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Re: (meteorobs) RE: SW Florida eclipse and meteors

     While I really don't have much reference to state whether or not this
eclipse was bright OR dark, one thing was definite--the pre-eclipsed full moon
was very, very, bright.  As I had intended to observe meteors during the eclipse,
I began worrying that the moon, even partially eclipsed, was going to compromise
the dark-adaptation for for my eyes. Indeed, I feel that it was, to some degree,
compromised.  I did not get good LM's during the eclipsed phase until just before
the moon began to emerge from the Earth's shadow, though under such clear, dark
skies I should easily, (and normally) and immediately, have been getting at leat
+6.3 or better!  As it was, I didn't reach that level until 60 or 70 minutes had
passed, even though the eclipsed moon was only shining at LM -2.
Kim Youmans

Skywayinc@aol.com wrote:

> In a message dated 1/22/00 11:07:03 AM Eastern Standard Time,
> nmcleod@peganet.com writes:
>
> << Out of ten major lunars I have seen since 1956, just those with
>  the eclipse fully visible from here, I found this latest one to have been
>  the second-darkest of my life.  The colors were the most muted ever --
>  exceedingly dull.  No hint of brick red this time >>
>
>     I found Norm's comments to be most interesting, since I too have ten
> totalities under my belt and from my own experience, this eclipse was
> surprisingly bright.  As noted in an earlier e-mail, my location was plagued
> by mid-to-high level cloudiness during much of the eclipse and I felt as we
> approached totality that the clouds would completely obliterate the Moon (or
> very nearly so).  But despite this, the Moon shone rather brightly . . . and
> the coppery orange-red colors were (for me) the most pronounced since the
> eclipse of November 1975 -- a quarter of a century ago!
>
>     Norm mentioned the eclipse of 1994, but there was none in that year.
> There was a total lunar eclipse in November 1993 that I thought was of
> moderate brightness but was almost completely devoid of any color (I had
> later commented in my report to S&T that maybe we should have gotton Ted
> Turner to colorize it!).  There were two totals in 1996.  I was completely
> wiped-out by clouds of the April event, while the September eclipse was great
> -- until thick clouds rolled in just before totality.
>
> -- joe rao
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