Re: Eclipse

On 4/9/2024 6:07 AM, Martin Brown wrote:

On 09/04/2024 02:48, Martin Rid wrote:

Phil Hobbs <pcdhSpamMeSenseless@electrooptical.net> Wrote in message:r

A pretty good partial eclipse is just ending here. We had about 90%obscuration here. George H should have been in the path of totality.  George?  You out there,man?Cheers Phil Hobbs -- Dr Philip C D Hobbs  Principal Consultant  ElectroOptical Innovations LLC /Hobbs ElectroOptics  Optics, Electro-optics, Photonics, Analog Electronics

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Was fun to watch, surprised how I noticed things getting brighter
  2 min after the max. Thought it take longer. And we only ha 89%
  percent

 Bit late to say it now but if you were that close to the line of totality it is worth travelling a few hundred miles to see a total eclipse. The very last 0.1% obscuration makes all the difference.

It was a pretty good show outside Boston at 90%, but yes not at all like a total. It became visibly "mild to moderately dark", like an overcast day. but the drop in the infrared was very noticeable.

Surprisingly uniform and smooth corona considering how active the sun has been recently - I was expecting to see some streamers.
 They are truly awe inspiring and I can see why eclipse chasers do it. Everyone should see one if they possibly can. The ancients must have found it completely terrifying to watch the sun get eaten up in the sky.
 I thought about going to see this one but the seasonal weather predictions for the track were not so great at this time of year. Several of my US friends went to see it though on the main axis.
 

What's the best spot to see August 12, 2026? In central Spain the chance of cloud cover is lowest, but it'll be racing the sunset and low on the horizon.
Beach seems better but the chance of clouds will be higher. The sun will be higher in Reykjavik but chance of clouds higher still..