Re: Total Lunar Eclipse

[P.J. Alling]

The absolute worst part, is I went to bed and slept fitfully for about 
two hours, woke up and the dog noticed, and let me know he wanted to go 
out.  Having nothing better to do, except sleep, I threw on some 
clothes, and gave him the treat, of an after midnight walk.  The eclipse 
was over the clouds were gone, the moon hung unobscured in the night 
sky, the dog didn't care.


On 9/28/2015 1:58 PM, John wrote:

Despite the local weather forecast, I went outside a few times to check
if it was visible.

Got one fairly good glimpse at the moon through the clouds before it
started. Not enough to see any details; just barely enough to see there
is texture to the moon's surface. Later there was another glimpse
through thinner clouds when the moon was half covered by the earth's
shadow.

When I checked at the time it was supposed to peak, I saw a dark grey
spot in the clouds where the moon should have been. It lasted for an
instant or so before more clouds rolled in.

I thought about setting my camera up anyway, maybe try to get something
to use for the "Wind" PUG, but I couldn't really figure out how to get
anything other than a grey smear against the darker grey of higher 
clouds.


So, anyway, I did see some of the super-moon & eclipse, but never enough
to justify burning any electrons to try to capture an image.

On 9/27/2015 10:53 PM, ann sanfedele wrote:

had a decent view until about 10:15.. then the clouds rolled in... about
20 minutes later I could just barely make out a hint of
anorangepenetratingthe light cloud cover.   :- (

ann



On 9/27/2015 9:02 PM, Knarf wrote:

The moon just disappeared behind a thin layer of clouds here. One can
still see moonlight peeking through the clouds, but no moon.

Hope that situation changes...

Cheers,

frank

On 27 September, 2015 8:57:34 PM EDT, ann sanfedele
<ann...@nyc.rr.com> wrote:

I see the moon from my window now


On 9/27/2015 8:31 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote:

It's overcast here, unfortunately.

Dan Matyola
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On Sun, Sep 27, 2015 at 8:02 PM, Knarf <knarftheria...@gmail.com>

wrote:

Looks like it might get a bit hazy but the moon's still low in the
sky and clearly seen.  I think I missed a nice moonrise over the 
Lake.

Maybe I'll wander down and see what's what...

Cheers,

frank

On 27 September, 2015 7:19:31 PM EDT, John <sesso...@earthlink.net>

wrote:

Unfortunately, it's still heavily overcast around here. Nearest

patch

of
clear skies is several hundred miles away.

On 9/22/2015 3:18 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote:

   From an email I received this afternoon:


Total Lunar Eclipse!

On the evening of September 27th, skywatchers throughout North

America

will be treated to one of nature’s grandest celestial sky shows –

a

total eclipse of the Moon. And unlike the one in April which

occurred
in the early predawn hours, this one will happen during 
convenient

evening ones.

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Re: Total Lunar Eclipse

[ann sanfedele]

I suggest this line of yours for the beginning of a short story or novel...

"The eclipse was over the clouds were gone,
the moon hung unobscured in the night sky,
 the dog didn't care."

Or , as a line to start that game I played long ago with literary types  
writing a line or two, folding over the paper so only part of
what you wrote showed, passing it to the next person to write a couplet, 
repeat folding paper... around the room and then the

last person opens up the whole thing and reads aloud the resulting work.

ann

On 9/28/2015 3:02 PM, P.J. Alling wrote:
The absolute worst part, is I went to bed and slept fitfully for about 
two hours, woke up and the dog noticed, and let me know he wanted to 
go out.  Having nothing better to do, except sleep, I threw on some 
clothes, and gave him the treat, of an after midnight walk. 
  The eclipse was over the clouds were gone, the moon hung unobscured 
in the night sky, the dog didn't care.


On 9/28/2015 1:58 PM, John wrote:

Despite the local weather forecast, I went outside a few times to check
if it was visible.

Got one fairly good glimpse at the moon through the clouds before it
started. Not enough to see any details; just barely enough to see there
is texture to the moon's surface. Later there was another glimpse
through thinner clouds when the moon was half covered by the earth's
shadow.

When I checked at the time it was supposed to peak, I saw a dark grey
spot in the clouds where the moon should have been. It lasted for an
instant or so before more clouds rolled in.

I thought about setting my camera up anyway, maybe try to get something
to use for the "Wind" PUG, but I couldn't really figure out how to get
anything other than a grey smear against the darker grey of higher 
clouds.


So, anyway, I did see some of the super-moon & eclipse, but never enough
to justify burning any electrons to try to capture an image.

On 9/27/2015 10:53 PM, ann sanfedele wrote:
had a decent view until about 10:15.. then the clouds rolled in... 
about

20 minutes later I could just barely make out a hint of
anorangepenetratingthe light cloud cover.   :- (

ann



On 9/27/2015 9:02 PM, Knarf wrote:

The moon just disappeared behind a thin layer of clouds here. One can
still see moonlight peeking through the clouds, but no moon.

Hope that situation changes...

Cheers,

frank

On 27 September, 2015 8:57:34 PM EDT, ann sanfedele
<ann...@nyc.rr.com> wrote:

I see the moon from my window now


On 9/27/2015 8:31 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote:

It's overcast here, unfortunately.

Dan Matyola
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola


On Sun, Sep 27, 2015 at 8:02 PM, Knarf <knarftheria...@gmail.com>

wrote:

Looks like it might get a bit hazy but the moon's still low in the
sky and clearly seen.  I think I missed a nice moonrise over the 
Lake.

Maybe I'll wander down and see what's what...

Cheers,

frank

On 27 September, 2015 7:19:31 PM EDT, John 
<sesso...@earthlink.net>

wrote:

Unfortunately, it's still heavily overcast around here. Nearest

patch

of
clear skies is several hundred miles away.

On 9/22/2015 3:18 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote:

   From an email I received this afternoon:


Total Lunar Eclipse!

On the evening of September 27th, skywatchers throughout North

America
will be treated to one of nature’s grandest celestial sky 
shows –

a

total eclipse of the Moon. And unlike the one in April which

occurred
in the early predawn hours, this one will happen during 
convenient

evening ones.

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Re: Total Lunar Eclipse

[P.J. Alling]

I wish I had a story that would go with.  I write better first lines 
than most authors, it's the rest that escapes me.


On 9/28/2015 3:12 PM, ann sanfedele wrote:
I suggest this line of yours for the beginning of a short story or 
novel...


"The eclipse was over the clouds were gone,
the moon hung unobscured in the night sky,
 the dog didn't care."

Or , as a line to start that game I played long ago with literary 
types  writing a line or two, folding over the paper so only part of
what you wrote showed, passing it to the next person to write a 
couplet, repeat folding paper... around the room and then the

last person opens up the whole thing and reads aloud the resulting work.

ann

On 9/28/2015 3:02 PM, P.J. Alling wrote:
The absolute worst part, is I went to bed and slept fitfully for 
about two hours, woke up and the dog noticed, and let me know he 
wanted to go out.  Having nothing better to do, except sleep, I threw 
on some clothes, and gave him the treat, of an after midnight walk. 
  The eclipse was over the clouds were gone, the moon hung unobscured 
in the night sky, the dog didn't care.


On 9/28/2015 1:58 PM, John wrote:

Despite the local weather forecast, I went outside a few times to check
if it was visible.

Got one fairly good glimpse at the moon through the clouds before it
started. Not enough to see any details; just barely enough to see there
is texture to the moon's surface. Later there was another glimpse
through thinner clouds when the moon was half covered by the earth's
shadow.

When I checked at the time it was supposed to peak, I saw a dark grey
spot in the clouds where the moon should have been. It lasted for an
instant or so before more clouds rolled in.

I thought about setting my camera up anyway, maybe try to get something
to use for the "Wind" PUG, but I couldn't really figure out how to get
anything other than a grey smear against the darker grey of higher 
clouds.


So, anyway, I did see some of the super-moon & eclipse, but never 
enough

to justify burning any electrons to try to capture an image.

On 9/27/2015 10:53 PM, ann sanfedele wrote:
had a decent view until about 10:15.. then the clouds rolled in... 
about

20 minutes later I could just barely make out a hint of
anorangepenetratingthe light cloud cover.   :- (

ann



On 9/27/2015 9:02 PM, Knarf wrote:
The moon just disappeared behind a thin layer of clouds here. One 
can

still see moonlight peeking through the clouds, but no moon.

Hope that situation changes...

Cheers,

frank

On 27 September, 2015 8:57:34 PM EDT, ann sanfedele
<ann...@nyc.rr.com> wrote:

I see the moon from my window now


On 9/27/2015 8:31 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote:

It's overcast here, unfortunately.

Dan Matyola
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola


On Sun, Sep 27, 2015 at 8:02 PM, Knarf <knarftheria...@gmail.com>

wrote:
Looks like it might get a bit hazy but the moon's still low in 
the
sky and clearly seen.  I think I missed a nice moonrise over the 
Lake.

Maybe I'll wander down and see what's what...

Cheers,

frank

On 27 September, 2015 7:19:31 PM EDT, John 
<sesso...@earthlink.net>

wrote:

Unfortunately, it's still heavily overcast around here. Nearest

patch

of
clear skies is several hundred miles away.

On 9/22/2015 3:18 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote:

   From an email I received this afternoon:


Total Lunar Eclipse!

On the evening of September 27th, skywatchers throughout North

America
will be treated to one of nature’s grandest celestial sky 
shows –

a

total eclipse of the Moon. And unlike the one in April which

occurred
in the early predawn hours, this one will happen during 
convenient

evening ones.

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Re: Total Lunar Eclipse

[Bob W-PDML]

Write a book's worth of first lines then.

> On 28 Sep 2015, at 20:22, P.J. Alling  wrote:
> 
> I wish I had a story that would go with.  I write better first lines than 
> most authors, it's the rest that escapes me.
> 
>> On 9/28/2015 3:12 PM, ann sanfedele wrote:
>> I suggest this line of yours for the beginning of a short story or novel...
>> 
>> "The eclipse was over the clouds were gone,
>> the moon hung unobscured in the night sky,
>> the dog didn't care."
>> 
>> Or , as a line to start that game I played long ago with literary types  
>> writing a line or two, folding over the paper so only part of
>> what you wrote showed, passing it to the next person to write a couplet, 
>> repeat folding paper... around the room and then the
>> last person opens up the whole thing and reads aloud the resulting work.
>> 
>> ann
>> 
>>> On 9/28/2015 3:02 PM, P.J. Alling wrote:
>>> The absolute worst part, is I went to bed and slept fitfully for about two 
>>> hours, woke up and the dog noticed, and let me know he wanted to go out.  
>>> Having nothing better to do, except sleep, I threw on some clothes, and 
>>> gave him the treat, of an after midnight walk.
>>  The eclipse was over the clouds were gone, the moon hung unobscured in the 
>> night sky, the dog didn't care.
>>> 
 On 9/28/2015 1:58 PM, John wrote:
 Despite the local weather forecast, I went outside a few times to check
 if it was visible.
 
 Got one fairly good glimpse at the moon through the clouds before it
 started. Not enough to see any details; just barely enough to see there
 is texture to the moon's surface. Later there was another glimpse
 through thinner clouds when the moon was half covered by the earth's
 shadow.
 
 When I checked at the time it was supposed to peak, I saw a dark grey
 spot in the clouds where the moon should have been. It lasted for an
 instant or so before more clouds rolled in.
 
 I thought about setting my camera up anyway, maybe try to get something
 to use for the "Wind" PUG, but I couldn't really figure out how to get
 anything other than a grey smear against the darker grey of higher clouds.
 
 So, anyway, I did see some of the super-moon & eclipse, but never enough
 to justify burning any electrons to try to capture an image.
 
> On 9/27/2015 10:53 PM, ann sanfedele wrote:
> had a decent view until about 10:15.. then the clouds rolled in... about
> 20 minutes later I could just barely make out a hint of
> anorangepenetratingthe light cloud cover.   :- (
> 
> ann
> 
>> 
>>> On 9/27/2015 9:02 PM, Knarf wrote:
>>> The moon just disappeared behind a thin layer of clouds here. One can
>>> still see moonlight peeking through the clouds, but no moon.
>>> 
>>> .

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Re: Total Lunar Eclipse

[John]

Found two sites with collected photos from the Super-Moon Eclipse:

http://petapixel.com/2015/09/28/the-best-photos-and-videos-from-supermoon-lunar-eclipse-2015/

http://twistedsifter.com/2015/09/photos-of-the-super-mega-ultra-blood-moon-eclipse-that-you-probably-didnt-see/

Don't know how many fakes there are among them.

The next Super-Moon eclipse is supposed to be in 2033. The way my life
goes, even if I live long enough to see it, it's bound to be cloudy.

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Re: Total Lunar Eclipse

[John]

Despite the local weather forecast, I went outside a few times to check
if it was visible.

Got one fairly good glimpse at the moon through the clouds before it
started. Not enough to see any details; just barely enough to see there
is texture to the moon's surface. Later there was another glimpse
through thinner clouds when the moon was half covered by the earth's
shadow.

When I checked at the time it was supposed to peak, I saw a dark grey
spot in the clouds where the moon should have been. It lasted for an
instant or so before more clouds rolled in.

I thought about setting my camera up anyway, maybe try to get something
to use for the "Wind" PUG, but I couldn't really figure out how to get
anything other than a grey smear against the darker grey of higher clouds.

So, anyway, I did see some of the super-moon & eclipse, but never enough
to justify burning any electrons to try to capture an image.

On 9/27/2015 10:53 PM, ann sanfedele wrote:

had a decent view until about 10:15.. then the clouds rolled in... about
20 minutes later I could just barely make out a hint of
anorangepenetratingthe light cloud cover.   :- (

ann



On 9/27/2015 9:02 PM, Knarf wrote:

The moon just disappeared behind a thin layer of clouds here. One can
still see moonlight peeking through the clouds, but no moon.

Hope that situation changes...

Cheers,

frank

On 27 September, 2015 8:57:34 PM EDT, ann sanfedele
<ann...@nyc.rr.com> wrote:

I see the moon from my window now


On 9/27/2015 8:31 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote:

It's overcast here, unfortunately.

Dan Matyola
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola


On Sun, Sep 27, 2015 at 8:02 PM, Knarf <knarftheria...@gmail.com>

wrote:

Looks like it might get a bit hazy but the moon's still low in the

sky and clearly seen.  I think I missed a nice moonrise over the Lake.

Maybe I'll wander down and see what's what...

Cheers,

frank

On 27 September, 2015 7:19:31 PM EDT, John <sesso...@earthlink.net>

wrote:

Unfortunately, it's still heavily overcast around here. Nearest

patch

of
clear skies is several hundred miles away.

On 9/22/2015 3:18 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote:

   From an email I received this afternoon:


Total Lunar Eclipse!

On the evening of September 27th, skywatchers throughout North

America

will be treated to one of nature’s grandest celestial sky shows –

a

total eclipse of the Moon. And unlike the one in April which

occurred

in the early predawn hours, this one will happen during convenient
evening ones.

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Re: PESO -- Cloudy Moon (was) Re: Total Lunar Eclipse

[John]

It's a much better image than the best view I was able to see.

Looks kind of like Schiaparelli's Martian "canals".

On 9/27/2015 11:44 PM, P.J. Alling wrote:

I went out to try to shoot the Super Moon/Eclipse and I've given up on
the photography at least.  Not a total bust, but there seem to be high
clouds obscuring any detail.  I tried to use the SMC Pentax M*300mm
f4.0, my copy of which is a bit sharper than the A*300 I also have was
also a bust.  coupled with the 1.7x AF adapter the camera thought the
moon should be in focus but they all looked like the image I'm going to
post just because I tried.  It's not good, but I did make the attempt.

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1604247/PESO/PESO%20--%20superbloodmoon.html


Equipment: Pentax K-5II w/vmc Vivitar Series 1 600mm Solid Catadioptric
f8.0 and smc Pentax F 1.7x AF Adapter.

Note:  There was so little light the K-5II just simply refused to try to
focus with the AF adapter and the Solid Cat lens mounted, I had to force
it to focus to infinity with a different lens then mount the camera onto
the Solid cat which was mounted on the tripod.  Lest anyone thing this
might be the reason for the bad focus, every shot with every lens
combination whether manual or auto focused looked pretty much like the
one posted, just smaller on the frame.  I do kind of like it as an
abstract, but I really wish that I had captured more detail.



On 9/22/2015 3:18 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote:

 From an email I received this afternoon:


Total Lunar Eclipse!

On the evening of September 27th, skywatchers throughout North America
will be treated to one of nature’s grandest celestial sky shows – a
total eclipse of the Moon. And unlike the one in April which occurred
in the early predawn hours, this one will happen during convenient
evening ones.

This cosmic spectacular begins with the full Moon entering the Earth’s
dark inner shadow (the “umbra”) at 9:06 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time and
continuing to become ever-more fully immersed in it for the next hour.
Totality itself will start at 10:11 p.m. EDT and last more than an
hour until 11:23 EDT, after which the Moon begins to slowly emerge
from the cone of darkness in reverse order. Adding to the beauty of
the overall scene at this eclipse (especially during totality itself,
while the sky is dark), the Moon will be accompanied by some of the
early rising bright winter stars. (Use your Scientifics’ Star and
Planet Locator to identify them)

There are several interesting things to notice as you watch this event
unfold. Most obvious are the darkness of the eclipsed Moon and the
range of colors displayed, both of which vary from one eclipse to
another. These depend on the clarity of the Earth’s atmosphere at the
time, which refracts or bends sunlight around into the umbral shadow.
There have actually been eclipses so dark that the Moon remained
all-but invisible during totality — and ones so pale that you had to
look carefully to see that there was even an eclipse in progress!
Among the colors that have been seen are shades of reddish-orange,
brown, copper, rose, and even blood-red. Notice, too, that the Earth’s
shadow is curved at all phases of the eclipse, as the Moon passes
through it. This is direct proof that the Earth itself is round —
something recognized by many early skywatchers. And finally, realize
that you’re actually seeing our lovely satellite move eastward in its
orbit — as it first passes into, through, and then out of the shadow
at roughly its own diameter each hour.

While lunar eclipses can certainly be enjoyed with the unaided eye
alone (as they have been throughout most of history!), they are
best-seen in binoculars. An ideal pair for this would be a 7×50 or
10×50 glass, the first number indicating its magnification and the
second the aperture in millimeters. Telescopes themselves, with their
relatively narrow fields of view, typically don’t provide enough sky
coverage around the Moon to get the full effect of its globe being
suspended in space. An exception here, however, is Scientifics’
amazing Astroscan wide-field reflecting telescope. Providing a
3-degree actual field of view at it low magnification of 16x, it takes
in an astounding six full-Moon-diameters of sky — something many have
described as looking through the porthole of a spaceship!

—James Mullaney
Former assistant editor at Sky & Telescope magazine and author of 10
books on stargazing.

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Re: Total Lunar Eclipse

[Toralf Lund]

On 28/09/15 21:16, P.J. Alling wrote:
I wish I had a story that would go with.  I write better first lines 
than most authors, it's the rest that escapes me.
Doesn't this look like one of those spots where someone tends to say 
Mark! ??


- Toralf



On 9/28/2015 3:12 PM, ann sanfedele wrote:
I suggest this line of yours for the beginning of a short story or 
novel...


"The eclipse was over the clouds were gone,
the moon hung unobscured in the night sky,
 the dog didn't care."

Or , as a line to start that game I played long ago with literary 
types  writing a line or two, folding over the paper so only part of
what you wrote showed, passing it to the next person to write a 
couplet, repeat folding paper... around the room and then the

last person opens up the whole thing and reads aloud the resulting work.

ann

On 9/28/2015 3:02 PM, P.J. Alling wrote:
The absolute worst part, is I went to bed and slept fitfully for 
about two hours, woke up and the dog noticed, and let me know he 
wanted to go out.  Having nothing better to do, except sleep, I 
threw on some clothes, and gave him the treat, of an after midnight 
walk. 
  The eclipse was over the clouds were gone, the moon hung unobscured 
in the night sky, the dog didn't care.


On 9/28/2015 1:58 PM, John wrote:
Despite the local weather forecast, I went outside a few times to 
check

if it was visible.

Got one fairly good glimpse at the moon through the clouds before it
started. Not enough to see any details; just barely enough to see 
there

is texture to the moon's surface. Later there was another glimpse
through thinner clouds when the moon was half covered by the earth's
shadow.

When I checked at the time it was supposed to peak, I saw a dark grey
spot in the clouds where the moon should have been. It lasted for an
instant or so before more clouds rolled in.

I thought about setting my camera up anyway, maybe try to get 
something

to use for the "Wind" PUG, but I couldn't really figure out how to get
anything other than a grey smear against the darker grey of higher 
clouds.


So, anyway, I did see some of the super-moon & eclipse, but never 
enough

to justify burning any electrons to try to capture an image.

On 9/27/2015 10:53 PM, ann sanfedele wrote:
had a decent view until about 10:15.. then the clouds rolled in... 
about

20 minutes later I could just barely make out a hint of
anorangepenetratingthe light cloud cover.   :- (

ann



On 9/27/2015 9:02 PM, Knarf wrote:
The moon just disappeared behind a thin layer of clouds here. 
One can

still see moonlight peeking through the clouds, but no moon.

Hope that situation changes...

Cheers,

frank

On 27 September, 2015 8:57:34 PM EDT, ann sanfedele
<ann...@nyc.rr.com> wrote:

I see the moon from my window now


On 9/27/2015 8:31 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote:

It's overcast here, unfortunately.

Dan Matyola
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola


On Sun, Sep 27, 2015 at 8:02 PM, Knarf <knarftheria...@gmail.com>

wrote:
Looks like it might get a bit hazy but the moon's still low 
in the
sky and clearly seen.  I think I missed a nice moonrise over 
the Lake.

Maybe I'll wander down and see what's what...

Cheers,

frank

On 27 September, 2015 7:19:31 PM EDT, John 
<sesso...@earthlink.net>

wrote:

Unfortunately, it's still heavily overcast around here. Nearest

patch

of
clear skies is several hundred miles away.

On 9/22/2015 3:18 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote:

   From an email I received this afternoon:


Total Lunar Eclipse!

On the evening of September 27th, skywatchers throughout North

America
will be treated to one of nature’s grandest celestial sky 
shows –

a

total eclipse of the Moon. And unlike the one in April which

occurred
in the early predawn hours, this one will happen during 
convenient

evening ones.

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Re: Total Lunar Eclipse

[ann sanfedele]

MARK , Mark

ann

On 9/28/2015 4:23 PM, Toralf Lund wrote:

On 28/09/15 21:16, P.J. Alling wrote:
I wish I had a story that would go with. I write better first lines 
than most authors, it's the rest that escapes me.
Doesn't this look like one of those spots where someone tends to say 
Mark! ??


- Toralf



On 9/28/2015 3:12 PM, ann sanfedele wrote:
I suggest this line of yours for the beginning of a short story or 
novel...


"The eclipse was over the clouds were gone,
the moon hung unobscured in the night sky,
 the dog didn't care."

Or , as a line to start that game I played long ago with literary 
types  writing a line or two, folding over the paper so only part of
what you wrote showed, passing it to the next person to write a 
couplet, repeat folding paper... around the room and then the
last person opens up the whole thing and reads aloud the resulting 
work.


ann

On 9/28/2015 3:02 PM, P.J. Alling wrote:
The absolute worst part, is I went to bed and slept fitfully for 
about two hours, woke up and the dog noticed, and let me know he 
wanted to go out.  Having nothing better to do, except sleep, I 
threw on some clothes, and gave him the treat, of an after midnight 
walk. 
  The eclipse was over the clouds were gone, the moon hung 
unobscured in the night sky, the dog didn't care.


On 9/28/2015 1:58 PM, John wrote:
Despite the local weather forecast, I went outside a few times to 
check

if it was visible.

Got one fairly good glimpse at the moon through the clouds before it
started. Not enough to see any details; just barely enough to see 
there

is texture to the moon's surface. Later there was another glimpse
through thinner clouds when the moon was half covered by the earth's
shadow.

When I checked at the time it was supposed to peak, I saw a dark grey
spot in the clouds where the moon should have been. It lasted for an
instant or so before more clouds rolled in.

I thought about setting my camera up anyway, maybe try to get 
something
to use for the "Wind" PUG, but I couldn't really figure out how to 
get
anything other than a grey smear against the darker grey of higher 
clouds.


So, anyway, I did see some of the super-moon & eclipse, but never 
enough

to justify burning any electrons to try to capture an image.

On 9/27/2015 10:53 PM, ann sanfedele wrote:
had a decent view until about 10:15.. then the clouds rolled 
in... about

20 minutes later I could just barely make out a hint of
anorangepenetratingthe light cloud cover.   :- (

ann



On 9/27/2015 9:02 PM, Knarf wrote:
The moon just disappeared behind a thin layer of clouds here. 
One can

still see moonlight peeking through the clouds, but no moon.

Hope that situation changes...

Cheers,

frank

On 27 September, 2015 8:57:34 PM EDT, ann sanfedele
<ann...@nyc.rr.com> wrote:

I see the moon from my window now


On 9/27/2015 8:31 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote:

It's overcast here, unfortunately.

Dan Matyola
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola


On Sun, Sep 27, 2015 at 8:02 PM, Knarf 
<knarftheria...@gmail.com>

wrote:
Looks like it might get a bit hazy but the moon's still low 
in the
sky and clearly seen.  I think I missed a nice moonrise over 
the Lake.

Maybe I'll wander down and see what's what...

Cheers,

frank

On 27 September, 2015 7:19:31 PM EDT, John 
<sesso...@earthlink.net>

wrote:
Unfortunately, it's still heavily overcast around here. 
Nearest

patch

of
clear skies is several hundred miles away.

On 9/22/2015 3:18 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote:

   From an email I received this afternoon:


Total Lunar Eclipse!

On the evening of September 27th, skywatchers throughout 
North

America
will be treated to one of nature’s grandest celestial sky 
shows –

a

total eclipse of the Moon. And unlike the one in April which

occurred
in the early predawn hours, this one will happen during 
convenient

evening ones.

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RE: Total Lunar Eclipse

[Bob W]

> -Original Message-
> From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of John
> 
> Found two sites with collected photos from the Super-Moon Eclipse:
> 
> http://petapixel.com/2015/09/28/the-best-photos-and-videos-from-
> supermoon-lunar-eclipse-2015/
> 
> http://twistedsifter.com/2015/09/photos-of-the-super-mega-ultra-blood-
> moon-eclipse-that-you-probably-didnt-see/
> 
> Don't know how many fakes there are among them.
> 
> The next Super-Moon eclipse is supposed to be in 2033. The way my life
> goes, even if I live long enough to see it, it's bound to be cloudy.
> 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAA67a2-Klk



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Re: PESO -- Cloudy Moon (was) Re: Total Lunar Eclipse

[Jack Davis]

Enjoyed "spending" the evening with
You pursuing the event, Knarf!
2033(?) may be a clear night. (G)

J

Sent from my iPhone

> On Sep 27, 2015, at 10:02 PM, Knarf <knarftheria...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> I walked along the lake for about a 1/2 hour, hoping the light clouds would 
> lift, but they didn't. Gave up, went home. About midnight I brought the 
> garbage out and there it was: about 1/4 obscured by the earth's shadow.
> 
> Quite spectacular!
> 
> Like Ann, I don't have the equipment to do anything about it, but at least I 
> saw it. 'T'was pretty cool.
> 
> And earlier, after a significant dry spell, I got a few okay street shots 
> today. Can't wait to look at them on a big monitor and process a few...
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> frank
> 
>> On 27 September, 2015 11:59:12 PM EDT, ann sanfedele <ann...@nyc.rr.com> 
>> wrote:
>> LOvely to get to see the colors - glad you and Paul got us something 
>> anyway...
>> 
>> ann
>> 
>>> On 9/27/2015 11:44 PM, P.J. Alling wrote:
>>> I went out to try to shoot the Super Moon/Eclipse and I've given up
>> on 
>>> the photography at least.  Not a total bust, but there seem to be
>> high 
>>> clouds obscuring any detail.  I tried to use the SMC Pentax M*300mm 
>>> f4.0, my copy of which is a bit sharper than the A*300 I also have
>> was 
>>> also a bust.  coupled with the 1.7x AF adapter the camera thought the
>> 
>>> moon should be in focus but they all looked like the image I'm going 
>>> to post just because I tried.  It's not good, but I did make the
>> attempt.
>> https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1604247/PESO/PESO%20--%20superbloodmoon.html
>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Equipment: Pentax K-5II w/vmc Vivitar Series 1 600mm Solid 
>>> Catadioptric f8.0 and smc Pentax F 1.7x AF Adapter.
>>> 
>>> Note:  There was so little light the K-5II just simply refused to try
>> 
>>> to focus with the AF adapter and the Solid Cat lens mounted, I had to
>> 
>>> force it to focus to infinity with a different lens then mount the 
>>> camera onto the Solid cat which was mounted on the tripod.  Lest 
>>> anyone thing this might be the reason for the bad focus, every shot 
>>> with every lens combination whether manual or auto focused looked 
>>> pretty much like the one posted, just smaller on the frame.  I do
>> kind 
>>> of like it as an abstract, but I really wish that I had captured more
>> 
>>> detail.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> On 9/22/2015 3:18 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote:
>>>> From an email I received this afternoon:
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Total Lunar Eclipse!
>>>> 
>>>> On the evening of September 27th, skywatchers throughout North
>> America
>>>> will be treated to one of nature’s grandest celestial sky shows – a
>>>> total eclipse of the Moon. And unlike the one in April which
>> occurred
>>>> in the early predawn hours, this one will happen during convenient
>>>> evening ones.
>>>> 
>>>> This cosmic spectacular begins with the full Moon entering the
>> Earth’s
>>>> dark inner shadow (the “umbra”) at 9:06 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time
>> and
>>>> continuing to become ever-more fully immersed in it for the next
>> hour.
>>>> Totality itself will start at 10:11 p.m. EDT and last more than an
>>>> hour until 11:23 EDT, after which the Moon begins to slowly emerge
>>>> from the cone of darkness in reverse order. Adding to the beauty of
>>>> the overall scene at this eclipse (especially during totality
>> itself,
>>>> while the sky is dark), the Moon will be accompanied by some of the
>>>> early rising bright winter stars. (Use your Scientifics’ Star and
>>>> Planet Locator to identify them)
>>>> 
>>>> There are several interesting things to notice as you watch this
>> event
>>>> unfold. Most obvious are the darkness of the eclipsed Moon and the
>>>> range of colors displayed, both of which vary from one eclipse to
>>>> another. These depend on the clarity of the Earth’s atmosphere at
>> the
>>>> time, which refracts or bends sunlight around into the umbral
>> shadow.
>>>> There have actually been eclipses so dark that the Moon remained
>>>> all-but invisible during totality — and ones so pale that you had to
>>>> look carefully to see that there was even an eclipse in progre

Re: Total Lunar Eclipse

[Jack Davis]

Here's my first contribution; "The
night was humid."

J

Sent from my iPhone

> On Sep 28, 2015, at 12:55 PM, Bob W-PDML  wrote:
> 
> Write a book's worth of first lines then.
> 
>> On 28 Sep 2015, at 20:22, P.J. Alling  wrote:
>> 
>> I wish I had a story that would go with.  I write better first lines than 
>> most authors, it's the rest that escapes me.
>> 
>>> On 9/28/2015 3:12 PM, ann sanfedele wrote:
>>> I suggest this line of yours for the beginning of a short story or novel...
>>> 
>>> "The eclipse was over the clouds were gone,
>>> the moon hung unobscured in the night sky,
>>> the dog didn't care."
>>> 
>>> Or , as a line to start that game I played long ago with literary types  
>>> writing a line or two, folding over the paper so only part of
>>> what you wrote showed, passing it to the next person to write a couplet, 
>>> repeat folding paper... around the room and then the
>>> last person opens up the whole thing and reads aloud the resulting work.
>>> 
>>> ann
>>> 
 On 9/28/2015 3:02 PM, P.J. Alling wrote:
 The absolute worst part, is I went to bed and slept fitfully for about two 
 hours, woke up and the dog noticed, and let me know he wanted to go out.  
 Having nothing better to do, except sleep, I threw on some clothes, and 
 gave him the treat, of an after midnight walk.
>>> The eclipse was over the clouds were gone, the moon hung unobscured in the 
>>> night sky, the dog didn't care.
 
> On 9/28/2015 1:58 PM, John wrote:
> Despite the local weather forecast, I went outside a few times to check
> if it was visible.
> 
> Got one fairly good glimpse at the moon through the clouds before it
> started. Not enough to see any details; just barely enough to see there
> is texture to the moon's surface. Later there was another glimpse
> through thinner clouds when the moon was half covered by the earth's
> shadow.
> 
> When I checked at the time it was supposed to peak, I saw a dark grey
> spot in the clouds where the moon should have been. It lasted for an
> instant or so before more clouds rolled in.
> 
> I thought about setting my camera up anyway, maybe try to get something
> to use for the "Wind" PUG, but I couldn't really figure out how to get
> anything other than a grey smear against the darker grey of higher clouds.
> 
> So, anyway, I did see some of the super-moon & eclipse, but never enough
> to justify burning any electrons to try to capture an image.
> 
>> On 9/27/2015 10:53 PM, ann sanfedele wrote:
>> had a decent view until about 10:15.. then the clouds rolled in... about
>> 20 minutes later I could just barely make out a hint of
>> anorangepenetratingthe light cloud cover.   :- (
>> 
>> ann
>> 
>>> 
 On 9/27/2015 9:02 PM, Knarf wrote:
 The moon just disappeared behind a thin layer of clouds here. One can
 still see moonlight peeking through the clouds, but no moon.
 
 .
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Re: PESO -- Cloudy Moon (was) Re: Total Lunar Eclipse

[ann sanfedele]

ActuallY I saw it for about 45 minutes ... but no colors.. up to where 
it became a very thin ")" - I did make anattempt with the 55-300
but using my dressmaker dummy as a tripod and I'msure all I got ws a 
fuzzy cresent .. then the clouds rolled in..


saw a faint glimmer of reddish color around 11 but no shape.. but on the 
local news this morning I saw some neat shots locals got from
different vantage points than mine... although not far - I probably 
should have stayed by the bedroomwindow - wasn't up to going to the roof
it gets a little difficult to navigate for me these days. Bummer... I 
saw the last oneat least.  18 years... to the next one.. if I get to 96

I'll probably need someone to hold my head up

ann

On 9/28/2015 1:02 AM, Knarf wrote:

I walked along the lake for about a 1/2 hour, hoping the light clouds would 
lift, but they didn't. Gave up, went home. About midnight I brought the garbage 
out and there it was: about 1/4 obscured by the earth's shadow.

Quite spectacular!

Like Ann, I don't have the equipment to do anything about it, but at least I 
saw it. 'T'was pretty cool.

And earlier, after a significant dry spell, I got a few okay street shots 
today. Can't wait to look at them on a big monitor and process a few...

Cheers,

frank

On 27 September, 2015 11:59:12 PM EDT, ann sanfedele <ann...@nyc.rr.com> wrote:

LOvely to get to see the colors - glad you and Paul got us something
anyway...

ann

On 9/27/2015 11:44 PM, P.J. Alling wrote:

I went out to try to shoot the Super Moon/Eclipse and I've given up

on

the photography at least.  Not a total bust, but there seem to be

high

clouds obscuring any detail.  I tried to use the SMC Pentax M*300mm
f4.0, my copy of which is a bit sharper than the A*300 I also have

was

also a bust.  coupled with the 1.7x AF adapter the camera thought the
moon should be in focus but they all looked like the image I'm going
to post just because I tried.  It's not good, but I did make the

attempt.



https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1604247/PESO/PESO%20--%20superbloodmoon.html



Equipment: Pentax K-5II w/vmc Vivitar Series 1 600mm Solid
Catadioptric f8.0 and smc Pentax F 1.7x AF Adapter.

Note:  There was so little light the K-5II just simply refused to try
to focus with the AF adapter and the Solid Cat lens mounted, I had to
force it to focus to infinity with a different lens then mount the
camera onto the Solid cat which was mounted on the tripod.  Lest
anyone thing this might be the reason for the bad focus, every shot
with every lens combination whether manual or auto focused looked
pretty much like the one posted, just smaller on the frame.  I do

kind

of like it as an abstract, but I really wish that I had captured more
detail.



On 9/22/2015 3:18 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote:

  From an email I received this afternoon:


Total Lunar Eclipse!

On the evening of September 27th, skywatchers throughout North

America

will be treated to one of nature’s grandest celestial sky shows – a
total eclipse of the Moon. And unlike the one in April which

occurred

in the early predawn hours, this one will happen during convenient
evening ones.

This cosmic spectacular begins with the full Moon entering the

Earth’s

dark inner shadow (the “umbra”) at 9:06 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time

and

continuing to become ever-more fully immersed in it for the next

hour.

Totality itself will start at 10:11 p.m. EDT and last more than an
hour until 11:23 EDT, after which the Moon begins to slowly emerge
from the cone of darkness in reverse order. Adding to the beauty of
the overall scene at this eclipse (especially during totality

itself,

while the sky is dark), the Moon will be accompanied by some of the
early rising bright winter stars. (Use your Scientifics’ Star and
Planet Locator to identify them)

There are several interesting things to notice as you watch this

event

unfold. Most obvious are the darkness of the eclipsed Moon and the
range of colors displayed, both of which vary from one eclipse to
another. These depend on the clarity of the Earth’s atmosphere at

the

time, which refracts or bends sunlight around into the umbral

shadow.

There have actually been eclipses so dark that the Moon remained
all-but invisible during totality — and ones so pale that you had to
look carefully to see that there was even an eclipse in progress!
Among the colors that have been seen are shades of reddish-orange,
brown, copper, rose, and even blood-red. Notice, too, that the

Earth’s

shadow is curved at all phases of the eclipse, as the Moon passes
through it. This is direct proof that the Earth itself is round —
something recognized by many early skywatchers. And finally, realize
that you’re actually seeing our lovely satellite move eastward in

its

orbit — as it first passes into, through, and then out of the shadow
at roughly its own diameter each hour.

While lunar eclipses can certainly be enjoyed with the unaided eye
alone (as they have been

Re: PESO -- Cloudy Moon (was) Re: Total Lunar Eclipse

[Jack Davis]

I went to bed at my usual 8:00 PM and left the shooting up to you young folks.
I may try it in 2033. ;o)

J

- Original Message -
From: "ann sanfedele" <ann...@nyc.rr.com>
To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <pdml@pdml.net>
Sent: Monday, September 28, 2015 6:37:56 AM
Subject: Re: PESO -- Cloudy Moon (was) Re: Total Lunar Eclipse

ActuallY I saw it for about 45 minutes ... but no colors.. up to where 
it became a very thin ")" - I did make anattempt with the 55-300
but using my dressmaker dummy as a tripod and I'msure all I got ws a 
fuzzy cresent .. then the clouds rolled in..

saw a faint glimmer of reddish color around 11 but no shape.. but on the 
local news this morning I saw some neat shots locals got from
different vantage points than mine... although not far - I probably 
should have stayed by the bedroomwindow - wasn't up to going to the roof
it gets a little difficult to navigate for me these days. Bummer... I 
saw the last oneat least.  18 years... to the next one.. if I get to 96
I'll probably need someone to hold my head up

ann

On 9/28/2015 1:02 AM, Knarf wrote:
> I walked along the lake for about a 1/2 hour, hoping the light clouds would 
> lift, but they didn't. Gave up, went home. About midnight I brought the 
> garbage out and there it was: about 1/4 obscured by the earth's shadow.
>
> Quite spectacular!
>
> Like Ann, I don't have the equipment to do anything about it, but at least I 
> saw it. 'T'was pretty cool.
>
> And earlier, after a significant dry spell, I got a few okay street shots 
> today. Can't wait to look at them on a big monitor and process a few...
>
> Cheers,
>
> frank
>
> On 27 September, 2015 11:59:12 PM EDT, ann sanfedele <ann...@nyc.rr.com> 
> wrote:
>> LOvely to get to see the colors - glad you and Paul got us something
>> anyway...
>>
>> ann
>>
>> On 9/27/2015 11:44 PM, P.J. Alling wrote:
>>> I went out to try to shoot the Super Moon/Eclipse and I've given up
>> on
>>> the photography at least.  Not a total bust, but there seem to be
>> high
>>> clouds obscuring any detail.  I tried to use the SMC Pentax M*300mm
>>> f4.0, my copy of which is a bit sharper than the A*300 I also have
>> was
>>> also a bust.  coupled with the 1.7x AF adapter the camera thought the
>>> moon should be in focus but they all looked like the image I'm going
>>> to post just because I tried.  It's not good, but I did make the
>> attempt.
>>>
>> https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1604247/PESO/PESO%20--%20superbloodmoon.html
>>
>>>
>>> Equipment: Pentax K-5II w/vmc Vivitar Series 1 600mm Solid
>>> Catadioptric f8.0 and smc Pentax F 1.7x AF Adapter.
>>>
>>> Note:  There was so little light the K-5II just simply refused to try
>>> to focus with the AF adapter and the Solid Cat lens mounted, I had to
>>> force it to focus to infinity with a different lens then mount the
>>> camera onto the Solid cat which was mounted on the tripod.  Lest
>>> anyone thing this might be the reason for the bad focus, every shot
>>> with every lens combination whether manual or auto focused looked
>>> pretty much like the one posted, just smaller on the frame.  I do
>> kind
>>> of like it as an abstract, but I really wish that I had captured more
>>> detail.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 9/22/2015 3:18 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote:
>>>>   From an email I received this afternoon:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Total Lunar Eclipse!
>>>>
>>>> On the evening of September 27th, skywatchers throughout North
>> America
>>>> will be treated to one of nature’s grandest celestial sky shows – a
>>>> total eclipse of the Moon. And unlike the one in April which
>> occurred
>>>> in the early predawn hours, this one will happen during convenient
>>>> evening ones.
>>>>
>>>> This cosmic spectacular begins with the full Moon entering the
>> Earth’s
>>>> dark inner shadow (the “umbra”) at 9:06 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time
>> and
>>>> continuing to become ever-more fully immersed in it for the next
>> hour.
>>>> Totality itself will start at 10:11 p.m. EDT and last more than an
>>>> hour until 11:23 EDT, after which the Moon begins to slowly emerge
>>>> from the cone of darkness in reverse order. Adding to the beauty of
>>>> the overall scene at this eclipse (especially during totality
>> itself,
>>>> while the sky is dark), the Moon will be accompanied by some of the
>>>> early rising bright

Re: Total Lunar Eclipse

[John]

Unfortunately, it's still heavily overcast around here. Nearest patch of
clear skies is several hundred miles away.

On 9/22/2015 3:18 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote:

 From an email I received this afternoon:


Total Lunar Eclipse!

On the evening of September 27th, skywatchers throughout North America
will be treated to one of nature’s grandest celestial sky shows – a
total eclipse of the Moon. And unlike the one in April which occurred
in the early predawn hours, this one will happen during convenient
evening ones.



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Re: Total Lunar Eclipse

[Daniel J. Matyola]

Go ahead, play your trump card.

Dan Matyola
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On Fri, Sep 25, 2015 at 2:54 AM, Brian Walters  wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 25, 2015, at 03:36 PM, David Mann wrote:
>> On Sep 25, 2015, at 12:24 am, Daniel J. Matyola 
>> wrote:
>> >
>> > On Thu, Sep 24, 2015 at 1:13 AM, David Mann  wrote:
>> >> I thought we were going to get to make some human sacrifices.
>> >
>> > I thought we were avoiding discussions of American electoral politics,  
>>
>> Hair hair.
>
>
> Keep that up and there'll hell toupee...
>
>
> Cheers
>
> Brian
>
> ++
> Brian Walters
> Western Sydney Australia
> http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/
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Re: Total Lunar Eclipse

[Ken Waller]

That would be Hillary-us.

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Subject: Re: Total Lunar Eclipse



Go ahead, play your trump card.

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On Fri, Sep 25, 2015 at 2:54 AM, Brian Walters <supera1...@fastmail.fm> 
wrote:

On Fri, Sep 25, 2015, at 03:36 PM, David Mann wrote:

On Sep 25, 2015, at 12:24 am, Daniel J. Matyola <danmaty...@gmail.com>
wrote:
>
> On Thu, Sep 24, 2015 at 1:13 AM, David Mann <dmann...@gmail.com> 
> wrote:

>> I thought we were going to get to make some human sacrifices.
>
> I thought we were avoiding discussions of American electoral politics, 
> 


Hair hair.



Keep that up and there'll hell toupee...


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Re: Total Lunar Eclipse

[Knarf]

Looks like it might get a bit hazy but the moon's still low in the sky and 
clearly seen.  I think I missed a nice moonrise over the Lake.

Maybe I'll wander down and see what's what...

Cheers,

frank

On 27 September, 2015 7:19:31 PM EDT, John <sesso...@earthlink.net> wrote:
>Unfortunately, it's still heavily overcast around here. Nearest patch
>of
>clear skies is several hundred miles away.
>
>On 9/22/2015 3:18 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote:
>>  From an email I received this afternoon:
>>
>>
>> Total Lunar Eclipse!
>>
>> On the evening of September 27th, skywatchers throughout North
>America
>> will be treated to one of nature’s grandest celestial sky shows – a
>> total eclipse of the Moon. And unlike the one in April which occurred
>> in the early predawn hours, this one will happen during convenient
>> evening ones.
>
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Re: Total Lunar Eclipse

[Knarf]

The moon just disappeared behind a thin layer of clouds here. One can still see 
moonlight peeking through the clouds, but no moon.

Hope that situation changes...

Cheers,

frank

On 27 September, 2015 8:57:34 PM EDT, ann sanfedele <ann...@nyc.rr.com> wrote:
>I see the moon from my window now
>
>
>On 9/27/2015 8:31 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote:
>> It's overcast here, unfortunately.
>>
>> Dan Matyola
>> http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Sep 27, 2015 at 8:02 PM, Knarf <knarftheria...@gmail.com>
>wrote:
>>> Looks like it might get a bit hazy but the moon's still low in the
>sky and clearly seen.  I think I missed a nice moonrise over the Lake.
>>>
>>> Maybe I'll wander down and see what's what...
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>>
>>> frank
>>>
>>> On 27 September, 2015 7:19:31 PM EDT, John <sesso...@earthlink.net>
>wrote:
>>>> Unfortunately, it's still heavily overcast around here. Nearest
>patch
>>>> of
>>>> clear skies is several hundred miles away.
>>>>
>>>> On 9/22/2015 3:18 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote:
>>>>>   From an email I received this afternoon:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Total Lunar Eclipse!
>>>>>
>>>>> On the evening of September 27th, skywatchers throughout North
>>>> America
>>>>> will be treated to one of nature’s grandest celestial sky shows –
>a
>>>>> total eclipse of the Moon. And unlike the one in April which
>occurred
>>>>> in the early predawn hours, this one will happen during convenient
>>>>> evening ones.
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Re: Total Lunar Eclipse

[ann sanfedele]

had a decent view until about 10:15.. then the clouds rolled in... about 
20 minutes later I could just barely make out a hint of

anorangepenetratingthe light cloud cover.   :- (

ann



On 9/27/2015 9:02 PM, Knarf wrote:
The moon just disappeared behind a thin layer of clouds here. One can 
still see moonlight peeking through the clouds, but no moon.


Hope that situation changes...

Cheers,

frank

On 27 September, 2015 8:57:34 PM EDT, ann sanfedele 
<ann...@nyc.rr.com> wrote:

I see the moon from my window now


On 9/27/2015 8:31 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote:

It's overcast here, unfortunately.

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On Sun, Sep 27, 2015 at 8:02 PM, Knarf <knarftheria...@gmail.com>

wrote:

Looks like it might get a bit hazy but the moon's still low in the

sky and clearly seen.  I think I missed a nice moonrise over the Lake.

Maybe I'll wander down and see what's what...

Cheers,

frank

On 27 September, 2015 7:19:31 PM EDT, John <sesso...@earthlink.net>

wrote:

Unfortunately, it's still heavily overcast around here. Nearest

patch

of
clear skies is several hundred miles away.

On 9/22/2015 3:18 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote:

   From an email I received this afternoon:


Total Lunar Eclipse!

On the evening of September 27th, skywatchers throughout North

America

will be treated to one of nature’s grandest celestial sky shows –

a

total eclipse of the Moon. And unlike the one in April which

occurred

in the early predawn hours, this one will happen during convenient
evening ones.

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Re: PESO -- Cloudy Moon (was) Re: Total Lunar Eclipse

[Knarf]

I walked along the lake for about a 1/2 hour, hoping the light clouds would 
lift, but they didn't. Gave up, went home. About midnight I brought the garbage 
out and there it was: about 1/4 obscured by the earth's shadow.

Quite spectacular!

Like Ann, I don't have the equipment to do anything about it, but at least I 
saw it. 'T'was pretty cool.

And earlier, after a significant dry spell, I got a few okay street shots 
today. Can't wait to look at them on a big monitor and process a few...

Cheers,

frank

On 27 September, 2015 11:59:12 PM EDT, ann sanfedele <ann...@nyc.rr.com> wrote:
>LOvely to get to see the colors - glad you and Paul got us something 
>anyway...
>
>ann
>
>On 9/27/2015 11:44 PM, P.J. Alling wrote:
>> I went out to try to shoot the Super Moon/Eclipse and I've given up
>on 
>> the photography at least.  Not a total bust, but there seem to be
>high 
>> clouds obscuring any detail.  I tried to use the SMC Pentax M*300mm 
>> f4.0, my copy of which is a bit sharper than the A*300 I also have
>was 
>> also a bust.  coupled with the 1.7x AF adapter the camera thought the
>
>> moon should be in focus but they all looked like the image I'm going 
>> to post just because I tried.  It's not good, but I did make the
>attempt.
>>
>>
>https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1604247/PESO/PESO%20--%20superbloodmoon.html
>
>>
>>
>> Equipment: Pentax K-5II w/vmc Vivitar Series 1 600mm Solid 
>> Catadioptric f8.0 and smc Pentax F 1.7x AF Adapter.
>>
>> Note:  There was so little light the K-5II just simply refused to try
>
>> to focus with the AF adapter and the Solid Cat lens mounted, I had to
>
>> force it to focus to infinity with a different lens then mount the 
>> camera onto the Solid cat which was mounted on the tripod.  Lest 
>> anyone thing this might be the reason for the bad focus, every shot 
>> with every lens combination whether manual or auto focused looked 
>> pretty much like the one posted, just smaller on the frame.  I do
>kind 
>> of like it as an abstract, but I really wish that I had captured more
>
>> detail.
>>
>>
>>
>> On 9/22/2015 3:18 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote:
>>>  From an email I received this afternoon:
>>>
>>>
>>> Total Lunar Eclipse!
>>>
>>> On the evening of September 27th, skywatchers throughout North
>America
>>> will be treated to one of nature’s grandest celestial sky shows – a
>>> total eclipse of the Moon. And unlike the one in April which
>occurred
>>> in the early predawn hours, this one will happen during convenient
>>> evening ones.
>>>
>>> This cosmic spectacular begins with the full Moon entering the
>Earth’s
>>> dark inner shadow (the “umbra”) at 9:06 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time
>and
>>> continuing to become ever-more fully immersed in it for the next
>hour.
>>> Totality itself will start at 10:11 p.m. EDT and last more than an
>>> hour until 11:23 EDT, after which the Moon begins to slowly emerge
>>> from the cone of darkness in reverse order. Adding to the beauty of
>>> the overall scene at this eclipse (especially during totality
>itself,
>>> while the sky is dark), the Moon will be accompanied by some of the
>>> early rising bright winter stars. (Use your Scientifics’ Star and
>>> Planet Locator to identify them)
>>>
>>> There are several interesting things to notice as you watch this
>event
>>> unfold. Most obvious are the darkness of the eclipsed Moon and the
>>> range of colors displayed, both of which vary from one eclipse to
>>> another. These depend on the clarity of the Earth’s atmosphere at
>the
>>> time, which refracts or bends sunlight around into the umbral
>shadow.
>>> There have actually been eclipses so dark that the Moon remained
>>> all-but invisible during totality — and ones so pale that you had to
>>> look carefully to see that there was even an eclipse in progress!
>>> Among the colors that have been seen are shades of reddish-orange,
>>> brown, copper, rose, and even blood-red. Notice, too, that the
>Earth’s
>>> shadow is curved at all phases of the eclipse, as the Moon passes
>>> through it. This is direct proof that the Earth itself is round —
>>> something recognized by many early skywatchers. And finally, realize
>>> that you’re actually seeing our lovely satellite move eastward in
>its
>>> orbit — as it first passes into, through, and then out of the shadow
>>> at roughly its own diameter each hour.
>>>
>>> While lunar eclipses can

Re: Total Lunar Eclipse

[ann sanfedele]

I can still see it but I'm hopeless at photographing this sort of 
thing... it is still just silver with a chunk out of its left side

hope it doesn't cloud over before it the moon turns red

ann

On 9/27/2015 9:02 PM, Knarf wrote:

The moon just disappeared behind a thin layer of clouds here. One can still see 
moonlight peeking through the clouds, but no moon.

Hope that situation changes...

Cheers,

frank

On 27 September, 2015 8:57:34 PM EDT, ann sanfedele <ann...@nyc.rr.com> wrote:

I see the moon from my window now


On 9/27/2015 8:31 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote:

It's overcast here, unfortunately.

Dan Matyola
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On Sun, Sep 27, 2015 at 8:02 PM, Knarf <knarftheria...@gmail.com>

wrote:

Looks like it might get a bit hazy but the moon's still low in the

sky and clearly seen.  I think I missed a nice moonrise over the Lake.

Maybe I'll wander down and see what's what...

Cheers,

frank

On 27 September, 2015 7:19:31 PM EDT, John <sesso...@earthlink.net>

wrote:

Unfortunately, it's still heavily overcast around here. Nearest

patch

of
clear skies is several hundred miles away.

On 9/22/2015 3:18 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote:

   From an email I received this afternoon:


Total Lunar Eclipse!

On the evening of September 27th, skywatchers throughout North

America

will be treated to one of nature’s grandest celestial sky shows –

a

total eclipse of the Moon. And unlike the one in April which

occurred

in the early predawn hours, this one will happen during convenient
evening ones.

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Re: PESO -- Cloudy Moon (was) Re: Total Lunar Eclipse

[ann sanfedele]

LOvely to get to see the colors - glad you and Paul got us something 
anyway...


ann

On 9/27/2015 11:44 PM, P.J. Alling wrote:
I went out to try to shoot the Super Moon/Eclipse and I've given up on 
the photography at least.  Not a total bust, but there seem to be high 
clouds obscuring any detail.  I tried to use the SMC Pentax M*300mm 
f4.0, my copy of which is a bit sharper than the A*300 I also have was 
also a bust.  coupled with the 1.7x AF adapter the camera thought the 
moon should be in focus but they all looked like the image I'm going 
to post just because I tried.  It's not good, but I did make the attempt.


https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1604247/PESO/PESO%20--%20superbloodmoon.html 



Equipment: Pentax K-5II w/vmc Vivitar Series 1 600mm Solid 
Catadioptric f8.0 and smc Pentax F 1.7x AF Adapter.


Note:  There was so little light the K-5II just simply refused to try 
to focus with the AF adapter and the Solid Cat lens mounted, I had to 
force it to focus to infinity with a different lens then mount the 
camera onto the Solid cat which was mounted on the tripod.  Lest 
anyone thing this might be the reason for the bad focus, every shot 
with every lens combination whether manual or auto focused looked 
pretty much like the one posted, just smaller on the frame.  I do kind 
of like it as an abstract, but I really wish that I had captured more 
detail.




On 9/22/2015 3:18 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote:

 From an email I received this afternoon:


Total Lunar Eclipse!

On the evening of September 27th, skywatchers throughout North America
will be treated to one of nature’s grandest celestial sky shows – a
total eclipse of the Moon. And unlike the one in April which occurred
in the early predawn hours, this one will happen during convenient
evening ones.

This cosmic spectacular begins with the full Moon entering the Earth’s
dark inner shadow (the “umbra”) at 9:06 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time and
continuing to become ever-more fully immersed in it for the next hour.
Totality itself will start at 10:11 p.m. EDT and last more than an
hour until 11:23 EDT, after which the Moon begins to slowly emerge
from the cone of darkness in reverse order. Adding to the beauty of
the overall scene at this eclipse (especially during totality itself,
while the sky is dark), the Moon will be accompanied by some of the
early rising bright winter stars. (Use your Scientifics’ Star and
Planet Locator to identify them)

There are several interesting things to notice as you watch this event
unfold. Most obvious are the darkness of the eclipsed Moon and the
range of colors displayed, both of which vary from one eclipse to
another. These depend on the clarity of the Earth’s atmosphere at the
time, which refracts or bends sunlight around into the umbral shadow.
There have actually been eclipses so dark that the Moon remained
all-but invisible during totality — and ones so pale that you had to
look carefully to see that there was even an eclipse in progress!
Among the colors that have been seen are shades of reddish-orange,
brown, copper, rose, and even blood-red. Notice, too, that the Earth’s
shadow is curved at all phases of the eclipse, as the Moon passes
through it. This is direct proof that the Earth itself is round —
something recognized by many early skywatchers. And finally, realize
that you’re actually seeing our lovely satellite move eastward in its
orbit — as it first passes into, through, and then out of the shadow
at roughly its own diameter each hour.

While lunar eclipses can certainly be enjoyed with the unaided eye
alone (as they have been throughout most of history!), they are
best-seen in binoculars. An ideal pair for this would be a 7×50 or
10×50 glass, the first number indicating its magnification and the
second the aperture in millimeters. Telescopes themselves, with their
relatively narrow fields of view, typically don’t provide enough sky
coverage around the Moon to get the full effect of its globe being
suspended in space. An exception here, however, is Scientifics’
amazing Astroscan wide-field reflecting telescope. Providing a
3-degree actual field of view at it low magnification of 16x, it takes
in an astounding six full-Moon-diameters of sky — something many have
described as looking through the porthole of a spaceship!

—James Mullaney
Former assistant editor at Sky & Telescope magazine and author of 10
books on stargazing.

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Re: Total Lunar Eclipse

[David Mann]

Sky is clear for me but unfortunately the ground isn't :(

Cheers,
Dave

> On Sep 28, 2015, at 12:19 pm, John <sesso...@earthlink.net> wrote:
> 
> Unfortunately, it's still heavily overcast around here. Nearest patch of
> clear skies is several hundred miles away.
> 
> On 9/22/2015 3:18 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote:
>> From an email I received this afternoon:
>> 
>> 
>> Total Lunar Eclipse!
>> 
>> On the evening of September 27th, skywatchers throughout North America
>> will be treated to one of nature’s grandest celestial sky shows – a
>> total eclipse of the Moon. And unlike the one in April which occurred
>> in the early predawn hours, this one will happen during convenient
>> evening ones.
> 
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Re: Total Lunar Eclipse

[Daniel J. Matyola]

It's overcast here, unfortunately.

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On Sun, Sep 27, 2015 at 8:02 PM, Knarf <knarftheria...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Looks like it might get a bit hazy but the moon's still low in the sky and 
> clearly seen.  I think I missed a nice moonrise over the Lake.
>
> Maybe I'll wander down and see what's what...
>
> Cheers,
>
> frank
>
> On 27 September, 2015 7:19:31 PM EDT, John <sesso...@earthlink.net> wrote:
>>Unfortunately, it's still heavily overcast around here. Nearest patch
>>of
>>clear skies is several hundred miles away.
>>
>>On 9/22/2015 3:18 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote:
>>>  From an email I received this afternoon:
>>>
>>>
>>> Total Lunar Eclipse!
>>>
>>> On the evening of September 27th, skywatchers throughout North
>>America
>>> will be treated to one of nature’s grandest celestial sky shows – a
>>> total eclipse of the Moon. And unlike the one in April which occurred
>>> in the early predawn hours, this one will happen during convenient
>>> evening ones.
>>
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Re: Total Lunar Eclipse

[Daniel J. Matyola]

No stars, no moon here, only clouds.

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On Sun, Sep 27, 2015 at 8:57 PM, ann sanfedele <ann...@nyc.rr.com> wrote:
> I see the moon from my window now
>
>
>
> On 9/27/2015 8:31 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote:
>>
>> It's overcast here, unfortunately.
>>
>> Dan Matyola
>> http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Sep 27, 2015 at 8:02 PM, Knarf <knarftheria...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Looks like it might get a bit hazy but the moon's still low in the sky
>>> and clearly seen.  I think I missed a nice moonrise over the Lake.
>>>
>>> Maybe I'll wander down and see what's what...
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>>
>>> frank
>>>
>>> On 27 September, 2015 7:19:31 PM EDT, John <sesso...@earthlink.net>
>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Unfortunately, it's still heavily overcast around here. Nearest patch
>>>> of
>>>> clear skies is several hundred miles away.
>>>>
>>>> On 9/22/2015 3:18 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>   From an email I received this afternoon:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Total Lunar Eclipse!
>>>>>
>>>>> On the evening of September 27th, skywatchers throughout North
>>>>
>>>> America
>>>>>
>>>>> will be treated to one of nature’s grandest celestial sky shows – a
>>>>> total eclipse of the Moon. And unlike the one in April which occurred
>>>>> in the early predawn hours, this one will happen during convenient
>>>>> evening ones.
>>>>
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Re: Total Lunar Eclipse

[ann sanfedele]

I see the moon from my window now


On 9/27/2015 8:31 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote:

It's overcast here, unfortunately.

Dan Matyola
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On Sun, Sep 27, 2015 at 8:02 PM, Knarf <knarftheria...@gmail.com> wrote:

Looks like it might get a bit hazy but the moon's still low in the sky and 
clearly seen.  I think I missed a nice moonrise over the Lake.

Maybe I'll wander down and see what's what...

Cheers,

frank

On 27 September, 2015 7:19:31 PM EDT, John <sesso...@earthlink.net> wrote:

Unfortunately, it's still heavily overcast around here. Nearest patch
of
clear skies is several hundred miles away.

On 9/22/2015 3:18 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote:

  From an email I received this afternoon:


Total Lunar Eclipse!

On the evening of September 27th, skywatchers throughout North

America

will be treated to one of nature’s grandest celestial sky shows – a
total eclipse of the Moon. And unlike the one in April which occurred
in the early predawn hours, this one will happen during convenient
evening ones.


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Re: Total Lunar Eclipse

[Knarf]

Stayed cloudy here. Not impressed.

Cheers,

frank

On 27 September, 2015 10:53:57 PM EDT, ann sanfedele <ann...@nyc.rr.com> wrote:
>had a decent view until about 10:15.. then the clouds rolled in...
>about 
>20 minutes later I could just barely make out a hint of
>anorangepenetratingthe light cloud cover.   :- (
>
>ann
>
>>
>> On 9/27/2015 9:02 PM, Knarf wrote:
>>> The moon just disappeared behind a thin layer of clouds here. One
>can 
>>> still see moonlight peeking through the clouds, but no moon.
>>>
>>> Hope that situation changes...
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>>
>>> frank
>>>
>>> On 27 September, 2015 8:57:34 PM EDT, ann sanfedele 
>>> <ann...@nyc.rr.com> wrote:
>>>> I see the moon from my window now
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 9/27/2015 8:31 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote:
>>>>> It's overcast here, unfortunately.
>>>>>
>>>>> Dan Matyola
>>>>> http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Sun, Sep 27, 2015 at 8:02 PM, Knarf <knarftheria...@gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>>> Looks like it might get a bit hazy but the moon's still low in
>the
>>>> sky and clearly seen.  I think I missed a nice moonrise over the
>Lake.
>>>>>> Maybe I'll wander down and see what's what...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> frank
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 27 September, 2015 7:19:31 PM EDT, John
><sesso...@earthlink.net>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>> Unfortunately, it's still heavily overcast around here. Nearest
>>>> patch
>>>>>>> of
>>>>>>> clear skies is several hundred miles away.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 9/22/2015 3:18 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote:
>>>>>>>>From an email I received this afternoon:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Total Lunar Eclipse!
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On the evening of September 27th, skywatchers throughout North
>>>>>>> America
>>>>>>>> will be treated to one of nature’s grandest celestial sky shows
>–
>>>> a
>>>>>>>> total eclipse of the Moon. And unlike the one in April which
>>>> occurred
>>>>>>>> in the early predawn hours, this one will happen during
>convenient
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Re: Total Lunar Eclipse

[Brian Walters]

On Mon, Sep 28, 2015, at 01:24 PM, Knarf wrote:
> Stayed cloudy here. Not impressed.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> frank
> 


Nice and clear here - unfortunately we didn't get to see the eclipse.

I guess that's the way it goes - the last two total moon eclipses here
have been cloudy...



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PESO -- Cloudy Moon (was) Re: Total Lunar Eclipse

[P.J. Alling]

I went out to try to shoot the Super Moon/Eclipse and I've given up on 
the photography at least.  Not a total bust, but there seem to be high 
clouds obscuring any detail.  I tried to use the SMC Pentax M*300mm 
f4.0, my copy of which is a bit sharper than the A*300 I also have was 
also a bust.  coupled with the 1.7x AF adapter the camera thought the 
moon should be in focus but they all looked like the image I'm going to 
post just because I tried.  It's not good, but I did make the attempt.


https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1604247/PESO/PESO%20--%20superbloodmoon.html

Equipment: Pentax K-5II w/vmc Vivitar Series 1 600mm Solid Catadioptric 
f8.0 and smc Pentax F 1.7x AF Adapter.


Note:  There was so little light the K-5II just simply refused to try to 
focus with the AF adapter and the Solid Cat lens mounted, I had to force 
it to focus to infinity with a different lens then mount the camera onto 
the Solid cat which was mounted on the tripod.  Lest anyone thing this 
might be the reason for the bad focus, every shot with every lens 
combination whether manual or auto focused looked pretty much like the 
one posted, just smaller on the frame.  I do kind of like it as an 
abstract, but I really wish that I had captured more detail.




On 9/22/2015 3:18 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote:

 From an email I received this afternoon:


Total Lunar Eclipse!

On the evening of September 27th, skywatchers throughout North America
will be treated to one of nature’s grandest celestial sky shows – a
total eclipse of the Moon. And unlike the one in April which occurred
in the early predawn hours, this one will happen during convenient
evening ones.

This cosmic spectacular begins with the full Moon entering the Earth’s
dark inner shadow (the “umbra”) at 9:06 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time and
continuing to become ever-more fully immersed in it for the next hour.
Totality itself will start at 10:11 p.m. EDT and last more than an
hour until 11:23 EDT, after which the Moon begins to slowly emerge
from the cone of darkness in reverse order. Adding to the beauty of
the overall scene at this eclipse (especially during totality itself,
while the sky is dark), the Moon will be accompanied by some of the
early rising bright winter stars. (Use your Scientifics’ Star and
Planet Locator to identify them)

There are several interesting things to notice as you watch this event
unfold. Most obvious are the darkness of the eclipsed Moon and the
range of colors displayed, both of which vary from one eclipse to
another. These depend on the clarity of the Earth’s atmosphere at the
time, which refracts or bends sunlight around into the umbral shadow.
There have actually been eclipses so dark that the Moon remained
all-but invisible during totality — and ones so pale that you had to
look carefully to see that there was even an eclipse in progress!
Among the colors that have been seen are shades of reddish-orange,
brown, copper, rose, and even blood-red. Notice, too, that the Earth’s
shadow is curved at all phases of the eclipse, as the Moon passes
through it. This is direct proof that the Earth itself is round —
something recognized by many early skywatchers. And finally, realize
that you’re actually seeing our lovely satellite move eastward in its
orbit — as it first passes into, through, and then out of the shadow
at roughly its own diameter each hour.

While lunar eclipses can certainly be enjoyed with the unaided eye
alone (as they have been throughout most of history!), they are
best-seen in binoculars. An ideal pair for this would be a 7×50 or
10×50 glass, the first number indicating its magnification and the
second the aperture in millimeters. Telescopes themselves, with their
relatively narrow fields of view, typically don’t provide enough sky
coverage around the Moon to get the full effect of its globe being
suspended in space. An exception here, however, is Scientifics’
amazing Astroscan wide-field reflecting telescope. Providing a
3-degree actual field of view at it low magnification of 16x, it takes
in an astounding six full-Moon-diameters of sky — something many have
described as looking through the porthole of a spaceship!

—James Mullaney
Former assistant editor at Sky & Telescope magazine and author of 10
books on stargazing.

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Re: Total Lunar Eclipse

[Brian Walters]

On Fri, Sep 25, 2015, at 03:36 PM, David Mann wrote:
> On Sep 25, 2015, at 12:24 am, Daniel J. Matyola 
> wrote:
> > 
> > On Thu, Sep 24, 2015 at 1:13 AM, David Mann  wrote:
> >> I thought we were going to get to make some human sacrifices.
> > 
> > I thought we were avoiding discussions of American electoral politics,  
> 
> Hair hair.


Keep that up and there'll hell toupee...


Cheers

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Re: Total Lunar Eclipse

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On Thu, Sep 24, 2015 at 1:13 AM, David Mann  wrote:
> I thought we were going to get to make some human sacrifices.

I thought we were avoiding discussions of American electoral politics,  

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Re: Total Lunar Eclipse

[P.J. Alling]

I used to like it better when we didn't sacrifice humans, only politicians.

On 9/24/2015 8:24 AM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote:

On Thu, Sep 24, 2015 at 1:13 AM, David Mann  wrote:

I thought we were going to get to make some human sacrifices.

I thought we were avoiding discussions of American electoral politics,  

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Re: Total Lunar Eclipse

[John]

I might have heard stories about politicians making sacrifices when I
was a young child.

On 9/24/2015 9:11 AM, P.J. Alling wrote:

I used to like it better when we didn't sacrifice humans, only politicians.

On 9/24/2015 8:24 AM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote:

On Thu, Sep 24, 2015 at 1:13 AM, David Mann  wrote:

I thought we were going to get to make some human sacrifices.

I thought we were avoiding discussions of American electoral
politics,  

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Re: Total Lunar Eclipse

[David Mann]

On Sep 25, 2015, at 12:24 am, Daniel J. Matyola  wrote:
> 
> On Thu, Sep 24, 2015 at 1:13 AM, David Mann  wrote:
>> I thought we were going to get to make some human sacrifices.
> 
> I thought we were avoiding discussions of American electoral politics,  

Hair hair.

Cheers,
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Re: Total Lunar Eclipse

[Alan C]

Really, I don't know what all the fuss is about, unless perhaps you are a 
statistician or just plain superstitious. A so called Super-Moon occurs if 
the full moon is approximately at the closest point to earth on it's 
slightly elliptical orbit. It appears slightly brighter than normal but the 
difference is hardly noticeable. A lunar eclipse occurs if the full moon 
passes through the shadow cast behind the earth by the sun.  It all depends 
on the alignment of the three celestial bodies. On average, the alignment is 
right twice a year. The odds of a total eclipse coinciding with a Super-Moon 
is quite small. A partial eclipse is quite widely visible but the total 
eclipse is only visible in a fairly narrow band. The term "Blood Moon" 
arises because, at totality, the moon is illuminated only by red light 
refracted through the earth's atmosphere.


Mind you, it still remains a sight to behold. Imagine if the Earth had 10 
moons!


Alan C

-Original Message- 
From: David Mann

Sent: Wednesday, September 23, 2015 7:17 AM
To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List
Subject: Re: Total Lunar Eclipse

The media here said it’s going to be a supermoon as well.  We don’t get to 
see the eclipse here :(


Cheers,
Dave

On Sep 23, 2015, at 7:18 am, Daniel J. Matyola <danmaty...@gmail.com> 
wrote:


From an email I received this afternoon:


Total Lunar Eclipse!

On the evening of September 27th, skywatchers throughout North America
will be treated to one of nature’s grandest celestial sky shows – a
total eclipse of the Moon. And unlike the one in April which occurred
in the early predawn hours, this one will happen during convenient
evening ones.

This cosmic spectacular begins with the full Moon entering the Earth’s
dark inner shadow (the “umbra”) at 9:06 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time and
continuing to become ever-more fully immersed in it for the next hour.
Totality itself will start at 10:11 p.m. EDT and last more than an
hour until 11:23 EDT, after which the Moon begins to slowly emerge
from the cone of darkness in reverse order. Adding to the beauty of
the overall scene at this eclipse (especially during totality itself,
while the sky is dark), the Moon will be accompanied by some of the
early rising bright winter stars. (Use your Scientifics’ Star and
Planet Locator to identify them)

There are several interesting things to notice as you watch this event
unfold. Most obvious are the darkness of the eclipsed Moon and the
range of colors displayed, both of which vary from one eclipse to
another. These depend on the clarity of the Earth’s atmosphere at the
time, which refracts or bends sunlight around into the umbral shadow.
There have actually been eclipses so dark that the Moon remained
all-but invisible during totality — and ones so pale that you had to
look carefully to see that there was even an eclipse in progress!
Among the colors that have been seen are shades of reddish-orange,
brown, copper, rose, and even blood-red. Notice, too, that the Earth’s
shadow is curved at all phases of the eclipse, as the Moon passes
through it. This is direct proof that the Earth itself is round —
something recognized by many early skywatchers. And finally, realize
that you’re actually seeing our lovely satellite move eastward in its
orbit — as it first passes into, through, and then out of the shadow
at roughly its own diameter each hour.

While lunar eclipses can certainly be enjoyed with the unaided eye
alone (as they have been throughout most of history!), they are
best-seen in binoculars. An ideal pair for this would be a 7×50 or
10×50 glass, the first number indicating its magnification and the
second the aperture in millimeters. Telescopes themselves, with their
relatively narrow fields of view, typically don’t provide enough sky
coverage around the Moon to get the full effect of its globe being
suspended in space. An exception here, however, is Scientifics’
amazing Astroscan wide-field reflecting telescope. Providing a
3-degree actual field of view at it low magnification of 16x, it takes
in an astounding six full-Moon-diameters of sky — something many have
described as looking through the porthole of a spaceship!

—James Mullaney
Former assistant editor at Sky & Telescope magazine and author of 10
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Re: Total Lunar Eclipse

[John]

It's also supposed to be a "super-moon". Not sure how much good it's
going to do for me though.

Local forecast: Cloudy skies with patchy drizzle and light rain.

I'll give it a shot, but I ain't expecting much.

On 9/22/2015 3:18 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote:

 From an email I received this afternoon:


Total Lunar Eclipse!

On the evening of September 27th, skywatchers throughout North America
will be treated to one of nature’s grandest celestial sky shows – a
total eclipse of the Moon. And unlike the one in April which occurred
in the early predawn hours, this one will happen during convenient
evening ones.

This cosmic spectacular begins with the full Moon entering the Earth’s
dark inner shadow (the “umbra”) at 9:06 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time and
continuing to become ever-more fully immersed in it for the next hour.
Totality itself will start at 10:11 p.m. EDT and last more than an
hour until 11:23 EDT, after which the Moon begins to slowly emerge
from the cone of darkness in reverse order. Adding to the beauty of
the overall scene at this eclipse (especially during totality itself,
while the sky is dark), the Moon will be accompanied by some of the
early rising bright winter stars. (Use your Scientifics’ Star and
Planet Locator to identify them)

There are several interesting things to notice as you watch this event
unfold. Most obvious are the darkness of the eclipsed Moon and the
range of colors displayed, both of which vary from one eclipse to
another. These depend on the clarity of the Earth’s atmosphere at the
time, which refracts or bends sunlight around into the umbral shadow.
There have actually been eclipses so dark that the Moon remained
all-but invisible during totality — and ones so pale that you had to
look carefully to see that there was even an eclipse in progress!
Among the colors that have been seen are shades of reddish-orange,
brown, copper, rose, and even blood-red. Notice, too, that the Earth’s
shadow is curved at all phases of the eclipse, as the Moon passes
through it. This is direct proof that the Earth itself is round —
something recognized by many early skywatchers. And finally, realize
that you’re actually seeing our lovely satellite move eastward in its
orbit — as it first passes into, through, and then out of the shadow
at roughly its own diameter each hour.

While lunar eclipses can certainly be enjoyed with the unaided eye
alone (as they have been throughout most of history!), they are
best-seen in binoculars. An ideal pair for this would be a 7×50 or
10×50 glass, the first number indicating its magnification and the
second the aperture in millimeters. Telescopes themselves, with their
relatively narrow fields of view, typically don’t provide enough sky
coverage around the Moon to get the full effect of its globe being
suspended in space. An exception here, however, is Scientifics’
amazing Astroscan wide-field reflecting telescope. Providing a
3-degree actual field of view at it low magnification of 16x, it takes
in an astounding six full-Moon-diameters of sky — something many have
described as looking through the porthole of a spaceship!

—James Mullaney
Former assistant editor at Sky & Telescope magazine and author of 10
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Re: Total Lunar Eclipse

[John]

It's just that when the "supermoon" lines up with the earth's shadow for
a total eclipse you get a deeper, more satisfying eclipse experience.

IF you have good weather to see it.

On 9/23/2015 3:30 AM, Alan C wrote:

Really, I don't know what all the fuss is about, unless perhaps you are
a statistician or just plain superstitious. A so called Super-Moon
occurs if the full moon is approximately at the closest point to earth
on it's slightly elliptical orbit. It appears slightly brighter than
normal but the difference is hardly noticeable. A lunar eclipse occurs
if the full moon passes through the shadow cast behind the earth by the
sun.  It all depends on the alignment of the three celestial bodies. On
average, the alignment is right twice a year. The odds of a total
eclipse coinciding with a Super-Moon is quite small. A partial eclipse
is quite widely visible but the total eclipse is only visible in a
fairly narrow band. The term "Blood Moon" arises because, at totality,
the moon is illuminated only by red light refracted through the earth's
atmosphere.

Mind you, it still remains a sight to behold. Imagine if the Earth had
10 moons!

Alan C

-Original Message- From: David Mann
Sent: Wednesday, September 23, 2015 7:17 AM
To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List
Subject: Re: Total Lunar Eclipse

The media here said it’s going to be a supermoon as well.  We don’t get
to see the eclipse here :(

Cheers,
Dave


On Sep 23, 2015, at 7:18 am, Daniel J. Matyola <danmaty...@gmail.com>
wrote:

From an email I received this afternoon:


Total Lunar Eclipse!

On the evening of September 27th, skywatchers throughout North America
will be treated to one of nature’s grandest celestial sky shows – a
total eclipse of the Moon. And unlike the one in April which occurred
in the early predawn hours, this one will happen during convenient
evening ones.

This cosmic spectacular begins with the full Moon entering the Earth’s
dark inner shadow (the “umbra”) at 9:06 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time and
continuing to become ever-more fully immersed in it for the next hour.
Totality itself will start at 10:11 p.m. EDT and last more than an
hour until 11:23 EDT, after which the Moon begins to slowly emerge
from the cone of darkness in reverse order. Adding to the beauty of
the overall scene at this eclipse (especially during totality itself,
while the sky is dark), the Moon will be accompanied by some of the
early rising bright winter stars. (Use your Scientifics’ Star and
Planet Locator to identify them)

There are several interesting things to notice as you watch this event
unfold. Most obvious are the darkness of the eclipsed Moon and the
range of colors displayed, both of which vary from one eclipse to
another. These depend on the clarity of the Earth’s atmosphere at the
time, which refracts or bends sunlight around into the umbral shadow.
There have actually been eclipses so dark that the Moon remained
all-but invisible during totality — and ones so pale that you had to
look carefully to see that there was even an eclipse in progress!
Among the colors that have been seen are shades of reddish-orange,
brown, copper, rose, and even blood-red. Notice, too, that the Earth’s
shadow is curved at all phases of the eclipse, as the Moon passes
through it. This is direct proof that the Earth itself is round —
something recognized by many early skywatchers. And finally, realize
that you’re actually seeing our lovely satellite move eastward in its
orbit — as it first passes into, through, and then out of the shadow
at roughly its own diameter each hour.

While lunar eclipses can certainly be enjoyed with the unaided eye
alone (as they have been throughout most of history!), they are
best-seen in binoculars. An ideal pair for this would be a 7×50 or
10×50 glass, the first number indicating its magnification and the
second the aperture in millimeters. Telescopes themselves, with their
relatively narrow fields of view, typically don’t provide enough sky
coverage around the Moon to get the full effect of its globe being
suspended in space. An exception here, however, is Scientifics’
amazing Astroscan wide-field reflecting telescope. Providing a
3-degree actual field of view at it low magnification of 16x, it takes
in an astounding six full-Moon-diameters of sky — something many have
described as looking through the porthole of a spaceship!

—James Mullaney
Former assistant editor at Sky & Telescope magazine and author of 10
books on stargazing.

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Re: Total Lunar Eclipse

[David Mann]

Oh, I thought we were going to get to make some human sacrifices.

Cheers,
Dave

> On Sep 23, 2015, at 7:30 pm, Alan C  wrote:
> 
> Really, I don't know what all the fuss is about, unless perhaps you are a 
> statistician or just plain superstitious. A so called Super-Moon occurs if 
> the full moon is approximately at the closest point to earth on it's slightly 
> elliptical orbit. It appears slightly brighter than normal but the difference 
> is hardly noticeable. A lunar eclipse occurs if the full moon passes through 
> the shadow cast behind the earth by the sun.  It all depends on the alignment 
> of the three celestial bodies. On average, the alignment is right twice a 
> year. The odds of a total eclipse coinciding with a Super-Moon is quite 
> small. A partial eclipse is quite widely visible but the total eclipse is 
> only visible in a fairly narrow band. The term "Blood Moon" arises because, 
> at totality, the moon is illuminated only by red light refracted through the 
> earth's atmosphere.
> 
> Mind you, it still remains a sight to behold. Imagine if the Earth had 10 
> moons!
> 
> Alan C


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Total Lunar Eclipse

[Daniel J. Matyola]

From an email I received this afternoon:


Total Lunar Eclipse!

On the evening of September 27th, skywatchers throughout North America
will be treated to one of nature’s grandest celestial sky shows – a
total eclipse of the Moon. And unlike the one in April which occurred
in the early predawn hours, this one will happen during convenient
evening ones.

This cosmic spectacular begins with the full Moon entering the Earth’s
dark inner shadow (the “umbra”) at 9:06 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time and
continuing to become ever-more fully immersed in it for the next hour.
Totality itself will start at 10:11 p.m. EDT and last more than an
hour until 11:23 EDT, after which the Moon begins to slowly emerge
from the cone of darkness in reverse order. Adding to the beauty of
the overall scene at this eclipse (especially during totality itself,
while the sky is dark), the Moon will be accompanied by some of the
early rising bright winter stars. (Use your Scientifics’ Star and
Planet Locator to identify them)

There are several interesting things to notice as you watch this event
unfold. Most obvious are the darkness of the eclipsed Moon and the
range of colors displayed, both of which vary from one eclipse to
another. These depend on the clarity of the Earth’s atmosphere at the
time, which refracts or bends sunlight around into the umbral shadow.
There have actually been eclipses so dark that the Moon remained
all-but invisible during totality — and ones so pale that you had to
look carefully to see that there was even an eclipse in progress!
Among the colors that have been seen are shades of reddish-orange,
brown, copper, rose, and even blood-red. Notice, too, that the Earth’s
shadow is curved at all phases of the eclipse, as the Moon passes
through it. This is direct proof that the Earth itself is round —
something recognized by many early skywatchers. And finally, realize
that you’re actually seeing our lovely satellite move eastward in its
orbit — as it first passes into, through, and then out of the shadow
at roughly its own diameter each hour.

While lunar eclipses can certainly be enjoyed with the unaided eye
alone (as they have been throughout most of history!), they are
best-seen in binoculars. An ideal pair for this would be a 7×50 or
10×50 glass, the first number indicating its magnification and the
second the aperture in millimeters. Telescopes themselves, with their
relatively narrow fields of view, typically don’t provide enough sky
coverage around the Moon to get the full effect of its globe being
suspended in space. An exception here, however, is Scientifics’
amazing Astroscan wide-field reflecting telescope. Providing a
3-degree actual field of view at it low magnification of 16x, it takes
in an astounding six full-Moon-diameters of sky — something many have
described as looking through the porthole of a spaceship!

—James Mullaney
Former assistant editor at Sky & Telescope magazine and author of 10
books on stargazing.

Dan Matyola
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola

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Re: Total Lunar Eclipse

[Igor PDML-StR]

Dan, thank you for the heads-up.

The timing might allow me showing this interesting phenomenon to my
little daughter (for the first time).
I am hoping for a sufficiently clear sky.

Just a quick comment on your correspondent's statement:
"Notice, too, that the Earth's
shadow is curved at all phases of the eclipse, as the Moon passes
through it. This is direct proof that the Earth itself is round.
something recognized by many early skywatchers."

But it is not yet a complete proof that Earth is not flat! The same 
could be observed if the Earth were, say, a disk.

(That's a physicist speaks. :-) )

Igor


Daniel J. Matyola Tue, 22 Sep 2015 12:19:18 -0700 wrote:


From an email I received this afternoon:



Total Lunar Eclipse!

On the evening of September 27th, skywatchers throughout North America
will be treated to one of nature.s grandest celestial sky shows . a
total eclipse of the Moon. And unlike the one in April which occurred
in the early predawn hours, this one will happen during convenient
evening ones.

This cosmic spectacular begins with the full Moon entering the Earth.s
dark inner shadow (the .umbra.) at 9:06 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time and
continuing to become ever-more fully immersed in it for the next hour.
Totality itself will start at 10:11 p.m. EDT and last more than an
hour until 11:23 EDT, after which the Moon begins to slowly emerge
from the cone of darkness in reverse order. Adding to the beauty of
the overall scene at this eclipse (especially during totality itself,
while the sky is dark), the Moon will be accompanied by some of the
early rising bright winter stars. (Use your Scientifics. Star and
Planet Locator to identify them)

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Re: Total Lunar Eclipse

[David Mann]

The media here said it’s going to be a supermoon as well.  We don’t get to see 
the eclipse here :(

Cheers,
Dave

> On Sep 23, 2015, at 7:18 am, Daniel J. Matyola <danmaty...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> From an email I received this afternoon:
> 
> 
> Total Lunar Eclipse!
> 
> On the evening of September 27th, skywatchers throughout North America
> will be treated to one of nature’s grandest celestial sky shows – a
> total eclipse of the Moon. And unlike the one in April which occurred
> in the early predawn hours, this one will happen during convenient
> evening ones.
> 
> This cosmic spectacular begins with the full Moon entering the Earth’s
> dark inner shadow (the “umbra”) at 9:06 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time and
> continuing to become ever-more fully immersed in it for the next hour.
> Totality itself will start at 10:11 p.m. EDT and last more than an
> hour until 11:23 EDT, after which the Moon begins to slowly emerge
> from the cone of darkness in reverse order. Adding to the beauty of
> the overall scene at this eclipse (especially during totality itself,
> while the sky is dark), the Moon will be accompanied by some of the
> early rising bright winter stars. (Use your Scientifics’ Star and
> Planet Locator to identify them)
> 
> There are several interesting things to notice as you watch this event
> unfold. Most obvious are the darkness of the eclipsed Moon and the
> range of colors displayed, both of which vary from one eclipse to
> another. These depend on the clarity of the Earth’s atmosphere at the
> time, which refracts or bends sunlight around into the umbral shadow.
> There have actually been eclipses so dark that the Moon remained
> all-but invisible during totality — and ones so pale that you had to
> look carefully to see that there was even an eclipse in progress!
> Among the colors that have been seen are shades of reddish-orange,
> brown, copper, rose, and even blood-red. Notice, too, that the Earth’s
> shadow is curved at all phases of the eclipse, as the Moon passes
> through it. This is direct proof that the Earth itself is round —
> something recognized by many early skywatchers. And finally, realize
> that you’re actually seeing our lovely satellite move eastward in its
> orbit — as it first passes into, through, and then out of the shadow
> at roughly its own diameter each hour.
> 
> While lunar eclipses can certainly be enjoyed with the unaided eye
> alone (as they have been throughout most of history!), they are
> best-seen in binoculars. An ideal pair for this would be a 7×50 or
> 10×50 glass, the first number indicating its magnification and the
> second the aperture in millimeters. Telescopes themselves, with their
> relatively narrow fields of view, typically don’t provide enough sky
> coverage around the Moon to get the full effect of its globe being
> suspended in space. An exception here, however, is Scientifics’
> amazing Astroscan wide-field reflecting telescope. Providing a
> 3-degree actual field of view at it low magnification of 16x, it takes
> in an astounding six full-Moon-diameters of sky — something many have
> described as looking through the porthole of a spaceship!
> 
> —James Mullaney
> Former assistant editor at Sky & Telescope magazine and author of 10
> books on stargazing.
> 
> Dan Matyola
> http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola
> 
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Re: OT: A Total Lunar Eclipse Over North Carolina

[David Mann]

On Aug 27, 2007, at 12:46 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote:

 http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap070826.html

I'm planning to be out watching a lunar eclipse this time tomorrow.

I can put money on cloudy weather...

- Dave


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Re: OT: A Total Lunar Eclipse Over North Carolina

[David Savage]

I hope the sky here is clear tomorrow.

Cheers,

Dave

On 8/27/07, David Mann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 On Aug 27, 2007, at 12:46 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote:

  http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap070826.html

 I'm planning to be out watching a lunar eclipse this time tomorrow.

 I can put money on cloudy weather...

 - Dave

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OT: A Total Lunar Eclipse Over North Carolina

[Daniel J. Matyola]

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap070826.html

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Total Lunar Eclipse Nov. 8-9 (cross-posted)

[Maris V. Lidaka Sr.]

 Weather permitting, on the night of November 8 in the U.S. and very early
in the morning on November 9 in other parts of the world, there will a lunar
eclipse that is visible over most of North America, Europe and Africa. In
the U.S. the entire event will be visible to viewers on the east coast.
Observers in the western part of the U.S. and Canada will see the eclipse
underway when the moon rises. No part of the eclipse will be visible from
easternmost Asia, Japan, Indonesia or Australia.

http://www.nyip.com/tips/eclipse1103.php

Maris

Re: Total Lunar Eclipse Nov. 8-9 (cross-posted)

[Bob Walkden]

Hi,

Thursday, November 6, 2003, 3:18:52 PM, you wrote:

  Weather permitting, on the night of November 8 in the U.S. and very early
 in the morning on November 9 in other parts of the world, there will a lunar
 eclipse that is visible over most of North America, Europe and Africa. In
 the U.S. the entire event will be visible to viewers on the east coast.
 Observers in the western part of the U.S. and Canada will see the eclipse
 underway when the moon rises. No part of the eclipse will be visible from
 easternmost Asia, Japan, Indonesia or Australia.

 http://www.nyip.com/tips/eclipse1103.php

Should be enjoyable.

Here's some information about it from the UK perspective:
http://www.nmm.ac.uk/site/request/setTemplate:singlecontent/contentTypeA/conWebDoc/contentId/10803

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