In article ,
Anthony Ayiomamitis wrote:

The Greek gods expressed their anger this weekend in the most
categorical way and adversely affected the first lunar total eclipse in
three years and the first of two such eclipses during 2007 with a
plethora of clouds (thin and thick depending on their mood during the
course of the eclipse).

For an image taken during totality and which includes 56 Leonis to the
bottom right of the moon, I kindly direct you to
http://www.perseus.gr/Astro-Eclipses-2007-03-03.htm .

Europe has been hammered this winter and particularly this weekend where
bad weather was common throughout the continent.

Best wishes from (cloudy) Greece!

Anthony.

PS. I have over 100 images to examine and will send a follow-up email if
I have something of greater interest.

As usual, a wonderful image, Anthony!

The Nordic gods were benign during this eclipse and gave us clear
weather over most of Sweden. As seen from Stockholm, the initial
partial phase and almost all of the totality could be seen against a
clear sky, but towards the very end of totality and during the final
partial phase, the Moon went in and out of altocumulus clouds.

This was a fairly bright eclipse. I estimated it as L=2.5 on the
Danjon scale, and the Moon's magnitude at mid-totality as -2, using
Regulus and Saturn as a comparison.

Am I the only one doing brightness estimates of the totally eclipsed
moon btw?

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