Oh! I was downloading eclipse, and I remembered mom watching TV an listening to the news channels buzzing around with the news of the first lunar hide n seek....
and with the astrologers
telling the do's n dont's on the day of the eclipse - I remember one - not to eat during the peak time of the eclipse.Well, I looked for the time of the eclipse n came across this "delicious" pic.... err... well I was hungry na! Damn! who's gonna wait till 10 pm! I could already hear the bhangra music :P of the rehearsals the mice in my stomach were planning....!
Ah! its the first lunar eclipse of 2009.. approximately 11 days after the first solar eclipse.
Here's a pretty cool site I found about the celestial events in 2009 and more years.
Moving from the "hunger-panged-world" to some astronomy:
This illustration shows the penumbral lunar eclipse on February 9, 2009. It is fairly close to scale and illustrates how th
e moon passes through the penumbral portion of the earth’s shadow.A penumbral lunar eclipse, which will occur on February 9, 2009, will be the first lunar eclipse of the year. People can experience the eclipse in areas such as Alaska, Australia, eastern Asia, Hawaii, and New Zealand.
Will the Eclipse be Visible?
According to NASA, this event is the deepest penumbral eclipse in 2009, with a penumbral magnitude of 0.899. It will be visible to the naked eye as dusky shading in the northern half of the moon.
To be precise:
The times of the major phases in India are listed below
Eclipse begin time: 18:08:46 IST
Greatest eclipse time: 20:08:15 IST
Eclipse end time: 22:07:40 IST
Hmmm.....
What about the myths surrounding the eclipses? Like a demon swallowing the celestial bodies.... Ah! what should then one say when the eclipse is over!
Even I dont know... !
I only know and remember enjoying the night sky at Nehru Planetorium in Delhi - learning about the various planets, and dreaming to be the first Kalpana Chawla:D and zip zap zooming across the sky in mh spaceship ..lolZ :D
OMG! you see, all busy in blogging about the delicious "fruit-shaped" pic , I simply forgot to eat... (I have a candy bar hidden in my pocket..ssshhh don't tell it to anyone 
So lemme welcome to the stage the mice for a fabulous dance presentation - all set for a rock n roll party tonight - choreographed by none other than Justin Timberlake - whoppiee!
Cool! I just needed the timings. That link you provided is awesome.
ReplyDeletethis is such a hilarious description :D
ReplyDeletehahaha! I can imagine the choreography of timberlake with the mice=)) ROFL
ReplyDeletehehe moon or no moon the mice had a ball! Hope u had dinner at the right time :P
ReplyDeleteCool! u make things sound so comical. No one could ever imagine it like dat! Great imagination!
ReplyDeleteThis is so amusing...... u hv taken me to moon to mice to bhangra to planetarium.....truly a light headed joy ride
ReplyDeletehahaha! I can imagine the choreography of timberlake with the mice=)) ROFL
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