It's hard to ignore an eclipse, unless clouds get in the way. ________________________________ From: Chrismo <djchrismo@gmail.com> To: Utah Astronomy <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Sunday, December 4, 2011 11:12 AM Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Eclipse next Saturday morning Oh, I'm totally excited about the eclipse in May, and the Venus transit to follow. In my case, however, I'm a junkie for this kind of action, so I'm willing to bend my own rules and get out to see it. This will also be one of those rare opportunities to get my wife interested in viewing. After last summer's Great Garradd Debacle (aka, the "It looks like a smudge" incident) and Labor Day's Grand M57 Disappointment (aka, the "I think that you need to clean this eyepiece, it looks like there's a fingerprint or something on it" affair), the eclipse, even if only mildly spectacular, will be a welcome sight. On Sat, Dec 3, 2011 at 9:57 PM, Patrick Wiggins <paw@wirelessbeehive.com>wrote:
On 03 Dec 2011, at 20:38, Chrismo wrote:
So the weather report for next weekend looks good so far. Who's got a suggestion for best viewing location for low western horizon?
Before folks get too excited about Saturday's eclipse keep in mind that from here in Utah the Moon will set before totality and the glow of approaching dawn will spoil the view even before that.
'Course there is one person on this list who could have an excellent view. Rob, you going to chime in?
The eclipse to get excited about is next May's annular.
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