As always for Utah events this time of year, cloud-out is the probable outcome. Eclipse chart markups for SLC by Kaf http://gallery.utahastronomy.com/main.php?g2_itemId=10957 MST Map from Mr. Eclipse at NASA http://sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse/LEmono/TLE2008Feb21/image/TLE2008Feb21... http://sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse/OH/OHfigures/OH2008-Fig02.pdf Saturn Regulus and Moon will be within a 5 degree circle during event. Mars will be transiting at greatest eclipse. MST Times P1 Penumbral Eclipse begins 5:36pm Az 71 Alt -4 First red tinge appears on east side of Moon U1 Partial Eclipse begins 6:43pm Az 82 Alt 7 Moon covered in reddish tinge U2 Total Eclipse begins: 8:01pm Az 95 Alt 21 Moon dark-brown black Greatest Eclipse: 8:26pm Az 102 Alt 29 Moon disappears U3 Total Eclipse ends: 8:51pm Az 104 Alt 30 Moon dark-brown black U4 Partial Eclipse begins: 10:09pm Az 119 Alt 42 Moon covered in reddish tinge P4 Penumbral Eclipse Ends: 11:15pm Az 140 Alt 52 Last red tinge on west side of Moon disappears Horizon chart markups for SLC by Kaf For 6:43pm U1 http://gallery.utahastronomy.com/main.php?g2_itemId=10930 UT Times Penumbral Eclipse Begins: 00:36:35 UT Partial Eclipse Begins: 01:43:19 UT Total Eclipse Begins: 03:01:10 UT Greatest Eclipse: 03:26:05 UT Total Eclipse Ends: 03:50:57 UT Partial Eclipse Ends: 05:08:47 UT Penumbral Eclipse Ends: 06:15:39 UT Events correspond to: P1 - Instant of first exterior tangency of Moon with Penumbra. (Penumbral Eclipse Begins) U1 - Instant of first exterior tangency of Moon with Umbra. (Partial Umbral Eclipse Begins) U4 - Instant of last exterior tangency of Moon with Umbra (Partial Umbral Eclipse Ends) P4 - Instant of last exterior tangency of Moon with Penumbra. (Penumbral Eclipse Ends) See: http://sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse/OH/OH2008.html All events list defintions: P1 - Instant of first exterior tangency of Penumbra with Earth's limb. (Partial Eclipse Begins) P2 - Instant of first interior tangency of Penumbra with Earth's limb. P3 - Instant of last interior tangency of Penumbra with Earth's limb. P4 - Instant of last exterior tangency of Penumbra with Earth's limb. (Partial Eclipse Ends) See: http://sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse/OH/OH2008.html Not all eclipses have P2 and P3 penumbral contacts. They are only present in cases where the penumbral shadow falls completely within Earth's disk. For central eclipses, the lower right corner lists exterior/interior contact times of the Moon's umbral shadow with Earth's limb which are defined as follows: U1 - Instant of first exterior tangency of Umbra with Earth's limb. (Umbral [Total/Annular] Eclipse Begins) U2 - Instant of first interior tangency of Umbra with Earth's limb. U3 - Instant of last interior tangency of Umbra with Earth's limb. U4 - Instant of last exterior tangency of Umbra with Earth's limb. (Umbral [Total/Annular] Eclipse Ends) See: http://sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse/OH/OH2008.html
From the Utah astro gallery
Rob's images from 8-27-2007 eclipse http://gallery.utahastronomy.com/main.php?g2_itemId=9797 http://gallery.utahastronomy.com/main.php?g2_itemId=9794 - Kurt ____________________________________________________________________________________ Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs