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
Quote from: Shamrock Shore on August 20, 2017, 11:47:49 PM
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. (
Iceman....?
About 7 or 8 years ago a friend of mine traveled to China to see a total eclipse. He saw nothing - it was cloudy.
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.
It always amazes me how then can predict these things to the second, decades in advance.
Quote from: RedHand88 on August 21, 2017, 11:16:47 AM
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.
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.
I thought this was about Bonnie Tyler
Quote from: AZOffaly on August 21, 2017, 01:44:52 PM
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/ (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/08/21/bonnie-tyler-perform-total-eclipse-heart-solar-eclipse/)
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.
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.
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.
Will it still be visible in SoCal in 20 minutes?
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.
Just used a piece of paper Eammon... worked fine tho it hard to get the balance of size without glare.
Great example of light travelling in straight lines
Quote from: RedHand88 on August 21, 2017, 11:16:47 AM
It always amazes me how then can predict these things to the second, decades in advance.
You could probably predict it for a given location yourself by just recording the path of the moon. No need even for a heliocentic solar system, relativity or even maths.
Tho you'd need them to predict the exact time, path etc
Quote from: Shamrock Shore on August 21, 2017, 10:57:45 AM
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.
No coincidence involved
Space Station getting in on the act
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DHxaqHaWAAAVdE_.jpg)
Quote from: omaghjoe on August 21, 2017, 08:46:47 PM
Space Station getting in on the act
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DHxaqHaWAAAVdE_.jpg)
6 of them in fact. ;)
I'm no expert, but that Space Station is getting rather close to the sun.
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CQ1E6xJW8AAtEjD.jpg)
Quote from: omaghjoe on August 21, 2017, 08:46:47 PM
Space Station getting in on the act
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DHxaqHaWAAAVdE_.jpg)
Some hungry hoor has been at my biscuit!
Quote from: omaghjoe on August 21, 2017, 08:28:23 PM
Quote from: Shamrock Shore on August 21, 2017, 10:57:45 AM
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.
No coincidence involved
600,000,000 years apparently.