Any luck with eclipse
Clouds kept us from seeing anything at SPOC until just as totality was ending. Nice views after that. Anthony Arrigo reports on his web site that clouds moved in on him just as totality was about to begin. I think he's in Park City. Anyone in Utah get to see totality tonight? Patrick
--- Patrick Wiggins <paw@trilobyte.net> wrote:
Anyone in Utah get to see totality tonight?
Right at 5:30 I caught it just peeking over the mountain, still approaching totality. Then the window closed and only intermittant views were seen through the haze. At mid-totality it was impossible to see at all, too dark to punch through the cloud cover. Fleeting views of ending stages. My location was great (driveway!) from the standpoint of a low eastern horizon, but the clouds all but blocked the view completely. Incidentally, I ran Orion's version of TheSky, facing northeast, and drew my local horizon and obstructions on my monitor with a grease pencil. Even when the moon was totally obscured, I could see where it was on the monitor, as a consolation prize. I saw the TV coverage of the SPOC event, you folks all looked great! C. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Protect your identity with Yahoo! Mail AddressGuard http://antispam.yahoo.com/whatsnewfree
Between Moab and Greenriver is was awesome. I did not have a lens of any kind with me. Wayne -----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Patrick Wiggins Sent: Saturday, November 08, 2003 11:03 PM To: utah astronomy listserve Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Any luck with eclipse Clouds kept us from seeing anything at SPOC until just as totality was ending. Nice views after that. Anthony Arrigo reports on his web site that clouds moved in on him just as totality was about to begin. I think he's in Park City. Anyone in Utah get to see totality tonight? Patrick _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy
I was completely clouded out from my vantage point at Research Park. But afterward I had a nice view of the emerging moon. No photo, but I enjoyed seeing Earth's curvature as recorded in the shadow on the moon. Best wishes, Joe
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