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

 
My wife and I played it a little wimpy, set the alarm for 2:45 and watched
itfor 15 minutes as it entered totality.  Work schedules wouldn't have
allowed for an all night session (like when I took off for the peak of the
Perseid's) but it was beautiful to see.  I kept thinking how great it would
have been to have been back up at Cherry Hill Rd out of the city lights. 
Despite the city lights it was easy to make out the Pleiades and Mars over
inthe eastern sky though I guess I missed it when it was as big as the full
moon, hehe.

Curiously too right around totality a little breeze kicked up.  Coincidence
to be sure but a little spooky nonetheless.

Clear Skies,

Wayne

Spencer, Darrell wrote: So did I. No pics though, just a memorable event.
Great color at and around totality. Plus, some of the "winter" DSOs are up
atthat hour! (A bonus) Darrell Spencer (newbie to the forum, the local
astronomy crowd and proud owner of a new XT10i to complement my DS114 newt
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Subject: [AZ-Observing] Lunar Eclipse from Fountain Hills 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
haveto 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) -- See
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