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Date: 28 Aug 2007 07:13:49
From: Chris L Peterson
Subject: Eclipse from Colorado
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The weather even at midnight was not promising- it was raining lightly
and there was just a slight glow through the clouds to suggest they
might not be too thick. Figured the eclipse would be a washout and went
to bed without setting the alarm. But I woke up at 3:30 and the
partially eclipsed Moon was hanging there outside the bedroom window, so
I forced myself to get up. Glad I did, since the night was completely
cloudless, with great transparency. Even with the Moon not yet totally
eclipsed, the LM was better than mag 6, and I could easily pick out 11
stars in the Pleiades.
I imaged the eclipse to near the end of totality, and watched it until
is set at dawn. This was one of the reddest eclipses I've seen, and it
was fun watching stars come and go behind the Moon during totality (a
couple naked-eye, and lots with my 7x50s). Saw a few nice meteors as
well.
I've posted a few images at
http://www.cloudbait.com/gallery/planets/ecl20070828.html
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Chris L Peterson
Cloudbait Observatory
http://www.cloudbait.com
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Date: 29 Aug 2007 18:37:18
From: eddie
Subject: Re: Eclipse from Colorado
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Excellent Chris, excellent!:)
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Date: 28 Aug 2007 21:17:18
From: Margo Schulter
Subject: Re: Eclipse from Colorado
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Chris L Peterson <clp@alumni.caltech.edu > wrote:
> The weather even at midnight was not promising- it was raining lightly
> and there was just a slight glow through the clouds to suggest they
> might not be too thick. Figured the eclipse would be a washout and went
> to bed without setting the alarm. But I woke up at 3:30 and the
> partially eclipsed Moon was hanging there outside the bedroom window, so
> I forced myself to get up. Glad I did, since the night was completely
> cloudless, with great transparency. Even with the Moon not yet totally
> eclipsed, the LM was better than mag 6, and I could easily pick out 11
> stars in the Pleiades.
Congratulations! This is a great lesson in how sometimes things turn out
better than expected -- if you're ready to observe.
Here in Sacramento, CA, the Moon rose out of a cloudy area near the
horizon -- but was then gorgeously clear, with the skies very nice
through the eclipse itself.
Mostly my stargazing with 7X50 binocs was directed to Sculptor as a
preparation for better locating NGC 253 with my Dob; here an LM of
mag 6 might be closer to obtaining for the 7X50's than the naked eye
<grin >. Thanks for the reminder that I should look for those beautiful
Pleiades!
> I imaged the eclipse to near the end of totality, and watched it until
> is set at dawn. This was one of the reddest eclipses I've seen, and it
> was fun watching stars come and go behind the Moon during totality (a
> couple naked-eye, and lots with my 7x50s). Saw a few nice meteors as
> well.
I saw some stars quite close to the totally eclipsed Moon, although in
LM 3.5 skies not as many! It would have been fun to watch the Moon
hide and then reveal these stars -- what's the proper term for that?
> I've posted a few images at
> http://www.cloudbait.com/gallery/planets/ecl20070828.html
I'll have to check these out -- and, again, thanks for a great report.
There's lots for a newcomer for me to learn from your posts.
With many thanks,
Margo
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Date: 28 Aug 2007 15:47:55
From: Chris L Peterson
Subject: Re: Eclipse from Colorado
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On 28 Aug 2007 21:17:18 GMT, Margo Schulter <mschulter@web1.calweb.com >
wrote:
>Thanks for the reminder that I should look for those beautiful
>Pleiades!
It was quite warm out this morning, in the low 50s. I'm not used to
seeing the Pleiades or Orion under those conditions. Usually those
objects are associated with subzero observing around here. Just seeing
them is almost enough to make me shiver, regardless of the actual
temperature!
>I saw some stars quite close to the totally eclipsed Moon, although in
>LM 3.5 skies not as many! It would have been fun to watch the Moon
>hide and then reveal these stars -- what's the proper term for that?
You would be correct using "eclipse", but "occultation" is the better
term. "Eclipse" is potentially ambiguous since it can mean that one body
either goes behind the other, or passes into its shadow. "Occultation"
means only the former.
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Chris L Peterson
Cloudbait Observatory
http://www.cloudbait.com
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Date: 29 Aug 2007 09:15:46
From: Steve Paul
Subject: Re: Eclipse from Colorado
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"Chris L Peterson" <clp@alumni.caltech.edu > wrote in message
news:ah59d3hdcdlok40e2mbohlps5fj0hm6j45@4ax.com...
> On 28 Aug 2007 21:17:18 GMT, Margo Schulter <mschulter@web1.calweb.com>
> wrote:
>
>>Thanks for the reminder that I should look for those beautiful
>>Pleiades!
>
> It was quite warm out this morning, in the low 50s. I'm not used to
> seeing the Pleiades or Orion under those conditions. Usually those
> objects are associated with subzero observing around here. Just seeing
> them is almost enough to make me shiver, regardless of the actual
> temperature!
One of my fondest memories was going out to observe Saturn(?) early one
October morning. Expecting it to be in the mid-40's to low-50F's I got out
there to find it was in the upper-60's. Orion was just appearing over the
tree tops and the warmth of the air had an odd, surealistic effect on time
and season.
-Steve P.
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Date: 28 Aug 2007 21:31:25
From: Esmail
Subject: Re: Eclipse from Colorado
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Chris L Peterson wrote:
> On 28 Aug 2007 21:17:18 GMT, Margo Schulter <mschulter@web1.calweb.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Thanks for the reminder that I should look for those beautiful
>> Pleiades!
>
> It was quite warm out this morning, in the low 50s. I'm not used to
> seeing the Pleiades or Orion under those conditions. Usually those
> objects are associated with subzero observing around here. Just seeing
> them is almost enough to make me shiver, regardless of the actual
> temperature!
Hi Chris,
funny you should mention this.
I was out around 5am here in the North Country (up-up-upstate NY) to
watch the eclipse and I noticed these three very bright equidistant
stars .. it took me a while to figure out that I was looking at the
belt of Orion ;-)
I'd have recognized this in the cold of winter in no time.
Beautiful to see the moon change so rapidly this morning, what a treat.
Esmail
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Date: 28 Aug 2007 19:09:27
From: Norbert
Subject: Re: Eclipse from Colorado
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Chris L Peterson nous a donc écrit :
> The weather even at midnight was not promising- it was raining lightly
> and there was just a slight glow through the clouds to suggest they
> might not be too thick. Figured the eclipse would be a washout and
> went to bed without setting the alarm. But I woke up at 3:30 and the
> partially eclipsed Moon was hanging there outside the bedroom window,
> so I forced myself to get up. Glad I did, since the night was
> completely cloudless, with great transparency. Even with the Moon not
> yet totally eclipsed, the LM was better than mag 6, and I could
> easily pick out 11 stars in the Pleiades.
>
> I imaged the eclipse to near the end of totality, and watched it until
> is set at dawn. This was one of the reddest eclipses I've seen, and it
> was fun watching stars come and go behind the Moon during totality (a
> couple naked-eye, and lots with my 7x50s). Saw a few nice meteors as
> well.
>
> I've posted a few images at
> http://www.cloudbait.com/gallery/planets/ecl20070828.html
>
Happy guy, no eclipse in Europe :(
Nice pictures, Chris, with fine colors.
--
Norbert. (no X for the answer)
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