ended up with a great view in geelong! the beggining was cloudy and we only saw through the gaps in the clouds, but it cleared just before totality. a friend came over to watch the eclipse. he described it as "what mars would look like close up" or even better "an orange getting peeled". after the height of the eclipse i moved the 'scope around to jupiter, then alpha centauri (but all he could see was a smudge). then we went back to the moon to watch the sunlight spread back across the surface.
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