(SNES) Thursday's Lunar Eclipse

["Bob Napier" <bob_napier@hotmail.com>]

We had a bit of luck at Seagrave Observatory -- the cloud cover opened up 
for a few hours.

About 30 people (public, Skyscrapers and ATMoBs) showed up at Seagrave 
Observatory in N. Scituate, RI, to observe the eclipse.  It was cloudy when 
most of the people showed up around 8:30 PM.  By the start of the penumbral 
phase of the eclipse, the clouds cleared!  At first there was just a faint 
shading on the lower left quadrant of the moon as it entered the earth's 
shadow.

When the moon moved into the umbra, there was a distinct edge to the shadow 
when viewed through binoculars.  There was a very faint reddish color as the 
eclipse progressed when viewed through binoculars and a 4" refractor and a 
4" reflector, but it did not get all that red even in the total eclipse 
phase.  The red color was definitely visible with just the eye during 
totality.

Several members didn't bring their cameras because they though the whole 
thing was going to be clouded out, but some did bring digital cameras and 
took images during the eclipse.  They will be posted on the Skyscrapers web 
site soon:   www.theskyscrapers.org

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