[sac-forum] Re: [AZ-Observing] 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
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