May 20 eclipse times?

reply to post by haven123


No, sadly this won't be visible in the UK, I suppose there is always next time.

reply to post by jiggerj

Huh? I just want to know why that site lists the eclipse as lasting for 6 hours.

6 hours from "first contact" to "last contact". Totality (in this case "annularity") lasts a few minutes, if you are in a location in which it occurs.

Boston will not see much of anything.

Ill be able to see about 94% of it in Sedona AZ @ roughly 6:30

Originally posted by haven123
reply to post by jiggerj

 

If Solar Eclipse happens when moon is closer to earth and hence can at least cover some area with complete darkness is Total Eclipse. However, when moon is quite distant and can't create complete darkness is Annular Solar Eclipse.

In Total Solar Eclipse, the sun is not at all visible, however, in Annular Solar Eclipse, sun is visible on complete circumference on moon.

As an analogous example: Suppose your friend (sun) is standing at a distance and observing your TV (earth). The more close you (moon) standing to your TV, more you can hide him from your friends view.

strange because the moon is actually very close to earth right now. it is moving away from its max perigee for this year.

reply to post by jiggerj


probly because the moon is closer than it was for the total eclipse taking longer to pas throught the suns path 6 hours seems along time though

reply to post by -W1LL


maby a space ship then,i got that info from someone else

According to one link it looks like I will be seeing it right around sunset at 63%... but it is cloudy outside so I am going to miss it.

I remember the first solar eclipse I saw. It freaked me out, I was around 12 years old and when the sky went dark and I could see all of the upper cloud formations that you don't normally see and the sun going dark... It was a very freaky experience for me, I loved it!

Gonna miss this one due to cloud cover, that blows.

reply to post by Darkblade71


i cant belive the mt fuji one is cloudy

reply to post by mblahnikluver


cloudy on the panasonic one
try this www.ustream.tv...

events.slooh.com...

Someone posted that on this site yesterday.

Yeah, even though they may have posted it, we want immediate info because it's happening within the next few hours so I'm flagging it.

Here at my Lake Tahoe,California,USA,Earth,Milky Way location we have perfect Blue skies. No distortion from those pesky "contrails" that cover the skyline.

Perfect Veiwing Sky here at 6400 Ft. above sea level.

reply to post by niceguybob


SLOOH Will be broadcasting again very soon, I was listening when it was over Okinawa, and Mt Fiji, they said they was going offline for about an hour

Originally posted by darthdamo74
reply to post by niceguybob

 

SLOOH Will be broadcasting again very soon, I was listening when it was over Okinawa, and Mt Fiji, they said they was going offline for about an hour

SLOOH Back online 29 mins to go USA


click the link and refresh

I went to the local welding supply shop last week to get a #14 filter to view the eclipse (80% here in the NW)

They were out, as was every welding supply shop around.

It's been raining here all day... best 5 bucks I never spent.

Can I see it in Cleveland?

Guess a little bit

www.timeanddate.com...

reply to post by jiggerj


Ah dam always miss eclipses.

Sucks because its raining and there is nothing but clouds in sight up here in Seattle WA area.

Pacific Northwest supposed to be well on it's way now but I see nothing

It's pretty cloudy but last I looked when it parted the sun was still full, and it's 6pm now...

happening now till sundown here....its pretty cool as always...


funny thing is as i drove around i saw all kinds of people out enjoying the weather but i dont think anybody even noticed that theres an eclipse going on...lol its the only thing in the friggin sky right now...not a damn cloud anywhere and nobody notices that the damn sun is being blocked out just too much

The Sun is about a 1/4 blocked so far. This is pretty amazing. ~$heopleNation

reply to post by Zarniwoop


Thats what i used to view it!! A welders helmet!

Even though it was an Annular Eclipse, its still a good view here from Alaska!