[AZ-Observing] Re: Lunar Eclipse from Fountain Hills

 From the west side of Phoenix I go to see some of i too. I was not 
feeling well so did not stay for the whole even. I got up around 2:30 
AM and saw the eclipse was about 50% the again after 3 AM for the 
totality. I have seen many of these, but his is the firs one in the 
early morning. Most are during the early evening. I was struck by how 
dark it seemed to get. It was a beautiful night and those who stayed 
were treated to a great evening.

Jeff

At 05:59 -0700 08/28/2007, gene lucas wrote:
>Stayed up and watched the lunar eclipse from my front yard here in
>Fountain Hills.
>Sky was clear all night, calm, temp about 90 F.
>Nice colors seen with my Celestron Sky Master 25x100 binoculars, tripod
>mounted., Moon globe looked 3-D when it was fully eclipsed.  Made some
>crude sketches. I would probably have set up some cameras, maybe video,
>but I was trapped on jury duty yesterday, and have to go again today.
>
>I also downloaded pix off the internet from the Mt. Wilson Solar
>Observatory Tower Cam every 5 min or so.  Caught most of the eclipse.
>Will try cropping and making a short AVI out of the JPEGs.
>
>I wasted a lot of time trying to get the so-called "live web cast" from
>NASA to load and run.  No Go with any of the browsers or connections I
>have available.  First the page would not load at all, then the pictures
>never updated.  "Goddard, we have a problem!!" Also, a disappointing
>so-called live web cast from the "Coca-Cola Space Center", which looked
>like they left the lens cap on... Pictures loaded, but were completely
>black!
>
>Gene Lucas
>(17250)

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