[AZ-Observing] Re: The Eclipse before the storm

We got lucky up here in New River.  Although the Moon rose in cloudy skies,
the clouds parted right around the time of maximum eclipse.  Got this shot
of the eclipsed Moon and Saturn:

http://www.dfacaz.org/astrophotos/LunarEclipse&Saturn-Heim.html

By 9 pm it had clouded over again and started raining.  We got lucky this
time.

Dan Heim
President
Desert Foothills Astronomy Club
http://www.dfacaz.org


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From: "Bob Christ" <bchrist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2008 8:15 AM
Subject: [AZ-Observing] Re: The Eclipse before the storm


> I, Tim Jones, and our ladies had high expectations to see the eclipse
> last night - until we looked up.  Viewing from the Tatum Blvd/Pinnacle
> Peak area, about 4 minutes before totality, we enjoyed a small window of
> reasonably unobstructed viewing via the human eye and 15x70 binoculars.
> Aside from the very small illuminated portion, the reddish cast and
> shadows of the Moon's structure were sensational and reminded me of a
> view I had of Mars years ago through my scope.  I was just getting into
> astronomy and had false expectations regarding what I'd be able to see.
> At that time I thought the view of Mars was just "ho-hum."  In
> retrospect, I now know I had been treated to a most excellent view that
> night.
>
> Bob Christ
>
> Steve Coe wrote:
> > Howdy all;
> > I got a few moments around 7:30 to view the eclipse of the moon, before
the
> > clouds and rain and lightening and thunder all got started.
> >
> > I would saw that the Moon was about 80% eclipsed when I looked, the mare
> > were easy in the 8X42 binoculars and there was a thick bright rim to the
> > Moon.  The bright rim looked like a crescent Moon at the "wrong angle".
> >
> > That is about all I got to see before the clouds made me stop;
> >
> > Steve Coe
> >
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