On December 10, the Winchester Astronomy Club met to view the lunar eclipse through the Celestron CPC 1100 telescope. It was a memorable experience - especially as we slewed the telescope to view Venus and then Jupiter and its four moons. We also caught sight of an exceptionally bright shooting star!
It is exasperating to hear of various superstitions associated with an eclipse. Has anyone come across any superstitions concerning eclipses?
(The lunar eclipse isn’t really an eclipse. Technically speaking, it is an occultation of the moon—caused by the earth coming between the sun and the moon and casting its shadow on the moon. It should really be called a lunar eclipse if the phenomenon is being observed from the sun. Only when viewed from the sun will the moon would be *eclipsed* by the earth.)
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