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Start to finish. #LunarEclipse of the #BloodMoon as seen in #NovaScotia @yhzweatherguy.bsky.social @allisteraalders.bsky.social @themurphologist.bsky.social

Lunar eclipse early today as moon set over Halifax

If you missed this morning's lunar eclipse, the next one is the night of August 27! I think the timing is nicer, too: partial phase begins about 11:30pm ADT and ends about 2:50am ADT. (I prefer late nights to early mornings!)

beauty!

My full time job: moon sharer

FULL MOON JUST ROSE OVER DARTMOUTH, CAN YOU SEE IT??!!!

Lunar eclipse at moonset ~6:00-6:50 am Tues March 3rd here in Halifax (and anywhere in Maritimes). Sky looking favorable here. Situate yourself at a high point to possibly see it. Moon should turn orange/red especially in the upper left portion. timeanddate.com/eclipse/in/c...

Reminder:

There's a lunar eclipse tonight (better description: right before sunrise tomorrow morning!). This is where the moon goes into the Earth's shadow so the moon becomes a red-orange colour when under that shadow. Visible all across north america, if you've got clear skies (1/3)

Moon’s up, can you see it? The very bright spot near the moon is Jupiter. Photos taken through the Atrium glass ceiling windows as I’m leaving work just now.

everything is increasingly intolerable all the time.

I’ve been sitting on a bus at the corner of Barrington St and Spring Garden Rd for >10 minutes. At one corner! Waiting for space on the other side of the intersection! We’ve gotta get people out of single occupancy cars and into other modes of transportation. This… this doesn’t work. 😭

re: NS budget specifically noting $11 million decrease in funding to SMU 🫠

this is incredible

bluesky, the canadian sports app

If you work hard enough, you too can achieve your dreams (getting a 10C bus after missing it by like ten seconds at work by getting on the 10A bus 3 minutes later then running for a 10B during the route while stuck in traffic then running for a 10C after the 10B route ended) #niche #halisky

Tiny crescent moon is in the sky tonight. Can you see it?

The Burke-Gaffney Observatory usually runs a tour for groups like Girl Guides or similar at least every Monday... and I am off to email yet another group leader that, uh, maybe (!) we're gonna have to reschedule again...???

i cannot believe it took me less than 10 minutes to get a hilary duff ticket at exactly the price i wanted to pay in a good spot for her show here in halifax next Feb. the ticketmaster gods looked favourably upon me this morning!

Surprisingly, I’ve seen no road plows on my bus journey through Dartmouth but I have seen this one little bike lane and sidewalk plow go up and down Wyse Rd. #halisky

goodness GRACIOUS the snow is coming down heavy out here. I waited for my bus for a few minutes outside and was covered in a thick layer of fluffy snow by the time I boarded #nswx

happy Saturday, I am at work. At least the views are nice.

This series is absolutely incredible. I'm floored. Big kudos to @signalhfx.bsky.social

My grandmother tells the story all the time that she ALWAYS wanted a girl and to name her Tiffany, but she only had boys. Well, when I, the first grandchild, came along, it’s almost as if my parents had no choice. I’ve been named Tiffany for 60 years.

many thanks to all of the #halisky members that are paying attention to the halifax council budget meetings and sharing with the rest of us i mean, it all sounds bleak and terrible but i appreciate reading the commentary and i appreciate the reporting

you know you're in canada when the optimal snow-clearing time is given in units of hockey games (we appreciate you greatly Jim!!!!!)

third quarter moon is in the western sky right now - can you see it?

that halftime performance was incredible *and* reminded me that I actually understand a moderate amount of Spanish

This is my experience with a lot of things in physics

Do you still have eclipse glasses? There's a HUGE sunspot on the sun right now. The sun is shining through a break in clouds over Halifax & I've convinced myself I can see it through my eclipse glasses... I've attached an image from NASA/SDO and rotated it to match what I think I see!

I HAD AN OFFICE VISITOR TODAY!!!

the outside of the observatory dome is covered in a little snow this morning

me, trying to use outlook because i want to send an email with an attachment that lives in my onedrive but i want it as an ATTACHMENT not a godforsaken onedrive link and its just too much to handle so the outlook app keeps crashing: 🙃🫠😐😵‍💫😖😡🤬

big ball of nuclear fusion and plasma next door is busy

Artemis II's next-soonest-launch-date is now *March 6.* Originally the earliest launch date was Feb 6, then cold weather, then Feb 8 so the rocket could be tested with a full load of fuel ("wet dress rehearsal"), then those results delayed launch until the next available night, March 6, for safety.

a good barometer on my mental health is perhaps how badly I would like to raise a CNIB guide dog puppy www.cnib.ca/en/volunteer...

look, I realize heavy snowfall and cancellations are a big big problem for many but I, personally, selfishly, want enough snow for a 3rd snow day Monday in a row and this southward shift is disappointing to me!!

One Canadian and 3 Americans are going to leave earth for a 10-day trip to travel around the moon soooooo soon! As early as Feb 8, coincidentally the same date (nearly same time) as the superbowl... But if you feel the same way I do about football, it'd be a perfect thing to put on the TV instead!!!

moon is up over Dartmouth, featuring a terrible photo through binoculars

Moon’s up

omg look at these icicles

Moon’s up. As early as two weeks from now, there will be four humans blasting off earth to travel around it for the first time in >50 years for the Artemis II mission. Among them will be Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen.

Moons up

I don’t see anything from my house in Dartmouth but, like, being able to see anything from my house is *extreme* so not very surprising. But perhaps others around Halifax or elsewhere can see this substorm!!

Ok, I’m clouded over, weather app is saying we might get snow over the next 30 minutes (lol), so I’m gonna hang out indoors for the next long while, maybe try to find something for dinner, etc. I’m tapping out of the aurora chase for the night (for now) but if you see something crazy let me know

This is the cue to GET OUTSIDE *but* I am currently not seeing anything with my camera in NS. Maybe others have more luck?

this must've been what I was able to see in Dartmouth, NS with my phone closer to 6pm AST. sooo I'm gonna warm up my fingers inside for a little before going back out to watch the sky but someone PLEASE let me know if the sky starts glowing profusely again ok

look, this was the ONE time I told a (national TV) reporter - "no, given the data, I don't think we'll get a second night of northern lights tonight" - and, well, I'm happy to be wrong about it! but I do feel silly and hope that bit didn't make it into national news today

I saw red glow in my iPhone about 10 minutes ago while walking home, but it faded a bit for me. (I’m currently trying to remotely calm down a moody telescope but will get back to seeing if I can spot aurora soon)