BIGGEST LUNAR ECLIPSE SINCE 1953 DUE SUNDAY.Byline: Dana Bartholomew Staff Writer Lunar lunatics who roust roust tr.v. roust·ed, roust·ing, rousts To rout, especially out of bed. [Probably alteration of rouse.] themselves before dawn Sunday will bask in the shadow of the world. Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, stargazers bent on Adj. 1. bent on - fixed in your purpose; "bent on going to the theater"; "dead set against intervening"; "out to win every event" bent, dead set, out to witnessing the Earth's most total lunar eclipse since 1953 can catch part of the spectacle in the low southwestern sky beginning 4:57 a.m. Sunday. The catch: residents will see a three-quarters eclipse before the moon drops below the Pacific Ocean at almost 6 a.m. The dead-on eclipse will occur six minutes later over viewers in the Central Pacific and Australian longitudes. ``I will delightfully surprise everybody by viewing it,'' said Tony Cook, astronomical observer for Griffith Observatory Griffith Observatory is located in Los Angeles, California, United States. Sitting on the south-facing slope of Mount Hollywood in L.A.'s Griffith Park, it commands a view of the Los Angeles Basin, including downtown Los Angeles to the southeast, Hollywood to the south, and the in Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. . ``It's like, re-energizing completely. Watching something at 4 in the morning, you realize that no one else is - it's like a show just for you.'' Lunar eclipses This is a list of lunar eclipses from the past and the future. 20th century A total of 230 lunar eclipses took place in the 20th century: 83 penumbral, 66 partial and 81 total. occur when the Earth lines up between the sun and moon and casts its shadow, or umbra, across the moon. While such phenomena once suggested to early astronomers that the earth was round, today they hold little scientific value. Nonetheless, dust and variations in the atmosphere create unique conditions for each lunar eclipse, which range from red to blue or gray. A total eclipse can last 1 3/4 hours. Linda Feck n. 1. Effect. 2. Efficacy; force; value. 3. Amount; quantity. He had a feck o' books wi' him. - R. L. Stevenson. The most feck the greater or larger part. - Burns. , of the Ventura County Astronomical Society at Moorpark College, said many club members will be up for their ``family friend'' Sunday. ``It is always worth looking up in the sky,'' said Michael Selden, spokesman for Celestial Observers, an astronomy club in Chatsworth. ``It is a shame that people often don't have the opportunity to see the sky because of light pollution.'' Selden, however, won't rise from his pillow for Sunday's lunar light show. ``If they're not convenient, to hell with it,'' he said. CAPTION(S): box Box: LUNAR ECLIPSE SOURCE: Griffith Observatory Bradford Mar/Staff Artist |
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