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SuZanBare	~FYI ~ Solar Eclipse May 20 2012 ~	Lead	[-]
May 18 12 9:59 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	FYI ~ It will not be very visible to the nothern hemisphere. Still, something to look out for There are some great tips on making a "shoebox pinehole camera" in order to View the eclipse too! From SPACE.COM A solar eclipse will obscure part of the sun this weekend, as the moon passes between Earth and our nearest star. The eclipse will occur in the afternoon and early evening on Sunday (May 20). At its peak, the moon will block roughly 94 percent of the sun's light. The so-called annular solar eclipse will not completely cover the sun, but will produce a spectacular "ring of fire" in the sky for well-placed observers. ("Annulus" is the Latin word for "little ring.") Dear Auto correct, Would you please stop correcting my swear words you piece of shut?
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CucamongaDan		#1	[-]
May 18 12 10:04 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I like when you can see a bunch of little crescents in the shadow of a medium density tree. There is a thread that never ends. Yes, it goes on and on my friends. Some people started it not knowing that a tree can walk, And they'll keep posting forever about a movie they can mock...
SuZanBare		#2	[-]
May 18 12 10:27 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	More from SKY and TELESCOPE .com Dear Auto correct, Would you please stop correcting my swear words you piece of shut?
Monstroso Sabroso		#3	[-]
May 18 12 11:04 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	And don't hurt your eyes by viewing it improperly, please, kind people. "I consider it dispassionately as a possibility -- not hysterically as a fact." President William Windom
professor liebstrum		#4	[-]
May 18 12 2:09 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Cant emphasise what Monstroso said enough. Do you really want to have to ask your loved ones to read the CHFB out to you? I got the little crescent shapes Dan mentions last time we had one over here. It went eerily quiet, the birds stopped singing even tho it never really got dark. I've got a laminated filter that came with a book, it works fine and I was able to see the last transit of Venus. Russ
Rick		#5	[-]
May 18 12 2:40 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I was in the other room, listening to the tv news from afar, so I can't be positive, but I think I heard a local newsman say, "New Yorkers will miss it because the sun will set in the east before the eclipse..." Maybe he said "west". Maybe.
Wich2		#6	[-]
May 18 12 3:44 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Well then, get over to that other thread, Rick - 'cause the Mayans were right after all!
Saturday8pm		#7	[-]
May 18 12 11:01 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Hee, I've often wondered what that might look like, Rick ... kinda like being in a mirror image reality. What was that movie where the astronaut lands on an earth where everything is backwards? Hmmm ... Thanks for the astronomy post, Suzan ... one of the reasons we moved out to the sticks is 'cuz I missed the stars. I SHOULD own a telescope but don't. BTW, for you Northeasterners, the next few nights will make for great sky gazing as the moon will set before the sun goes down. Perfect Milky Way moments for sure! "Lord I love Spring! The birds, the fair weather, the new flowers. It doesn't get any better than this. HOLY CRAP! what's THAT?!?"
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professor liebstrum		#8	[-]
May 19 12 7:39 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I was able to see the Milky Way for the first and only time 2 years ago at Battle in Sussex. A very exciting moment. There's just too much light pollution where I live to see it. A reasonable pair of binoculars would be an alternative , Saturday. Better value than a cheaper telescope which aren't always reliable. Seeing the Seven Sisters and Orion Nebula for the first time through Bins a few years ago was amazing. Another problem where I live is the weather is so unreliable, I 've often marked upcoming events on my calendar, only to have them obliterated by clouds Russ Last Edited By: professor liebstrum May 19 12 8:19 AM. Edited 1 times.
kcor.tylerandjacksmo...		#9	[-]
May 19 12 11:19 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	CucamongaDan wrote: I like when you can see a bunch of little crescents in the shadow of a medium density tree. That's a very unsettling thing--kind of like the green or rosy sky just before a tornado comes. Nothing bad comes though. So maybe I'm just easily creeped out. I think it's a projection of a not-totally eclipsed sun so I wonder what it would look like for a total eclipse. Maybe a jillion tiny coronal rings? I would plotz.
Rick		#10	[-]
May 19 12 1:25 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	professor liebstrum wrote: I was able to see the Milky Way for the first and only time 2 years ago at Battle in Sussex. A very exciting moment. There's just too much light pollution where I live to see it. This is one of the things I hate most about modern life. When I was a kid, I could walk out in my yard on any clear night and see the Milky Way in all its incredible glory. Nowadays, even in my old neighborhood, there's no chance, and where I live these days -- New York City -- uhh, no. The last time I really saw the Milky Way was when I worked in Naples, Florida in 1978. I would spend at least 15 to 30 minutes every night staring at the sky. Beautiful. One night, during a meteor shower, I must have stood out there, straining my neck muscles for two or three hours. Of course, Naples was the fastest-growing city in the U.S. in the '80s, so I doubt there's much star-gazing there any more. At the top of my "bucket list" (if I had a "bucket list") is to trek once more before I die to some remote location where the stars still shine as they're supposed to.
monochrome		#11	[-]
May 20 12 4:36 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Thanks SuZan, I've got a couple of websites ready to go. This should be really cool. That was interesting. Although the suns atmosphere wasn't visible I've never seen the mountains on the moon before, pretty cool. Last Edited By: monochrome May 20 12 8:59 PM. Edited 1 times.
SteveZodiak		#12	[-]
May 20 12 8:57 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	got a great view of it here in Chico CA. Used the binoculars and white board. Alose too a look through my neighbors welding helmet. Why do I have to waste my time outwitting morons?
tv horror		#13	[-]
May 20 12 9:02 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Journey to the far side of the Sun is the name of the film.
ArmandV101		#14	[-]
May 20 12 9:12 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	CucamongaDan wrote: I like when you can see a bunch of little crescents in the shadow of a medium density tree. That's exactly what I saw and photographed: The Annular Solar Eclipse. Armand's Rancho del Cielo
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