that date and I didn't have any issue with your application of terminology.
I'm surprised by the dumbass comments I attracted for giving someone a technically accurate answer to their question.
I don't really mind being called a nerd but what is bedshow smoking ??
RoadRunnerLaser 3 years ago
@RoadRunnerLaser while you are correct, telling someone that information is like telling someone, "You really can't park on a driveway, because you don't drive on it... you park.... but that's okay, everyone still calls it a "driveway" anyway."
RayTech70 1 year ago
thats pretty cool. its exactly what we see during a solar eclipse. awesome video :)
wgjpinoy654 4 years ago
Pause at 6 sec
Zero525768 4 years ago
ooooh! that was cool.
k6yardotcom 4 years ago
that's cool thanks for sharing
shineya14 4 years ago
really cool man. Thanks for sharing!
nelsdawgy 4 years ago
What program did you use to create the animation? Starry Night Enthusiast shows a red ring around the earth when it's in that aspect relative to the sun. I should use SN to make a QuickTime movie and put it up to demonstrate.
rakkav 4 years ago
That would be cool, I'd like to see what you come up with! I used Stellarium, which is free and downloadable online. The program isn't fully developed yet, so it's still kind of clunky and buggy (I had to manually capture each frame for this movie), but it can do some fairly nice renderings, and you can't beat the price... :-)
jlc1231 4 years ago
OK then. The red ring may not be prominent, but it will be there, especially if I zoom in! I'm pretty busy, so you'll have to be patient, but meanwhile check out my other animations based on SN (notably the solar eclipse over ancient Babylon).
rakkav 4 years ago
i saw the lunar eclipse this morning ^^
giggled 4 years ago
what time did it happen i missed it..
lilone759 4 years ago
well i live in southern ontario (canada) it started around 4:45AM
giggled 4 years ago
thats pretty cool. its exactly what we see during a solar eclipse.
PCguy101 4 years ago
interesting
JaimeBiosensor 4 years ago