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Author:  Paul1965 [ Wed Mar 18, 2015 11:05 am ]
Post subject:  Friday's solar eclipse
Here's a map showing how much of the eclipse people in the UK will see and when.

Image

Only 85% here but that's pretty good. I got some reasonable photos during the last one back in 1999. The BBC are warning people about taking selfies and blinding themselves.
Author:  cloaked_wolf [ Wed Mar 18, 2015 3:09 pm ]
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I wish I wasn't working om friday so I could watch but Unfortunately I am.
Author:  jonbwfc [ Wed Mar 18, 2015 4:32 pm ]
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cloaked_wolf wrote:
I wish I wasn't working om friday so I could watch but Unfortunately I am.

Err.. it'll be fairly obvious. Do you have an office window?
Author:  cloaked_wolf [ Wed Mar 18, 2015 4:49 pm ]
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Bit difficult in the middle of a consultation with a patient to stick my head out of the window
Author:  l3v1ck [ Wed Mar 18, 2015 9:20 pm ]
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I can still remember the one in the late 90's.
Author:  Fogmeister [ Wed Mar 18, 2015 9:35 pm ]
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l3v1ck wrote:
I can still remember the one in the late 90's.
Same. I even remember where I was standing when I watched it. Lol


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Author:  big_D [ Thu Mar 19, 2015 4:43 am ]
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I remember being told by my father that an eclipse is a once in a lifetime event, this is the fourth one I can remember.
Author:  Spreadie [ Thu Mar 19, 2015 8:19 am ]
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Fogmeister wrote:
l3v1ck wrote:
I can still remember the one in the late 90's.
Same. I even remember where I was standing when I watched it. Lol

Aug 11th 1999, we were on our Honeymoon.

We fell victim to the massive passport office snafu in 99 and ended up cancelling our trip to the Canary Islands. It worked out well in the end, because we had a lovely time in Devon and Cornwall and were down in Torbay for the eclipse. There was a fair bit of cloud cover, but we managed to see it, and all the seabirds went frikkin crazy during the totality.
Author:  paulzolo [ Thu Mar 19, 2015 1:41 pm ]
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Last time, I was here. I took a picture with my first digital camera.
ImageEclipse by hairydalek, on Flickr

I remember a previous one, must have been in the 1970s, when my granddad got some toughened glass from his shed and used a candle to smoke it so I could see it. I know that’s not the done thing now, but back then...
Author:  John_Vella [ Thu Mar 19, 2015 2:28 pm ]
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I tweeted Dara O'Briaiaiaiain before his stargazing programme yesterday, asking him to ask the so called experts on the programme why we never get solar eclipses at night.

Strangely, he never asked them... Maybe tonight, eh? :P
Author:  paulzolo [ Thu Mar 19, 2015 3:31 pm ]
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John_Vella wrote:
I tweeted Dara O'Briaiaiaiain before his stargazing programme yesterday, asking him to ask the so called experts on the programme why we never get solar eclipses at night.

Strangely, he never asked them... Maybe tonight, eh? :P


We do get lunar eclipses, when the Earth’s shadow passes over the face of the Moon. Those happen at night. Mostly.
Author:  John_Vella [ Thu Mar 19, 2015 4:16 pm ]
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paulzolo wrote:
John_Vella wrote:
I tweeted Dara O'Briaiaiaiain before his stargazing programme yesterday, asking him to ask the so called experts on the programme why we never get solar eclipses at night.

Strangely, he never asked them... Maybe tonight, eh? :P


We do get lunar eclipses, when the Earth’s shadow passes over the face of the Moon. Those happen at night. Mostly.


That's exactly what my colleague said... I think you've both not grasped the silly nature of my question.

;)
Author:  leeds_manc [ Thu Mar 19, 2015 8:20 pm ]
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Tell you what though, imagine a full solar eclipse when the sun is going down and red on the horizon.
Author:  ProfessorF [ Thu Mar 19, 2015 11:05 pm ]
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leeds_manc wrote:
Tell you what though, imagine a full solar eclipse when the sun is going down and red on the horizon.

MMmmmm.

Questions I fielded today from 17 year olds:
1. Why does it happen?
2. How did we know it will happen? (Ok, that's a good line of enquiry)
3. Will it last all day?
4. How will I know it's happening?

We're setting up a video camera in the morning to live stream the eclipse around site.
Author:  jonbwfc [ Thu Mar 19, 2015 11:53 pm ]
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ProfessorF wrote:
4. How will I know it's happening?

OK, most of the rest I can understand but... seriously?
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