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100% eclipsed by cloud here! typical.
Is it coincidence it is also the equinox today?
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Am 20.03.2015 um 10:41 schrieb scott:
> Is it coincidence it is also the equinox today?
Yes, absolutely.
If the lunar orbit was close to the earth's equatorial plane, eclipses
(both solar and lunar) would indeed necessarily occur around the spring
and autumn equinox.
However, the moon's orbital plane exhibits a noticeable precession
(periodic tumbling motion) with a period of 18.60 years, causing the
time of year at which eclipses occur to shift by about 20 days every year.
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On 03/20/2015 05:41 AM, scott wrote:
> 100% eclipsed by cloud here! typical.
>
> Is it coincidence it is also the equinox today?
There's also going to be a total lunar eclipse Apr 4th ...
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>> 100% eclipsed by cloud here! typical.
>>
>> Is it coincidence it is also the equinox today?
>
> There's also going to be a total lunar eclipse Apr 4th ...
Unfortunately I'll be on the wrong side of the planet for that - but
there's another one on 28/Sep for me :-)
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On 20/03/2015 09:41 AM, scott wrote:
> 100% eclipsed by cloud here! typical.
The Sun was Obscured by Clouds </PinkFloyd>.
However, my colleges and I were able to observe the event anyhow, since
the cloud cover was not complete. I tried using a pinhole camera. My
boss discovered that DVDs are actually very slightly transparent. But my
suggestion was apparently the best: wrap the entrails out of a floppy
disk and use that. Works better doubled over. Makes the Sun look like
cola...
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Am 20.03.2015 um 19:03 schrieb Orchid Win7 v1:
> However, my colleges and I were able to observe the event anyhow, since
> the cloud cover was not complete. I tried using a pinhole camera. My
> boss discovered that DVDs are actually very slightly transparent. But my
> suggestion was apparently the best: wrap the entrails out of a floppy
> disk and use that. Works better doubled over. Makes the Sun look like
> cola...
Been there, done that in 1999.
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On 20-3-2015 19:03, Orchid Win7 v1 wrote:
> On 20/03/2015 09:41 AM, scott wrote:
>> 100% eclipsed by cloud here! typical.
>
> The Sun was Obscured by Clouds </PinkFloyd>.
>
> However, my colleges and I were able to observe the event anyhow, since
> the cloud cover was not complete. I tried using a pinhole camera. My
> boss discovered that DVDs are actually very slightly transparent. But my
> suggestion was apparently the best: wrap the entrails out of a floppy
> disk and use that. Works better doubled over. Makes the Sun look like
> cola...
DVD, floppies Warning: Bad for your eyes!! (no kidding)
--
Thomas
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On 21/03/2015 08:10, Thomas de Groot wrote:
> On 20-3-2015 19:03, Orchid Win7 v1 wrote:
>> On 20/03/2015 09:41 AM, scott wrote:
>>> 100% eclipsed by cloud here! typical.
>>
>> The Sun was Obscured by Clouds </PinkFloyd>.
>>
>> However, my colleges and I were able to observe the event anyhow, since
>> the cloud cover was not complete. I tried using a pinhole camera. My
>> boss discovered that DVDs are actually very slightly transparent. But my
>> suggestion was apparently the best: wrap the entrails out of a floppy
>> disk and use that. Works better doubled over. Makes the Sun look like
>> cola...
>
> DVD, floppies Warning: Bad for your eyes!! (no kidding)
>
Yes, too stupid even for a Darwin Award.
http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2015/03/20/solar-eclipse-2015-pictures-reveal-welding-masks-cardboard-boxes-popular-headwear_n_6908258.html?
--
Regards
Stephen
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On 21/03/2015 12:06 AM, clipka wrote:
> Been there, done that in 1999.
In 1999 I used a pinhole camera. Which worked quite well.
This time it was too cloudy. I couldn't really get much of an image.
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On 21/03/2015 08:10 AM, Thomas de Groot wrote:
> DVD, floppies Warning: Bad for your eyes!! (no kidding)
Yeah, pointing your eyes directly at the Sun is never a fantastic idea.
Still, the number of times I've looked at the Sun with my naked eyes, I
would think doing so with protection can't be any *worse*... The key, I
guess, is to not stand there for eight minutes straight just staring at it.
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