[AZ-Observing] Re: Tonight's Eclipse
- From: "Jack Jones" <spicastar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 16 May 2003 00:01:40 -0700
I've seen a spectacular eclipse high in the sky yet where you could only
see it with averted vision, very dark brownish gold. This was in
~1963-64, I think the year of Kilauea or Pinatubo.
During tonight's eclipse, I saw at 7:59pm what looked like (thru the
telescope) a tiny round disk, reminding me of a Jupiter moon shadow on
Jupiter, not an airplane, too big for a satellite, slowly crossing the
lit part of the moon. Anyone else happen to see it? Only reporting what
I saw... (8" f/10 S-C, 75X, North Central Phx.)
Jack Jones
> There's been no major volcanic event in more than a decade, and
> indeed this was a relatively _bright_ eclipse. I estimated the
magnitude
> as about -2 (slightly fainter than Jupiter) at mid-eclipse. On other
> occasions, I've seen it as faint as +3.5 to 4 (i.e. a factor of ~200
> fainter!) only months after big eruptions.
>
> \Brian
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