[AZ-Observing] Re: Lunar Eclipse from Fountain Hills
- From: stanfm@xxxxxxx
- To: az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2007 10:18:47 -0400
We had a small group of about 15 students who met at the parking lot at
Southern and McClintock in Tempe.? The Gold Bar Coffee House stayed open for us
to serve free Americanos and hot chocolate.? I had set up my 12.5 dob for fun,
and we got a bonus as many were able to take close up photos through the lens
with their small cameras.? It was a wonderful time.
sferris
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From: gene lucas <geneluca@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Tue, 28 Aug 2007 5:59 am
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 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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