On Mon Dec-12-2011 09:05, Paul Quinn (3:640/384) wrote to Roger Nelson:

 PQ> Hi! Roger,

Hi,

 PQ> On Sun, 11 Dec 11, you wrote to me:

 RN> You guys have all the luck!  I wish I could have seen it and I'm sure
 RN> I will find nice pictures of it somewhere, but that wouldn't be the
 RN> same.

 PQ> Do you mean the rain?  Or the 3-5 minutes of a partial eclipse?  :)

No, not the rain.  We get hurricanes and tropical storms here.  To see the
eclipse would have been nice, though.  Whenever some noteworthy celestial
event takes place and it happpens to be in my viewing area, there is an 80%
probability of overcast skies.

 PQ> I saw a full-on bronze eclipse a few years ago during some
 PQ> excellent 'viewing' weather, slightly larger-looking than usual, at
 PQ> just about the 01h30m position (I don't know azimuths), so, I'm
 PQ> still a happy amateur.

That must have been the one in 2007, if I remember correctly.


Regards,

Roger 
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