I watched the game, but I don't remember seeing it (apart from going out to
my front yard!).
They DID show the full moon at one point and the announcer said "Here we are
about an hour before a total lunar eclipse" or something.
Maybe I just missed it.
Pete
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark P.Brada" <mpbrada@yahoo.com>
To: "The Astronomy Connection" <sf-bay-tac@seds.org>
Sent: Friday, October 29, 2004 3:33 PM
Subject: Re: [TAC] Did TV cameras broadcast the eclipse?
> On Oct 29, 2004, at 3:20 PM, Dan Wright wrote:
>
> > Does anyone know whether, during the World Series on Wednesday, FOX
> > ever tipped
> > their TV cameras skyward to show the eclipse to millions of viewers?
> > There was
> > talk beforehand that FOX had the opportunity to broadcast a live image
> > of an
> > eclipse to the largest audience ever ... I wonder whether they took
> > advantage
> > of the opportunity.
> >
> I know that they did, but I didn't see it. I had gone out to school to
> set up a couple of scopes to show my students the eclipse through the
> scopes, but, alack a day, the sky never clear up very much from where
> we were. Later, my wife told me she got a great look at the eclipse on
> the TV during the game. Figures that I would miss it and she, who has
> little interest in such things, would get a nice view. Oh well...
>
>
> > Along the same lines, can anyone substantiate the legend that, once
> > upon a
> > time, during a MLB or NFL outdoor game, a TV cameraman aimed his
> > camera above
> > the rim of the stadium and zoomed in to show Jupiter and its moons,
> > and/or
> > Saturn and its rings? I bet those cameras would do OK on Jupiter's
> > moons, if
> > given the chance.
> >
> > P. S. What, me chime in on yet another FP thread? Only briefly:
> > Visit your
> > childhood neighborhood, or attend a school reunion -- it just won't be
> > the
> > same. You can't go home again. Times have changed (whether it's fair
> > or not).
> > The glory days of FP are like that.
> >
>
Received on Sat Oct 30 12:07:45 2004