Earthshine

awip2062 · Post by **awip2062** » Sun Nov 30, 2008 3:25 pm

It is said that we may be able to see earthshine tomorrow (Monday the 1st of December)!

*hoping for no cloud cover as she sits in a nice thick fog lol*

zepboy · Post by **zepboy** » Sun Nov 30, 2008 4:23 pm

Um, pardon my ignorance, but what is earthshine, and how will I know when I see it?

Raiden · Post by **Raiden** » Sun Nov 30, 2008 5:32 pm

On certain nights when the angles are right (be quiet) sunlight is reflected from Earth and faintly illuminates the part of the moon on which the sun is not shining.

Here's an animated diagram.

awip2062 · Post by **awip2062** » Sun Nov 30, 2008 5:42 pm

LOL! Why is it I heard a song in your answer Raiden?

zepboy · Post by **zepboy** » Sun Nov 30, 2008 7:40 pm

Thanks. Now I'm enlightened!

Raiden · Post by **Raiden** » Sun Nov 30, 2008 9:39 pm

awip2062 wrote:LOL! Why is it I heard a song in your answer Raiden?

I'm not sure.

awip2062 · Post by **awip2062** » Sun Nov 30, 2008 9:42 pm

There it is again! Now just thinking of the word, "Earthshine" does it!

Soup4Rush · Post by **Soup4Rush** » Mon Dec 01, 2008 8:00 am

often this is called Planetshine... I actually did some research on this a few years back.. I am kind of a science geek...

awip2062 · Post by **awip2062** » Mon Dec 01, 2008 10:54 am

Yeah, and both "Earthshine" and "Planetshine" make sense. The first because the Earth is shining on the moon and the second because it can be any planet that shines this way.

Right now it isn't looking good for me to see it, though. Fog, fog, fog and a call for precipitation.

Raiden · Post by **Raiden** » Mon Dec 01, 2008 3:55 pm

awip2062 wrote:There it is again! Now just thinking of the word, "Earthshine" does it!

And that's MY fault?

awip2062 · Post by **awip2062** » Mon Dec 01, 2008 3:58 pm

Yups!

You spoke Neil and now I'm done for.

awip2062 · Post by **awip2062** » Mon Dec 01, 2008 9:31 pm

No Earthsine tonight here, unless we play the song. The fog stayed and now it's rainin' to boot!

Raiden · Post by **Raiden** » Tue Dec 02, 2008 3:30 am

awip2062 wrote:Yups!

You spoke Neil and now I'm done for.

Yes, but whose fault is it that you knew the song to begin with?

zepboy · Post by **zepboy** » Tue Dec 02, 2008 6:29 am

^^^^^^^^^^
Here we go with the blame game!!!

YYZ30 · Post by **YYZ30** » Tue Dec 02, 2008 8:10 am

zepboy wrote:^^^^^^^^^^
Here we go with the blame game!!!

Wrong thread for that!