Watched through 6″ scope. It reached totality maybe 10 minutes ago. It is pretty eerie to see this shadow almost imperceptibly creep across the features of the moon as you watch. Of course, it doesn’t get anywhere near completely black, just darker, specially through a scope. Lunar eclipses aren’t actually that uncommon. Unfortunately, it will be quite a while before we have a chance to view a total solar eclipse in our neck of the wood.
August 28th, 2007 at 03:19:25 am
Watched through 6″ scope. It reached totality maybe 10 minutes ago. It is pretty eerie to see this shadow almost imperceptibly creep across the features of the moon as you watch. Of course, it doesn’t get anywhere near completely black, just darker, specially through a scope. Lunar eclipses aren’t actually that uncommon. Unfortunately, it will be quite a while before we have a chance to view a total solar eclipse in our neck of the wood.