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Moon (Moon)
Observer: Joe Caggiano (e-mail: jcaggiano@mindspring.com, web: http://home.mindspring.com/~jcaggiano/)
Instrument: 6 -inch equatorial reflector Location: Glenside, Pa, USA
Light pollution: light Transparency: fair Seeing: fair
Time: Tue Dec 20 16:00:00 2005 UT Obs. no.: 1444
Got some new binoviewers yesterday in the mail. Decided to try them out. Cloud cover kept the viewing rather spotty (I couldn't view M31 or the Double Cluster in Perseus) but the objects I viewed were incredible. Though I viewed M45, Mars, Saturn and M42, the absolute all time best was the Moon. With the binoviewers, the mountains jumped out at me! You really do see a "3d" effect! It's like actually being in a lunar lander a few kilometers above the surface. Both medium and high power reveal the same effect. The craters actually have depth to them. The rilles appear to have a small subtle bit of height to them. And the view is like actually looking through an elliptical window on board a starship as the moon drifts by. Awesome !
Moon (Moon, est. mag -6, Est. RaDec Straight up)
Observer: Joe Caggiano (e-mail: jcaggiano@mindspring.com, web: http://home.mindspring.com/~jcaggiano/)
Instrument: naked eye Location: Glenside, Pa, USA
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: poor Seeing: poor
Time: Sat Dec 17 06:30:00 2005 UT Obs. no.: 1440
Clouds moved in after 10:00 PM and remained all night. Stepping outside at about 1:30 AM I saw a beautiful Halo extending around the Full Moon. I tried to get a picture of it with my digital camera, an old camcorder and finally, out of desperation, my webcam. None of my equipment was sensitive enough to pick up the phenomina. That was the most beautiful Halo I can remember seeing. I have only seen a halo that perfect maybe 4 or 5 times in my life! I wish I captured a picture of it.
Moon (Moon, est. mag -4)
Observer: Joe Caggiano (e-mail: jcaggiano@mindspring.com, web: http://home.mindspring.com/~jcaggiano/)
Instrument: 70-mm binoculars Location: Glenside, Pa, USA
Light pollution: light Transparency: excellent Seeing: excellent
Time: Mon Dec 12 02:00:00 2005 UT Obs. no.: 1432
I viewed the Moon and Mars Conjunction last night at around 9:00 PM. Both were almost directly overhead. Mars and the Moon were seperated by what appeared to be less than 2 Moon diameters. Small clouds passed by the pair causing the moon to give off a halo. I took some shots with my digital camera just as the clouds had a small break in them so the halo was visible, but so was Mars.
Moon (Moon, est. mag -8, est. to be in Aries)
Observer: Michael Amato (e-mail: abigmick@aol.com)
Instrument: naked eye Location: West Haven, Connecticut, United States
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: fair Seeing: fair
Time: Mon Dec 12 01:00:00 2005 UT Obs. no.: 1431
This evening, I observed the moon and Mars standing together just two degrees apart. That alone was great, but as an added bonus, clouds started to cover the moon and Mars which created a beautiful blue and red corona around the moon. The blue part of the corona surrounded the moon and the red part of the corona surrounded the blue part of the corona. Mars was inside the red part of the corona. This was one of the most beautiful astronomical sights I have ever seen.
Moon (Moon, est. mag -4)
Observer: Joe Caggiano (e-mail: jcaggiano@mindspring.com)
Instrument: 6-inch equatorial reflector Location: Glenside, Pa, USA
Light pollution: light Transparency: excellent Seeing: excellent
Time: Tue Dec 6 22:30:00 2005 UT Obs. no.: 1427
Admired the beautiful crescent moon last night just as the sun was setting. The skies were crystal clear and Venus was not far off. A few days ago the moon and Venus were in conjunction but I did not have the oppurtunity to view. I viewed the moon at 30x, 125x and 203x. All views were beautiful as the atmosphere held steady into twilight. I was able to make a mosaic from 3 very well detailed pictures using the LPI. The pic is posted on my website. Also tried for Mars. Viewed at 203x and higher. Little surface detail was seen as the planet is fading quickly. It becomes harder and harder to see features as the angular size diminishes.
Moon (Moon)
Observer: Michael Amato (e-mail: abigmick@aol.com)
Instrument: 6-inch Dobsonian reflector Location: Colchester, Connecticut, United States
Time: Sun Oct 16 20:00:00 2005 UT Obs. no.: 1366
Because the moon was nearly full and because we had an offshore wind at low tide, I was able to observe what is called a blowout tide. My friends and I were able to walk on areas that are constantly underwater, even at regular low tide. One of my friends thought that because the tide had receding so much meant we were going to get hit by a tsunami. These blowout tides will occur when a new or full moon combines with very strong offshore winds at low tide. Also I forgot. The sun being at equinox also helped create the blowout tide.
Moon (Moon)
Observer: Michael Amato (e-mail: abigmick@aol.com)
Instrument: 127-inch other Location: West Haven, Connecticut, United States
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: fair Seeing: fair
Time: Sun Sep 18 03:45:00 2005 UT Obs. no.: 1308
This evening, I observer the full harvest moon with my 127mm MAK. The moon's north polar region is favorably tipped in our direction. Because of this, I decided to try to observe a crater that can only be seen during this infrequent libration. Nansen is a crater in the north polar region that can only be glimpsed during a lunar libration. When I spotted the crater Nansen, I was able to see only its side wall. Because of the angle, I could not look into the crater. This was my first view of this crater.
Moon (Moon)
Observer: Michael Amato (e-mail: abigmick@aol.com)
Instrument: 6-inch Dobsonian reflector Location: West Haven, Connecticut, United States
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: fair Seeing: fair
Time: Wed Sep 14 00:15:00 2005 UT Obs. no.: 1307
This evening, my friends Mike Dzubaty, his son Mike, Steve Borer and I observed the moon with Steve's 6" dob. This week, the moon's north polar region is tipped favorably towards us. For the first time, I was able to observe Petermann crater which is located in the north polar region. The crater looks more like a small mare rather than a crater because we had to look at it almost sideways. Arnald crater is below Petermann crater and this crater is an old warn out crater. I was also able to get a good look at Neison crater. This is a very fine object and it looks to be one of the younger craters in the area.
Moon (Moon)
Observer: Michael Amato (e-mail: abigmick@aol.com)
Instrument: 127-mm other Location: West Haven, Connecticut, United States
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: fair Seeing: fair
Time: Thu Dec 2 03:00:00 2004 UT Obs. no.: 1121
Tonight, I observed the crater Aristachus on the moon with my 127mm MAK telescope at 123X. An observer in the U.K. reported seeing variations in brightness in and around the crater. When I put my scope on the moon, I also saw the variations of brightness. As the moon climbed higher, it looked like the cause of the variations in brightness was a small thin ray of light that came out the opposite side of the crater that the bright lunar ray of Aristarchus comes out. Other members of the American Lunar Society are also studying this sudden appearance on the moon.
Moon (Moon)
Observer: Michael Amato (e-mail: abigmick@aol.com)
Instrument: binoculars Location: Milford, Connecticut, United States
Light pollution: light Transparency: good Seeing: good
Time: Thu Oct 28 03:10:00 2004 UT Obs. no.: 1082
Last night, My friends Mike Dzubaty, Steve Borer, Joe Cseh and I Observed the total lunar eclipse with telescopes, binoculars and our naked eyes. At mid totality, the moon had a copper glow to it, although the northern edge looked brighter. Some areas of the moon were very dark. The copper color seemed to be a little less bright than last years total eclipse. As a result, I gave it a danjon rating of L= 2.1. The crater Aristarchus remained visable throughout the eclipse.
Moon (Moon, est. mag -1)
Observer: Joe Caggiano (e-mail: jcaggiano@mindspring.com)
Instrument: 70-mm binoculars Location: Horsham, Pa., USA
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: fair Seeing: poor
Time: Thu Oct 28 02:15:00 2004 UT Obs. no.: 1084
Due to heavy cloud cover I resorted to using my binos and tripod rather than set up the reflector. The eclipse had just started and, in the first 20 minutes or so, it actually looked really ominous with all the clouds with a deep orange color around it's halo. The clouds started moving in much heavier after 30 minutes or so. With the moon's visibility waning and deep cloud cover I pasked up the binos by 9:45 EST. At that point it looked little more than a crescent moon. That will be it until 2007.
Moon (Moon, est. mag -6)
Observer: Joe Caggiano (e-mail: jcaggiano@mindspring.com)
Instrument: 6-inch equatorial reflector Location: Horsham, Pa., USA
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: excellent Seeing: excellent
Time: Mon Oct 18 00:30:00 2004 UT Obs. no.: 1080
It was an exceptionally clear evening as I decided to take a peek at the thin crescent moon already very low in the west. There was only a short time left before it would set below the treeline. Gazing at 30x I noticed a white speck that appeared to be “disconnected” with the rest of the sunlit crescent just off the southern limb. Popping in my high power eyepiece it became evident that it was a mountain peak just off and over the horizon of the visible moon. I was actually seeing the tip of a mountain whose height had thrown it into the direct sunlight just like the lit side of the termination line. It was actually rather neat seeing something like that, knowing that it would be gone the next day due to the termination position changing.
Moon (Moon, est. to be in Taurus)
Observer: Michael Amato (e-mail: abigmick@aol.com)
Instrument: binoculars Location: West Haven, Connecticut, United States
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: fair Seeing: fair
Time: Fri May 21 00:30:00 2004 UT Obs. no.: 999
Tonight, my friends Dave, Steve, Mike and I got to view a very slender one day old crescent moon. It was quite a sight. As the earth shine set in, we were able to glimpse certain mares of the moon rather easily.
Moon (Moon, est. to be in Cancer)
Observer: Dave Mitsky (e-mail: djm28@psu.edu)
Instrument: 102-mm refractor Location: Hummelstown, Pennsylvania, USA
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: good Seeing: good
Time: Wed Mar 3 03:15:00 2004 UT Obs. no.: 958
I joined my friend Tony Donnangelo at his residence on Tuesday night to observe the Clausius Sunrise Ray (see http://www.lunar-occultations.com/rlo/rays/rays.htm for information on lunar light rays) through his 102mm f/8 Takahashi FS-102 apochromat. As it turned out the prediction time of 01:03 UT (8:03 p.m. EST) proved to be incorrect. Clausius was still on the dark side of the terminator hours after that time and so we never saw even the onset of the ray. But my trip was not far from wasted since Tony and I both discovered new lunar light rays! About 03:15 UT Tony noticed a short ray in the crater Mersenius P near Gasendi (Rukl chart 51). At 3:40 UT I came across a double ray near Schiller. One ray cut through Noggerah J at approximately 50.75 degrees north, 48 degrees west (Rukl chart 70). Another lay just to the south and east of the first and to the west of Noggerah H. With time these rays lengthened and were quite a sight to behold. As we were watching the progress of these rays the Moon occulted one field star and later another. I believe these stars were Omega Cancri (5.9 magnitude) and 4 Cancri (6.3 magnitude). We had a brief look at Jupiter and then turned the Tak back to the Moon before calling it quits at 05:00 UT. During the course of our observing session we used magnifications of 117 (7mm Nagler type 6), 158 (5.2mm Pentax SMC XL), and 234x (3.5mm Orion Lanthanum Superwide). Dave Mitsky
Moon (Moon)
Observer: Dave Mitsky (e-mail: djm28@psu.edu)
Instrument: 101-mm refractor Location: Lewisberry, Pennsylvania, USA
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: good Seeing: good
Time: Sun Nov 9 01:06:00 2003 UT Obs. no.: 909
I observed Saturday evening's lunar eclipse from the Astronomical Society of Harrisburg's Naylor Observatory through a number of instruments including the ASH 17" f/15 classical Cassegrain, a 10" f/10 Meade SCT, the 5" f/5 finder scope for the 17", my 101mm f/5.4 Tele Vue refractor, a Celestron 80mm f/5 refractor, a Celestron 20x80 binocular, and a Celestron Ultima 10x50 binocular. Many other telescopes were in use including the ASH 12.5" f/6.5 and 10" f/7 Cave Newtonians. I took afocal shots through the 5" and my scope with a Canon digital camera and eyepiece projection shots through the 5" with my Pentax K1000 SLR and a 32mm Brandon. We had clear skies for most of the event. Clouds encroached during the partial phase but were gone before totality began. Temperatures dropped to the mid-thirties. To my eyes the moon was a pinkish orange hue during totality with a bit of brightness at the southern limb, perhaps an L of 3 on the Danjon Scale. During totality I showed some of the onlookers M45, the Double Cluster, and Stock 2. There were at least 100 visitors and many ASH members present. Two of the local television stations did broadcasts from the observatory. I was interviewed by a reporter from the Harrisburg Patriot and by a another reporter from a local television station that didn't bother to send an ENG truck. All in all it was a most enjoyable evening
Moon (Moon)
Observer: Michael Amato (e-mail: abigmick@aol.com)
Instrument: binoculars Location: Milford, Connecticut, United States
Light pollution: moderate
Time: Sat Nov 8 23:30:00 2003 UT Obs. no.: 908
Tonight, A group of us gathered together to observe the total lunar eclipse. With the naked eye and binoculars the moon looked rust colored during totality. The south polar region of the moon remained bright during totality. As a result, I gave the eclipse Danjon rating a 2.2. Finally, when I saw how curved the earth's shadow was on the face of the moon, I new right then and there I would have to scrap my plans to join the flat earth society.
Moon (Moon)
Observer: Michael Amato (e-mail: abigmick@aol.com)
Instrument: 6-inch Dobsonian reflector Location: West Haven, Connecticut, United States
Time: Tue Sep 9 03:00:00 2003 UT Obs. no.: 879
This evening, due to a favorable libration of the moon, I was able to observe Mare Humboldtianum on the extreme upper right edge at 200X. This mare is a small unremarkable dark patch right near the very edge. The libration will allow Mare Humboldtianum to be seen a couple of days before the full moon in October also.
Moon (Moon)
Observer: Dave Mitsky (e-mail: djm28@psu.edu)
Instrument: 101-mm refractor Location: New Germantown, Pennsylvania, USA
Light pollution: light Transparency: excellent Seeing: fair
Time: Sun Jul 20 06:30:00 2003 UT Obs. no.: 846
While observing Luna on Sunday morning from Camp Site 52, I noted what may be an unreported lunar light ray, and a triple one at that, in the moderately large walled plain Alexander (Rukl #13 - see http://www.astrosurf.com/cidadao/crater_alexander_01.jpg for an image). The narrow central ray was the longest. The two flanking rays were also narrow triangles. The visual effect of the three rays was striking and seemed almost gothic in appearance. At the time that this was taking place my friend Tony Donnangelo and I were also viewing three other craters in which rays were taking place (namely Curtius, Lilius, and Julius Caesar) through his 14.5" Starmaster Sky Tracker Dobnewt. Few sunset rays are known (the first of which was the Walter ray which I discovered in 1997) so seeing four was quite a surprise. The triple ray in Alexander was still progressing nicely when I turned in for the night.
Moon (Moon)
Observer: Dave Mitsky (e-mail: djm28@psu.edu)
Instrument: 4.5-inch equatorial reflector Location: Harrisburg, PA, USA
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: poor Seeing: fair
Time: Sat Jun 7 03:05:00 2003 UT Obs. no.: 822
On this particular Friday night I was fortunate enough to have five minutes of partially clear skies to observe the Mt.Blanc/Alpine Valley lunar sunrise light ray (see http://www.lunar-occultations.com/rlo/rays/alpvalley.htm for further information) from my residence before the clouds that have been almost omnipresent this spring returned. I had been trying out my new 3-6mm Nagler zoom eyepiece on Jupiter and the moon with my 80mm f/5 Orion ShortTube achromatic refractor and 114mm f/7.9 Celestron C4.5 Newtonian off and on earlier that evening between sessions with the Virtual Moon Atlas. At approximately 11:05 p.m. EDT (3:05 UT 2003/6/7) I detected the ray. It appeared as a very thin and somewhat dim shaft of light just east of the terminator and southeast of Vallis Alpes (the Alpine Valley). I used 112x (8mm Tele Vue Radian) and 150x (Tele Vue Nagler zoom at 6m) to view the ray. Within five minutes the moon was awash with haze from the approaching cloud bank that soon brought an end to my casual lunar observing session.
Moon (Moon)
Observer: Michael Amato (e-mail: abigmick@aol.com)
Instrument: binoculars Location: West Haven, Connecticut, United States
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: fair Seeing: poor
Time: Fri May 16 02:00:00 2003 UT Obs. no.: 811
Last night, a group of us gathered together to try to observe the lunar eclipse through increasing clouds. From 10:03 to 11:45 PM, we were able to watch the earth's shadow cover the moon about 50%. It then became to cloudy to do any more observations of the eclipse. However, during the partial phase we were able to make out some rust coloring on the darkened part of the moon before the clouds took over. That little amount of coloring would give it a Danjon rating of about 1.2. After the eclipse was over, the clouds then cleared out very nicely.
Moon (Moon)
Observer: Dave Mitsky (e-mail: djm28@psu.edu)
Instrument: 17-inch equatorial reflector Location: Harrisburg, PA, USA
Light pollution: severe Transparency: fair Seeing: fair
Time: Mon Mar 10 01:55:00 2003 UT Obs. no.: 781
Principle Observers: Tony Donnangelo and Dave Mitsky Other Observers: Mike Snider, Joe Rossi, and Rob Altenburg Date: 2003/3/10 UT Location: ASH Naylor Observatory, Lewisberry, PA (76d53'4" west, 40d8'54" north) Elevation: 190 meters Seeing: mediocre Transparency: variable Dome Temperature: 30 degrees Fahrenheit Instruments: 17" f/15 classical Cassegrain, 12.5" f/6.5 Cave Newtonian Oculars: 17" - 32mm University Optics Koenig-II (202x) & 24mm Brandon (270x); 12.5" - 12.5mm orthoscopic (165x), 8mm Brandon (258x) & 13mm Tele Vue Ploessl with a 2x Barlow lens (317x) Time: 01:55 UT We observed this sunrise lunar light ray during a public observing session so it was not monitored on a constant basis. The ray, which was discovered by former ASH member Larry Smith in January, appeared as a narrow shaft of light stretching across the flat, plained area southeast of the crater Hind (Rukl #45), about 1 hour and 53 minutes before the predicted time of occurrence. It emanated from a break in a ridge located to tts east. An elevated area located to the west of the break was high enough to be illuminated and gave the false impression of a second ray. To the north, the rim of crater Hind Z was prominently illuminated. By 03:15 UT, 33 minutes prior to the predicted time of occurrence, the ray had broadened appreciably. Mike Synder imaged the ray using his Minitron color video camera, video monitor, and laptop computer. The ray was visible on the monitor but by then seeing and transparency had deteriorated so the image quality was poor.
Moon (Moon)
Observer: Dave Mitsky (e-mail: djm28@psu.edu)
Instrument: 17-inch other Location: Harrisburg, PA, USA
Light pollution: light Transparency: fair Seeing: good
Time: Thu Feb 13 02:30:00 2003 UT Obs. no.: 779
Date/Time: 2003/2/13, ~2:30 to 7:25 UT Location: ASH Naylor Observatory, 670 Observatory Drive, Lewisberry, PA, USA Instrument: 17" f/15 classical Cassegrain Magnifications: 162, 202, 216, 259, 381, 404, and 432x Conditions: Clear to partly cloudy, windy, dome - temperature 20 degrees Fahrenheit, relative humidity - 56% Seeing: Variable While observing the moon I happened to notice a possible lunar sunrise ray in an area about two degrees west of the crater Clausius in Lacus Excellentiae. The ray, located at approximately 46 degrees W and 37 degrees S, was a moderately narrow triangle when I first saw it. By the time I last looked at the moon at ~7:25 UT the ray had broadened to the point that it was no recognizable as such.
Moon (Moon)
Observer: Dave Mitsky (e-mail: djm28@psu.edu)
Instrument: 12-inch Schmidt-Cassegrain reflector Location: Harrisburg, PA, USA
Light pollution: light Transparency: fair Seeing: poor
Time: Sun Feb 9 02:20:00 2003 UT Obs. no.: 778
I helped a friend wring out an ITE DeepSky Pro video camera on Saturday night (see http://www.itetelescopes.com/products/cameras/overview.php?p=D_SkyP). The relative humidity was a miserable 65% and the temperature was -14 degrees Celsius or less. All told I spent about 5 hours outside imaging the moon, Jupiter, and quite a few deep-sky objects using the camera and a 12" Meade LX200 SCT working at f/6.3. Despite my many layers of warm clothing I was as cold as I've ever been while observing. The numbing chill served to make working the camera and telescope controls a frustrating experience at times. Frost covered the table that held the monitor and camera controller and the SCT was more slightly sluggish by the end of the session. Unfortunately, C/2002 V1 (NEAT) was too close to the horizon to image by the time we got everything working properly. The Barrow lunar sunrise ray was visible through a 12.5mm orthoscopic eyepiece but not on the video monitor or the videotape upon playback. Another ray, one previously unreported, was visible just north of Barrow. Add this one to Tony Donnangelo's growing list of lunar ray discoveries. (Tony called me to inform me about this new ray.) One of the interesting aspects of Saturday night's moon was ab X-shaped area of illumination on the dark side of the terminator. Before tearing down the LX200 we had a look at the Curtius ray. The moon was close to the horizon by then and the seeing was horrible but I believe I saw that ray too. And so I witnessed three lunar rays in one night, a record for me. I did manage to image Io's reappearance from eclipse at 3:48 UT (2003/2/9 UT). Long before that we had watched Io being occulted. Images of the moon and Jupiter were done with a lunar filter and the Sense Up control set at 2, the lowest level. At this setting Jupiter's equatorial belts were discernible but the Galilean satellites were a bit subdued. While we were imaging with the camera I happen to gaze overhead in time to see a fine -2 magnitude meteor streak across the zenith on a southwestern trajectory. Images of the following deep-sky objects were captured successfully: M31, M32, M35, M37, M42, M51, M65, M66, M81, M82, M103, NGC 457, NGC 869, NGC 884, NGC 2903, and Alcor-Mizar. We used the Sense Up control set at 96 for these images. Due to image scale and other factors the images of M37, M42, M82, M103, and NGC 869 were the most impressive to me. Some of the mages (M32, M81, and M82 for example) looked similar to those at http://www.lafterhall.com/avastellacamex.html
Moon (Moon, est. mag -11+, est. to be in Pisces)
Observer: Dave Mitsky (e-mail: djm28@psu.edu)
Instrument: 102-mm refractor Location: Hummelstown, PA, USA
Light pollution: severe Transparency: good Seeing: good
Time: Sun Jan 12 01:30:00 2003 UT Obs. no.: 763
On a bitterly cold Saturday night fellow ASH members Tony Donnangelo, Maura Smith, and I had a look at Ganymede and Europa after first observing the Hesiodus Lunar Sunrise Ray. We used Tony's Takahashi FS-102 apochromatic refractor at magnifications up to 234x. Prior to traveling to Tony's house Maura and I witnessed Iridium 54's brilliant -8th magnitude flare. The two Galilean satellites formed a very close pair separated by a few arc seconds at most. There were definite size and color differences between the two moons. After a much needed warm-up break we caught a glimpse of the GRS sometime around 2:30 UT as it approached the preceding limb. Early in the evening Tony observed a previously unreported triple sunrise ray in the crater Parry. Unfortunately, the event ended before Maura and I arrived at his residence. The Hesiodus Ray, by the way, appeared similar to the several other times since 1994 that I have seen it, i.e., as a slowly widening dim streak of light that gradually illuminated the floor of Hesiodus. Other lunar features were noteworthy. Rupes Recta was well displayed as were Tycho, Clavius, Plato, and several other craters. Eratosthenes was striking. Tony and I both noticed an unusual aspect of Alpetragius. The central peak was extremely prominent which made the crater look dimpled. Also eye catching were the many isolated peaks on the dark side of the terminator that were nicely illuminated. Tony and I also spent some viewing Saturn. The C ring was visible at the ansae along with a definite demarcation of the polar hood and two cloud belts. Before calling it quits at approximately 3:30 UT we made a final check on the progress of the Hesiodus Ray.
Moon (Moon)
Observer: Michael Amato (e-mail: abigmick@aol.com)
Instrument: binoculars Location: West Haven, Connecticut, United States
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: good Seeing: good
Time: Wed Nov 20 02:15:00 2002 UT Obs. no.: 721
After being 100% clouded out for the Leonid Meteor shower, I tried to observe a partial Penumbral Lunar Eclipse with my 10x50 binoculars. The peak of the eclipse occurred at 8:46 PM EST, but it was obscured by clouds. At 9:15 PM EST,the clouds broke and I was able to observe a slight shading on the northern limb of the moon in my binoculars. The shading disappeared by 9:25 PM EST. I was not able to see any shading with my naked eye.
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