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Post by htmb on Oct 8, 2014 11:12:03 GMT
Here's what I saw in North Florida.
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Post by bixaorellana on Oct 8, 2014 11:44:47 GMT
I am terribly disappointed. Got up at three & the moon was almost bright enough to read by. Ditto at 4:17, a minute before the eclipse began. Shortly afterward the sky became impenetrably dense with clouds & remained that way.
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Post by bixaorellana on Oct 8, 2014 11:47:57 GMT
WOW! That's out of this world, Htmb!
V5 strikes again. Didn't see your post until after I posted my whiny one.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 8, 2014 11:50:17 GMT
Great shot HTMB. It was pretty incredible. The sky here was lighter than in your pic HTMB, but, it was real visible before going down behind some tree tops. I wish we had been up on the levee and be able to see more of it. I woke just in time to make some coffee and go outside to take in the show. Spectacular. More orange than red I thought.
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Post by questa on Oct 8, 2014 12:44:59 GMT
Kinda joins us all together... watching the same thing in both hemispheres simultaneously.
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Post by htmb on Oct 8, 2014 12:46:13 GMT
It really does, Questa.
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Post by htmb on Oct 8, 2014 19:48:06 GMT
That's really too bad, Bixa, and would have been my problem had the eclipse happened yesterday. As you can see, our skies were crystal clear. I started taking pictures at 6:00 and by about 6:50 we had too much daylight to get any more enjoyment from the moon.
I am lucky to have had a fairly dark sky, but if I'd been really energetic and ambitious Paynes Prairie would have been the best place to take local photos. I'm sure there were lots of intrepid photographers lined up along the highway early this morning.
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Post by htmb on Oct 8, 2014 20:03:27 GMT
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Post by mossie on Oct 8, 2014 20:16:13 GMT
Super shots htmb
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Post by htmb on Oct 8, 2014 20:25:16 GMT
Thanks, Mossie. The first one didn't show up too well, but is supposed to be an artsy show with my trees in the foreground. Maybe I'll see if I can get work on it a bit so the trees stand out more. I just hate editing.
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Post by questa on Oct 8, 2014 22:23:32 GMT
I can see your trees silhouetted dark on dark when I just let my eyes rest on the picture for a few seconds and adjust. It does give a better perspective to your image but would only need a mere touch to achieve it.
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Post by htmb on Oct 8, 2014 22:58:41 GMT
While that one shows up fairly well on my tablet, there is no sign of the trees when viewing on my desktop. Here's another try with a different photo. I may have caught a glimmer of Venus, too.
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Post by questa on Oct 9, 2014 0:33:11 GMT
Gorgeous ! May I borrow for my desktop for a while, please? There is just enough starlight/ light pollution to give the sky a faint glow so the blacker trees can be seen. The planet Venus gives an extra dimension.
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Post by htmb on Oct 9, 2014 2:14:52 GMT
Oh course. I'd be honored!
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Oct 23, 2014 1:34:13 GMT
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Post by Kimby on Oct 23, 2014 1:34:13 GMT
Solar Eclipse alert: "Solar activity is surging on the eve of Thursday's solar eclipse. Giant sunspot AR2192 is crackling with M- and X-class solar flares as the Moon approaches the sun for a partial eclipse that will be visible across almost all of North America on Oct. 23rd. The eclipse will be particularly beautiful in the Central Time Zone where maximum coverage occurs at sunset. Visit spaceweather.com for more information."
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Post by Deleted on Oct 24, 2014 17:09:08 GMT
So, did any of you manage to see this eclipse?
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Post by htmb on Oct 24, 2014 19:28:49 GMT
I saw it.....sort of. There was a clear view from here, but I was not prepared to gaze at the sun. I could tell when the eclipse was happening, but wished I'd had some sort of device that would have allowed me to gaze indirectly.
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Oct 24, 2014 19:58:51 GMT
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Post by Kimby on Oct 24, 2014 19:58:51 GMT
Our already dark cloudy day got somewhat darker at the time we might have expected to see the eclipse.
For future eclipses, no special viewing device is required. A pinhole or circular opening in stiff paper or foil allows the image of the eclipse to fall on a suitable background like white paper for "watching" the progression of the eclipse.
I remember one eclipse in 1978 that I "watched" happen on the floor below a Ficus benjaminii in a sunny stairwell. Multiple crescents of sunlight, one for each gap between the leaves. Magical!
BTW, we will have another solar eclipse, this one total, in 2017. Next lunar eclipse will be in April.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 24, 2014 20:12:44 GMT
We were luckier in the old days. The last almost total eclipse in Paris (it was total about 40km north of Paris) I still had a black piece of film to look through. That just won't work with digital cameras...
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Post by questa on Oct 29, 2014 0:47:33 GMT
Kimby, I had that experience as well when a long leafed eucalyptus cast thousands of circles of light on the tiled verandah. Each little circle carried its own eclipse as I sat in the semi shade. It was a very eerie feeling to watch the shadow moving across the skin of my arms.
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Post by lagatta on Dec 21, 2014 11:50:31 GMT
Happy Solstice! Winter Solstice for most of us, Summer Solstice for Tod, Questa and some others down there. We had an anyporter in Chile but she hasn't posted for a while... The Persian Winter Solstice celebration is Yalda: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yald%C4%81Tonight is Yalda, the Persian Winter Solstice celebration! People stay up all night, eat (things like nuts and fruits...) and recite poetry to scare away those evil winter spirits. Traditionally, they would also drink wine, and many still do (shhh) despite the theocratic ban on it in Iran (to say nothing of Afghanistan!) We're going to celebrate the Solstice, but just tomorrow evening because one of us is busy this afternoon and evening. 6:49 a.m. here and still dark... Now 7:03 and a very faint glow in the sky. Of course in a city, the sky is never truly dark. As for Southern Hemisphere, one of the friends attending the Solstice party is from Argentina; this time last year she had already left to return home, but she's heading downt here a bit later. I think she'd rather avoid Christmastime down there this year as her brother died not long ago, so the family will be glum. But she is looking forward to summer... in a few weeks. The main expense, of course, is the long flight, but she usually manages to get a good deal. Otherwise, her expenses down there are less than here, given the poor peso.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 21, 2014 14:19:41 GMT
That's right!! It is!! Thank you for reminding me Lagatta.
And, Happy Solstice to you as well!!!
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Post by Kimby on Dec 21, 2014 22:12:50 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Dec 24, 2014 14:27:11 GMT
Thanks Kimby. Shooting stars this time of year evoke some very special memories for me.
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Post by bixaorellana on Dec 30, 2014 1:01:26 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Dec 30, 2014 13:44:13 GMT
COOL!! Thanks Bixa!
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Dec 30, 2014 17:35:16 GMT
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Post by Kimby on Dec 30, 2014 17:35:16 GMT
Verrrrry interesting, Bixa. Hope the extreme cold abates before the comet fades!
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Post by cheerypeabrain on Jan 25, 2015 15:52:59 GMT
March 20th 2015 a solar eclipse visible in the northern hemisphere. It will be a partial eclipse over Leicester but I'm still hoping for clear skies. I wanted to trael to the Faroe Islands where the total eclipse will be visible but I can't get the time off work (just have the actual day, not enough time to travel) www.solareclipse2015.org.uk/
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Jan 26, 2015 14:05:10 GMT
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Post by Kimby on Jan 26, 2015 14:05:10 GMT
Asteroid flyby tonight between 11PM and midnight EST, 9-10 PM in my time zone. Next time will be in 2027.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 26, 2015 18:32:05 GMT
A massive asteroid is set to safely pass Earth Monday. According to NASA scientists, the asteroid 2004 BL86 is approximately 1,500 feet across and will come closest to Earth at 11:19 a.m. ET.
The asteroid will be approximately 745,000 miles away - about three times the distance between the earth and the moon.
Experts at NASA's Near Earth Object Program believe the asteroid will not be visible to the naked eye. The asteroid is expected to be visible through small telescopes and strong binoculars.
The asteroid was discovered in 2004, and Monday's pass is believed to be the closest the asteroid will come to Earth for the next 200 years.
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