[AZ-Observing] Re: Total Eclipse from Phoenix and Tempe
- From: <rtejera@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Thu, 28 Oct 2004 13:19:12 -0400
Odd, From northern Glendale, all I saw was a white glow through the =
clouds at first contact. the sky was pretty solid overcast from there =
on. Kept going out between innings to check. Didn't see a bloody thing. =
Cest la VIe.
Rick
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From: Tom Polakis [mailto:tpolakis@xxxxxxx]
Sent: Thursday, October 28, 2004 10:14 AM
To: AZ-Observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [AZ-Observing] Total Eclipse from Phoenix and Tempe
After looking at the satellite (and radar) images, I felt like I had no=20
business seeing the totally eclipsed moon last night, but there it was =
for=20
the full hour and a half. Jenn and I watched the partial eclipse =
through=20
clouds from her kids' school near downtown Phoenix. We headed for Tempe =
about five minutes before second contact. The eclipsed moon was bright=20
enough to show up despite all of the freeway lights along I-10 and US-60 =
on the way home. We got home about 15 minutes into totality, and I set =
up=20
the Pronto in the front yard, which gave a great view. The moon was=20
untouched by clouds for all of totality.
The colors were pretty subtle, but then I'm used to watching these =
things=20
from darker sites. This was a bright eclipse, as predicted, outshining=20
every star in the sky.
Just after third contact, the low clouds moved in from the west, and=20
covered the sky for good.
Tom
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