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Offline faux fiddy

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Total Eclipse Sunday
« on: May 19, 2012, 05:58:02 AM »
I'm thinking I might miss the trip to Hallet for MC races to go out to Lubbock or somewhere west of there to get a total eclipse that will be a 94% coverage "ring of fire."  It's supposed to last 4 minutes.

Kinda like one of those bucket list things, and unlike the last one it's only about a six or eight hour drive instead of a trip to  Australia.

Anyone in it's path?
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Re: Total Eclipse Sunday
« Reply #1 on: May 19, 2012, 06:29:25 AM »
In jr hi in oklahoma got to see a near total.  Very cool.  Had to be 1976 or so.
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Re: Total Eclipse Sunday
« Reply #2 on: May 19, 2012, 06:48:58 AM »
If you want to see it and save your eyes, put on a pair of heavy duty welding goggles.
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Re: Total Eclipse Sunday
« Reply #3 on: May 19, 2012, 06:59:50 AM »
Wow wish you would have told me 30+ years ago!  LOL.   ;D
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Re: Total Eclipse Sunday
« Reply #4 on: May 20, 2012, 08:19:55 PM »
Here it was about 70 percent.  I used one of my vintage navigation sextants for viewing.  Due to the sextant's split horizon mirror I was able to actually see two side by side images and using the different color filters I could make each a one different color. :)
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Re: Total Eclipse Sunday
« Reply #5 on: May 20, 2012, 10:04:25 PM »
I used binoculars to project the image onto a manilla envelope. The attached pic is about the time of maximum coverage, +/- a minute, around 6:35 today.
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Re: Total Eclipse Sunday
« Reply #6 on: May 21, 2012, 04:30:39 AM »
Took some photos of the eclipse last night. First two photos shot through a red laser safety glasses. Last two taken right before sunset unfiltered.
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Re: Total Eclipse Sunday
« Reply #7 on: May 21, 2012, 07:36:01 AM »
My buddy from college took this one in Japan.  For them, it happened at sunrise.

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Re: Total Eclipse Sunday
« Reply #8 on: May 21, 2012, 10:51:50 AM »
Saw just a glimps of it.

2017 total eclipse.

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Re: Total Eclipse Sunday
« Reply #9 on: May 24, 2012, 05:23:52 AM »
I would like to make it to Charleston for the 2017 one. Seems perfectly close and I like Charleston :) I've never seen one before. remember seeinf Haley's Comet back in the 80's. I was about 10 or so.
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