Dragon is eating the moon!

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Dragon is eating the moon!

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Clouds parted enough tonight to catch a glimpse of the tail-end of the eclipse. Pretty neat. Once it passed, the moon was indeed one of the brightest I've seen in awhile. Very neat to see.

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Indeed. It was a glorious sight. My friends and I drove up to the Brecon Beacons to watch it since we had clear skies forecast. We were there from about 2330-0400 (the eclipse reached totality around 0300, our time) with a scope taking some pictures. Oddly enough, once it reached totality we spent most of our time imaging other stuff like M42, Andromeda and the Pleiades, because with beautiful clear skies and an effectively new moon it was perfect conditions.

And oh the Milky Way was stupendous! Even to my screwed up eyes it was a magnificent sight arcing across the sky.
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Despite forecasts for clear skies, clouds rolled in the moment the Eclipse started and I didn't see anything all night lol
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I tried to catch a glimpse while I was making my delivery rounds, but there were too many buildings in the way. Guess I'll have to wait until 2033.
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Thick cloud cover all night, here. :(
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