[meteorite-list] Wed Total Lunar Eclipse

[Walter Branch]

Beautiful eclipse here in Savannah, GA.  Intermittent clouds but mostly 
clear and crisp.  I am observing through a 120mm f8.3 refractor at low (40x) 
power and the moon is an outstanding sight.  With no central obstruction in 
the refractor I initially had use use a polarizing filter to cut the 
brightness and the sky background is inkey black.  The ruddy color you see 
is caused by continuous sunrises and sunsets as sunlight is refracted 
through the Earth's atmosphere.

For an added treat, the bright "star" trailing (toward the east) the moon is 
the planet Saturn.

Beautiful sight.

-Walter Branch