15 Apr
2014
15 Apr
'14
11 a.m.
Really nice pictures on the post folks! We really lucked out on this eclipse. At 10:30 p.m. last night I was watching the thin wispy clouds move in and noticed Spica winking in-and-out due to the halo around the Moon. I roughly estimated Spica approximately 2 degrees to the southwest of the Moon at the time. By 11 p.m. I couldn't define Spica on the outer edge of the halo which seemed to be a rust color to me. But after that it became noticeable. Shortly after 3:30 a.m. I noticed those clouds moving back in, but of course the main event was already over. One of the better eclipses I've seen here in Utah. Hopefully this is a lucky sign for the one in October? Tom Sevcik