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Rockstar

08-10-17 08:01 AM

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Originally Posted by ikalugin (Post 2505699)

Not everyone lives in the US.

you should comrade :D

ikalugin

08-10-17 08:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nathaniel B. (Post 2505713)

That's true...but what's your point?

Just being bitter about:

Quote:

Here is a computer simulation of what the solar eclipse will look like for any area. Just enter your location and it works.

(emphasis mine) not being correct.

Sean C

08-10-17 08:35 AM

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Originally Posted by ikalugin (Post 2505721)

Just being bitter...

Ah...yes, I see.

If you can travel down around Volgograd on June 1st, 2030 then you can see an annular eclipse. Not quite as spectacular as a total eclipse, but it doesn't look like western Russia will see one of those until 2061. :(

ikalugin

08-10-17 08:54 AM

I may still be alive then!

Sean C

08-10-17 09:38 AM

To your health! :Kaleun_Cheers:

Rockstar

08-13-17 08:46 PM

Im almost ready I even broke down and purchased a dual axis motor for my equitorial mount. Hope the skies are clear, Im prepared to travel last minute to find them. Pretty excited about this. :up:

Enter city state or latitude and logitude to get an estimated time and percent of totality.

http://www.eclipsesundial.com/index.php

Aktungbby

08-13-17 10:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Mr Quatro (Post 2505163)

Wear sunglasses and get some eye drops ... don't take this event for granted.

BETTER: regular sunglasses block about 60% of light rays while eclipse glasses block 99.9% of light rays.

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You shouldn’t be able to see anything through a safe solar filter except the Sun itself or something comparably bright, such as the Sun reflected in a mirror, a sunglint off shiny metal, the hot filament of an unfrosted incandescent light bulb, a bright halogen light bulb, a bright-white LED flashlight (including the one on your smartphone), or an arc-welder’s torch,” the AAS wrote in its press release. “All such sources should appear quite dim through a solar viewer.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/capital-weather-gang/wp/2017/08/04/vendors-may-be-selling-fake-solar-eclipse-glasses-heres-how-to-make-sure-yours-are-real/?utm_term=.755258920e8f

Buddahaid

08-14-17 01:56 AM

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Originally Posted by ikalugin (Post 2505721)

Just being bitter about:
(emphasis mine) not being correct.

You get nothing, I get a strip tease that ends , uh, lacking. I'm not sure which is worse.....

Aktungbby

08-14-17 10:17 AM

just 4 ikalugin

https://timedotcom.files.wordpress.c...ille.gif?w=560

mapuc

08-14-17 12:21 PM

Off topic
Don't bother to write about this solar eclipse, ´cause some day after the earth will be destroyed.

Read about it on a Danish news paper-Again these conspiracies have a new day in September.

Back to topic.

Markus

Sean C

08-14-17 04:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Aktungbby (Post 2506468)

just 4 ikalugin

The Time animation shows what the eclipse might look like through an equatorial mounted telescope. For an observer simply looking through some eclipse glasses, the Moon will appear to take a curved path relative to the Sun.

Click here for animation.

http://astro.ukho.gov.uk/eclipse/041..._2017Aug21.png

Platapus

08-15-17 02:26 PM

NASA will be flying two WB-57 aircraft taking photographs. Looking forward to seeing them. :up:

Jimbuna

08-15-17 02:48 PM

^ Is that the English Electric Canberra?

Rockstar

08-15-17 04:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Platapus (Post 2506739)

NASA will be flying two WB-57 aircraft taking photographs. Looking forward to seeing them. :up:

the way the weather is looking for the 21st that might be my only opportunity to see the eclipse too. :(

Mr Quatro

08-21-17 12:07 PM

Any one in Oregon? Has any one seen anything yet?

I'm tuning in to CNN and MSNBC ... out of here :up:

All times are GMT -5. The time now is 02:25 AM.

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