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Topic: Eclipses & Events
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Sky Events: Total lunar eclipse: clear skies over Leif Erikson Park
Posted by: lynn_s on Thursday, October 28, 2004 - 07:45 AM
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For once the weather cooperated. The clouds broke up around 8 PM and we had a clear sky for the whole total eclipse last night, which ran from 9:23 to 10:45. Seven club telescopes were set up in Leif Erikson Park and we had around 150 visitors, plus a few dozen more who watched from the Lakewalk.
The Moon went a coppery orange with a brighter lower edge. Saturn was rising in the east during totality and Mark swung over to it for the people who asked what that bright star was.
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Sky Events: Transit of Venus at sunrise from Brighton Beach
Posted by: lynn_s on Wednesday, June 09, 2004 - 07:10 AM
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Nine of us were at Brighton Beach by 4:45 yesterday morning to catch the end of the transit of Venus. The Sun came up out of the lake at 5:17 with Venus already close to its edge, a sharp black dot that was visible through the eclipse glasses even with the Sun that low.
Third contact came at 6:04 and Venus was off the disk at about 6:23. Rick's Unitron with a Baader film filter gave the best view. Dave got the black drop effect on his webcam, but only just.
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