I just got off the phone with Snowbird Ski Resort - I am looking into the feasability of renting the Tram for an "Eclipse Party" I recieved a quote from an "unofficial source" for "about $500" What do you guys think of the possibility of splitting the costs up for the event? Is there anyway we could get an estimate of interested parties? Do you think the weather would be too prohibitive? -----Original Message----- From: Chuck Hards [mailto:chuckhards@yahoo.com] Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2003 2:09 PM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Lunar eclipse 13.2 degrees high isn't very high, just going from memory, I'd say the moon will barely be clearing the mountain, if at all during totality. I'm going east instead. Thanks, Jim. C. --- Jim Cobb <james@cobb.name> wrote:

Here are computations from xephem

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In SLC the moon will rise at 5:13 pm MST, already partially eclipsed. The Moon will be 8.6 degrees above the horizon when totality begins, at 6:06 pm, and will be 13.2 degrees above the horizon at 6:31 pm when totality ends (this is an unusually short total phase time).

So the question is, how high is the eastern horizon at SPOC? The moon has azimuth 69 degrees when it rises; 76 degrees when totality begins; 80 degrees when totality ends.

Jim

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Date: Wed, 5 Nov 2003 11:14:28 -0800 (PST) From: Chuck Hards <chuckhards@yahoo.com> Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Lunar eclipse To: Utah-Astro <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com>

Has anyone determined if this weekend's eclipse will be visible from SPOC? Totality is very brief for this eclipse, and from Utah it rises already entering the umbra (from a theoretically flat horizon).

Im wondering if it will be essentially over before cresting the mountain ridge as seen from Stansbury.

Can someone with a planetarium program check this out?

Thanks

C.

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