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Lunar Eclipse of November 2003

Just to report a (semi) successful eclipse observation from near Houston.... 

H-Town was overcast so a friend of mine (Christie Ponder) and I decided to go east towards what appeared to be clear skies on the satellite photo. After driving for over an hour.... no clearing! I think that more clouds had formed.... anyway, there were some small clearings (more than in Houston) so we exited the interstate and drove the back roads. 

Well we were most interested in the eclipse from about 10 minutes before totality through totality and about 10 minutes after. We said that if we saw it during any of this period the chase would be considered successful. We saw it pretty well through several holes during that period-- never long enough to get a detailed look, but just long enough to make several observations:

 1. Quite a pretty sight! The clouds (dare I say) enhanced the eeriness. 

2. Much brighter than this past May-- I would put the color as coppery orange... and it had a relatively bright bluish white rim (the part closest to the edge of the umbra--  that was not surprising) 

3. It was well worth the chase!!!

 

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