2017 Total Eclipse

[Shamrock Shore]

Stew.

Are you in the Winnebago over to some part where there will be a total eclipse tomorrow?

Next full eclipse visible in Ireland (the very south) will be sometime on 23 Sep 2090

[stew]

Stew.

Are you in the Winnebago over to some part where there will be a total eclipse tomorrow?

Next full eclipse visible in Ireland (the very south) will be sometime on 23 Sep 2090

Wish I was Shore, I am stuck in Armagh, I have three friends heading south to experience it, complete with cameras and telescopes etc, I would have been with them if I had have been stateside. (

[omaghjoe]

Iceman....?

[Orior]

About 7 or 8 years ago a friend of mine traveled to China to see a total eclipse. He saw nothing - it was cloudy.

[Shamrock Shore]

I think in a few million years there will be no more total eclipses as the moon is moving a few inches away from earth each year.

It's an amazing set of coincidences that gives rise to the total eclipse.

[RedHand88]

It always amazes me how then can predict these things to the second, decades in advance.

[Hardy]

It always amazes me how then can predict these things to the second, decades in advance.

- and that they've been able to do it for 330 years.

[Tony Baloney]

We have a site in NC which I think sits in the 96% band so a good few from work are going to see it.

[AZOffaly]

I thought this was about Bonnie Tyler

[cornerback]

I thought this was about Bonnie Tyler

It is:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/08/21/bonnie-tyler-perform-total-eclipse-heart-solar-eclipse/

[stew]

My mates are heading to southern Illinois to a University there, apparently that is going to be the spot were the eclipse lasts the longest, hotel rooms have been booked out for years, I wish I could be there.

[Puckoon]

Lots of spots on that mainline have been sold out for months. Columbia Missouri, parts of Idaho - really cool if you're into it I guess.

I'm at 32000 feet right now and can't see a damn thing. Must be on the other side of the plane.

[Muck Savage]

Just seen it here in California, about 75%. Was pretty cool.
This is the third time I saw one, this was by far the best view.

[Puckoon]

Will it still be visible in SoCal in 20 minutes?

[Eamonnca1]

We got about 80% cover here. Started at about 9:15 this morning, a lot of interest at work. Not much work done this morning. I set up a projection contraption using binoculars and it worked well.