Annular solar eclipse on 2012 May 20 - Page 2

LaurV · 2012-05-19, 09:51

Quote:

Originally Posted by Uncwilly

AFT til 21st pm.

Prime95 off-line on laptop too.

Americans for a Fair Taxation... ?

Uncwilly · 2012-05-19, 14:43

Quote:

Originally Posted by LaurV

Americans for a Fair Taxation... ?

Away From Terminal. (largely)

ixfd64 · 2012-05-21, 02:45

Yep, I watched it today.

richs · 2012-05-21, 04:09

I watched and took pictures from my backyard (97% coverage here).

frmky · 2012-05-21, 05:42

Here in Fullerton we were a bit too far south, but we took pictures anyway.

Uncwilly · 2012-05-21, 05:52

Watched it from here.
Had a great view and great time.

philmoore · 2012-05-21, 08:31

We went down to Crescent City, California in the Redwoods, but got a bit concerned over the clouds gathering at the coast in mid-afternoon and ended up driving to Cave Junction, Oregon to watch it. We had a great view, mostly clear with a couple spells of haze, but quite clear for the ring phase. This was my third annular eclipse. I've also seen two total eclipses, near Winnipeg in 1979 and Mexico in 1991. The August 21 2017 path of totality goes through 14 states, from Oregon to South Carolina, so plan on being there!

schickel · 2012-05-21, 09:18

I was in the path of totality, but since I didn't have enough advance notice, I couldn't get time off work.

I did get a chance to go outside a couple of times and share a pair of eclipse glasses; I did not get to see the annulus, though.

Batalov · 2012-05-21, 10:47

Watched it from here. Looked good.
Came back home in ~8hrs drive.

davieddy · 2012-05-21, 13:03

Headmaster's circular letter:
The fees are going up by £x per anum.

Disgruntled parent:
"Can't we just pay through the nose as usual?"

Spherical Cow · 2012-05-21, 14:06

Quote:

Originally Posted by cheesehead

My tip for those without a telescope:

Consider planning to take pictures of the unique pinhole-images of the Sun's ring cast by tree leaves at mid-eclipse. Look beforehand at the circular Sun pinhole-images cast by such leaves to see how big they are. Then imagine that each one has a 95% hole centered in it.

Here's the traditional picture, from Tucson- (though this view is the result of non-native trees. The pinhole effect isn't usually evident from our cactus...)

Norm

2012-05-21, 13:03	#21
davieddy "Lucan" Dec 2006 England 2·3·13·83 Posts	Headmaster's circular letter: The fees are going up by £x per anum. Disgruntled parent: "Can't we just pay through the nose as usual?" Last fiddled with by davieddy on 2012-05-21 at 13:04

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2012-05-21, 02:45	#14
ixfd64 Bemusing Prompter "Danny" Dec 2002 California 2×5×239 Posts	Yep, I watched it today.

2012-05-21, 04:09	#15
richs "Rich" Aug 2002 Benicia, California 519₁₆ Posts	I watched and took pictures from my backyard (97% coverage here).

2012-05-21, 05:42	#16
frmky Jul 2003 So Cal 2×3⁴×13 Posts	Here in Fullerton we were a bit too far south, but we took pictures anyway.

2012-05-21, 05:52	#17
Uncwilly 6809 > 6502 """"""""""""""""""" Aug 2003 101×103 Posts 2638₁₆ Posts	Watched it from here. Had a great view and great time.

2012-05-21, 08:31	#18
philmoore "Phil" Sep 2002 Tracktown, U.S.A. 3·373 Posts	We went down to Crescent City, California in the Redwoods, but got a bit concerned over the clouds gathering at the coast in mid-afternoon and ended up driving to Cave Junction, Oregon to watch it. We had a great view, mostly clear with a couple spells of haze, but quite clear for the ring phase. This was my third annular eclipse. I've also seen two total eclipses, near Winnipeg in 1979 and Mexico in 1991. The August 21 2017 path of totality goes through 14 states, from Oregon to South Carolina, so plan on being there!

2012-05-21, 09:18	#19
schickel "Frank <^>" Dec 2004 CDP Janesville 2·1,061 Posts	I was in the path of totality, but since I didn't have enough advance notice, I couldn't get time off work. I did get a chance to go outside a couple of times and share a pair of eclipse glasses; I did not get to see the annulus, though.

2012-05-21, 10:47	#20
Batalov "Serge" Mar 2008 Phi(4,2^7658614+1)/2 2²·23·103 Posts	Watched it from here. Looked good. Came back home in ~8hrs drive.