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Tom French Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 07 January 2005 Location: United States Posts: 4154
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Posted: 21 August 2017 at 4:21pm | IP Logged | 1
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"There's an eclipse coming!" -- Science "Ok. What time?" -- Us "Here's a detailed map explaining when and where you'll be able to see it best. All the calculations were done years ago!" -- Science "Wow! Thanks, Science!" -- Us, as we spend a lot of money on special glasses from Amazon "Hey, while we have your attention, let's talk Global Climate Change..." -- Science "That doesn't exist." -- Us, looking at the sky
Edited by Tom French on 21 August 2017 at 4:23pm
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James Johnson Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 16 March 2009 Location: United States Posts: 2041
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Posted: 21 August 2017 at 4:50pm | IP Logged | 2
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Eclipse thoughts:
You can use a colander or a Ritz cracker for multiple views....
DC comics missed a great opportunity. They could have capitalized off he event with an Eclipso story line...
Edited by James Johnson on 21 August 2017 at 4:54pm
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John Young Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 22 August 2004 Location: United States Posts: 3145
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Posted: 21 August 2017 at 6:18pm | IP Logged | 3
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we had about 98% here in southern Iowa. It's overcast, but I did get to see it at about it's peek. A thing of wonder!!! I had glasses and a pinhole viewer. The viewer worked ok, but the glasses are the memory maker.
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Doug Centers Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 17 February 2014 Location: United States Posts: 5436
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Posted: 21 August 2017 at 6:22pm | IP Logged | 4
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Fairly clear skies here. We're getting 68% . Glasses are the way to go. Wow!
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Michael Murphy Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 06 June 2004 Location: United States Posts: 339
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Posted: 21 August 2017 at 7:29pm | IP Logged | 5
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I just got back from watching it. The sun was about 83% covered in Columbus, OH and while the sky was cloudy (normal in Ohio) I was able to see the entire thing. I own a pair of Celestron binoculars designed for viewing the sun so I used those. Pretty amazing sight and worth the sore neck.
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Brian Peck Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 16 April 2004 Location: United States Posts: 1709
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Posted: 21 August 2017 at 7:37pm | IP Logged | 6
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I am in the Bay Area (southern part). Had a fun time at Foothill College Observatory, where the Peninsula Astronomical Society hosted an Eclipse Party. About 100 people showed up, we had access to their smaller telescopes, 60mm and 80mm. Steady crowd to view the Eclipse, the Observatory could only hold about a dozen at a time.
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Bryan Eacret Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 08 February 2007 Location: United States Posts: 744
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Posted: 21 August 2017 at 7:48pm | IP Logged | 7
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I didn't have special glasses, so the first thing I did was go out and look straight at the sun, to see if it was happening. D'oh! The sky by San Jose was a little overcast. This helped to act as a filter, so I was able to take a couple of pictures, that came out OK. Pretty cool.
I would have liked to seen the full eclipse, so now I've added it to my Bucket List. I'm planning a trip for 2024. How's Maine in April?
Edited by Bryan Eacret on 21 August 2017 at 7:59pm
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John Byrne
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Joined: 11 May 2005 Posts: 132133
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Posted: 21 August 2017 at 7:59pm | IP Logged | 8
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Apparently, I have to live to 129 to be able to see totality from my terrace. Hmmm.
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Eric Sofer Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 31 January 2014 Location: United States Posts: 4789
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Posted: 21 August 2017 at 8:48pm | IP Logged | 9
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At lunch, a monitor was showing experts at NASA reporting on this, and I was sad that that was ALL that we look to NASA for anymore. It's not all they do... but this is the only time in the past couple years that I can recall that ANYONE spoke publicly with NASA.
I also reflected that if we had indulged in space travel instead of dropped it, a lot of people could have been watching this outside the atmosphere in one of the satellites that would have been at one of the Lagrange points - or so I surmised.
Instead, we had a two dollar pair of sunglasses that were useful for about four hours. Sorrowful unhappiness.
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Jason Ayer Byrne Robotics Member
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Posted: 21 August 2017 at 8:58pm | IP Logged | 10
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I took these from downtown Columbia, SC from the roof of my office building.
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Vinny Valenti Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 17 April 2004 Location: United States Posts: 8009
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Posted: 21 August 2017 at 9:19pm | IP Logged | 11
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Jason wins the thread.
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Bryan Eacret Byrne Robotics Member
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Posted: 21 August 2017 at 9:23pm | IP Logged | 12
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Those are great!
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