Supermoon total eclipse of the sun 20-03-15

[Dogoak]

A big event on Friday 20-03-15

Some details here...................http://earthsky.org/tonight/supermoon-to-stage-total-eclipse-of-the-sun-on-march-20

Lets hope the weather's good. Mind your eyes and don't use binoculars directly!

 

[Macaroon]

Oh great, thanks for the heads up; fingers crossed for the weather

 

[HillBill]

Rach has booked the day off so we can watch it....

 

[Macaroon]

Looks like we'll get around 90% coverage here in Wales

 

[HillBill]

Yeah, Faroe Islands get the best of it, and Norway comes a close second.

I remember the last one 16 years ago. Was weird being dark during the day.

 

[vestlenning]

Experienced my only one in München in the late 1990s; fascinating!

 

[Robson Valley]

Make a pinhole camera to watch!
Really big cardboard box. Cut a 2" hole in one end and cover that with thin metal (kitchen foil, beer can, etc.)
Inside the other end, stick down a sheet (A4?) of white paper as the viewing screen. Cut a head-hole in the side of the box.
_Carefully_ poke a little hole in the metal with a sewing needle. The smoothness of the hole rim determines the sharpness, the size of the hole
determines the brighness.

Now, with your back to the sun, the image of the sun will be projected on the paper. The bigger the box, the bigger the image.
Dad found a cardboard tube, a huge thing which had been inside a roll of carpet (12' long, maybe?). We propped up the pinhole end
on a stepladder, smallish box with viewing holes in it at the other end. Not a toy that you can use every day.

 

[forrestdweller]

please post some pics as it's not visible over here...

 

[petrochemicals]

Yeah, Faroe Islands get the best of it, and Norway comes a close second.

I remember the last one 16 years ago. Was weird being dark during the day.

Yep I agree with that. The only time i've experienced anything like it was when the tornado went down. Dark during the day then too

Thanks dog oak, I would not have known

 

[Tony]

Looking forward to this, I'll be travelling but I'm sure I'll notice it happening

 

[Tengu]

Yup, build a pinhole camera, the best (and safest) way to watch.

I saw the one in 1999...its one of the most impressive sights in the world.

 

[Zingmo]

I remember watching the eclipse in 1973. Not quite total where we were. I watched its reflection in a bowl of water.

Z

 

[Dogoak]

Oh great, it's cloudy here

 

[HillBill]

We can see the sun, but only at times, broken cloud, but defo brightening up

 

[Caerleon]

I've got a meeting with my boss at 09:30 hrs - desperately thinking of a decent excuse to be late! - fairly clear skies here too which doesn't happen to often in Snowdonia!

 

[Globetrotter.uk]

My lad has a driving lesson, I told him if the sky suddenly goes dark not to worry it's only the end of the world.


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[HillBill]

We have 2 military helicopters patrolling the skies... curious..... flying in formation. They've passed our house twice now.

 

[petrochemicals]

We have 2 military helicopters patrolling the skies... curious..... flying in formation. They've passed our house twice now.

Your past always catches up with you eventually.

Light cloud and I can see the sun, but it'snother eclipse anticlimax for me. Strange dark shadows though

 

[Dave]

Well, i found it slightly anticlimatic, but was with a real astronomy nerd, who loved it.


It seemed to fool some of the songbirds, who thought it was dusk, and flew in a direct line to their roosts, but not others, and it did become slightly nippier.

 

[Harvestman]

The blackbirds locally thought it was dusk and started their evening song. Cars had their lights on. The sky was cloudless, but it was gloomy. Eerie.