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Re: (meteorobs) OT (2nd. Try): The November 8, 2003 Lunar Eclipse - This I saw too
To Wayne and Joe Rao,
You mentioned subject about the recent moon eclipse is interesting. I found
the same aspect that you detailed along: that it wasn't "completely"
covered. I remark that I observed it during all its phases for a period of
three hours.
Well, I thought that it was part of the clouds that covered the last
uncovered phase here. But since you mentioned that you also haven't seen it
"in totality' dark..dot it just me made think that, excuse me, but that I go a
bit with you observation. So, any bend atmospheric illusion, probably.
Anyway, I observed the lunar eclipse with binoculars on the most. There were
two people with me.
Best regards,
Marco Valois
----- Original Message -----
From: Wayne T Hally <meteors@eclipsedot net>
To: <meteorobs@atmob.org>
Sent: Saturday, November 15, 2003 1:35 PM
Subject: RE: (meteorobs) OT (2nd. Try): The November 8, 2003 Lunar Eclipse
> It could also depend (if you are referring to the view through the
> telescope) on which type of scope you used. Some flip the image upside
> down, and some left and right as well
>
> Wayne
>
> ----------
> From: Skywayinc@aol.com[SMTP:Skywayinc@aol.com]
> Sent: Saturday, November 15, 2003 12:49 AM
> To: meteorobs@atmob.org
> Subject: Re: (meteorobs) OT (2nd. Try): The November 8, 2003 Lunar Eclipse
>
> In a message dated 11/14/03 1:42:24 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> unclefireballmtf@yahoo.com writes:
>
> << 1. I was under the allusion that the recent eclipse
> was a total one. However, during "totality", I kept
> noticing that the bottom edge of the moon was
> brighter than all of the rest, particularly from the
> bottom left if I remember right. It never seemed to
> have been completely eclipsed. Is that possible or
> what was I seeing?
>
> The Earth's umbral shadow is not uniformly dark. The region around the
rim
> of the shadow tends to be somewhat brighter than that region at or near
the
> center of the shadow. Since this was a relatively short totality, with the
> Moon
> skimming through the southernmost part of the umbra (the Moon's southern
> edge
> was tucked inside the shadow by only about 50 miles), the lower rim tended
> to
> appear noticeably brighter than the central and upper portions of the
Moon.
> Another factor is atmospheric refraction which allowed sunlight to be more
> readily bent or refracted into the shadow and then on to the Moon.
>
> 2. Sometime after 1:10 UT, I peered through the
> telescope (looking for the first signs of
> "emergence") at the bottom, bright region mentioned
> above and noted that the bottom "right" edge seemed to
> be brighter than the left. What does one make of
> that?
>
> Mid totality was at 1:19 UT. Prior to that time, the lower right limb of
> the
> Moon would appear brightest. After 1:19 UT, it would be the lower left
> limb
> would appear brightest. The bright rim would appear to "pivot" along the
> bottom edge of the Moon from right to left as the totally eclipsed Moon
> progressed
> through the Earth's umbra.
>
> -- joe rao
>
>
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