For what it's worth, SLAS has a commitment to be at SPOC inasmuch as we have scheduled a public star party there for the eclipse. Of course no one is obligated, but if any of you have no preference, then please consider coming to SPOC to help support this public event. -----Original Message----- From: Chuck Hards [mailto:chuckhards@yahoo.com] Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2003 9:34 AM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Re: Lunar eclipse Actually I strongly disagree with this statement. A partially eclipsed moon in a twilight sky is a beautiful sight and very worthy of a photographic attempt, or a trip to just see it visually. A matter of taste that each observer must decide for themselves.
From the center of the Salt Lake valley, transit time to Little Mountain is identical to that for SPOC, assuming dry roads.
C. --- Patrick Wiggins <paw@trilobyte.net> wrote:
As for the partial phase leading up to totality one should remember that at the time the Moon reaches totality (18:06) the Sun will be barely 10 degrees below the opposite horizon so the sky will not be all that dark, especially early in the partial phase. So going somewhere higher (and colder) to see the partial phase might not be worth the trip.
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Well of course that's different. SLAS members obligated to be at SPOC should certainly go there, but lets not try and sell an obviously inferior site (for this particular event only) by arbitrarily discounting half of the entire event. List members are not all SLAS members. As it turns out, my own yard will actually show, within a few minutes, what can be observed from Little Mountain, I may just set up in my driveway anyway. Too, family politics (and the weather) is the ultimate decision maker. Park City observers will probably have the best view by far. C. --- Kim Hyatt <khyatt@smithlayton.com> wrote:
For what it's worth, SLAS has a commitment to be at SPOC inasmuch as we have scheduled a public star party there for the eclipse. Of course no one is obligated, but if any of you have no preference, then please consider coming to SPOC to help support this public event.
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