RASC Hamilton [ Special Announcement] Lunar eclipse tonight!

[Colin Haig]

Rick - you got it.
The moon rose here already under the start of the eclipse - that 
shadow is what you were looking for. Then it came out of eclipse as it rose.

At 08:17 PM 18/10/2013, Rick wrote:
>What I saw was dimming. When I compared the shadow to the moon surface it
>seemed to be dimmer around the 4-6 o'clock position.
>
>Rick
>
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>[mailto:astronomers-bounces at hamiltonrasc.ca] On Behalf Of Gary Bennett
>Sent: Friday, October 18, 2013 8:14 PM
>To: astronomers at hamiltonrasc.ca
>Subject: Re: RASC Hamilton [ Special Announcement] Lunar eclipse tonight!
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>A Penumbral Lunar Eclipse means that it is not a total eclipse. You should
>be able to detect a shadow, perhaps a better description would be a
>"dimming".
>
>Gary Bennett
>
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: astronomers-bounces at hamiltonrasc.ca
>[mailto:astronomers-bounces at hamiltonrasc.ca] On Behalf Of Rick
>Sent: October-18-13 8:02 PM
>To: astronomers at hamiltonrasc.ca
>Subject: Re: RASC Hamilton [ Special Announcement] Lunar eclipse tonight!
>
>I looked from 1948 to 2000 and thought I saw a faint shadow. Nothing like
>the animation.
>
>Rick
>
>-----Original Message-----
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>[mailto:astronomers-bounces at hamiltonrasc.ca] On Behalf Of Al Jones
>Sent: Friday, October 18, 2013 7:59 PM
>To: John Ramberg
>Cc: astronomers at hamiltonrasc.ca
>Subject: Re: RASC Hamilton [ Special Announcement] Lunar eclipse tonight!
>
>I see nothing
>
>Looked from 1945-1958
>
>Maybe i had a stroke
>
>
>
> > On Oct 18, 2013, at 19:00, John Ramberg <ramberg.john at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
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> > thx gary....I am heading out the door!
> >
> >
> >> On Fri, Oct 18, 2013 at 6:32 PM, Gary Bennett <gary at bendun.net> wrote:
> >>
> >> We=92re in for a treat early this evening. A Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
> >> is underway right now. It will be at its maximum @ 7:50 PM.****
> >>
> >> ** **
> >>
> >> Here is an animation of what you=92ll see:****
> >>
> >> http://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/in/canada/toronto****
> >>
> >> ** **
> >>
> >> We also have a partial Solar eclipse coming up on Nov. 3. It probably
> >> won=92t be much of a show for us, but still
>
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