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Re: Live Thead for the eclipse
« Reply #25 on: August 21, 2017, 05:09:26 pm »
Quote from: AbaraXas on August 21, 2017, 05:01:53 pm
That should work. Eclipse glasses are supposedly good enough (although some I've seen for sale worry me).

The cheaper option is glass from a welding helmet. Generally you can pick up one of these for $5 (too late now). You would need at least level 14 but that's common. Welding glass is how everyone viewed it up until this year when suddenly these special glasses were available all over.

Interesting.  I'll let someone else try it and report back on the results!
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Re: Live Thread for the eclipse
« Reply #26 on: August 21, 2017, 05:25:28 pm »
Slightly overcast.

Went to the grocery store. Would you believe the manager told me he's closing it for ten minutes or so that the employees can watch?

Another hour before it comes here
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Re: Live Thread for the eclipse
« Reply #27 on: August 21, 2017, 05:29:18 pm »
Quote from: Freya on August 21, 2017, 05:25:28 pm
Slightly overcast.

Went to the grocery store. Would you believe the manager told me he's closing it for ten minutes or so that the employees can watch?

Another hour before it comes here

My son is working at a local grocery store today.  He and the other employees are taking turns popping out to catch a quick look-see.

It's nice and clear here.  And the sun currently looks like Pac-Man.  Well, maybe like Pac-Man yawning, anyway.
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Re: Live Thread for the eclipse
« Reply #28 on: August 21, 2017, 05:30:25 pm »
Quote from: Polly Ticks on August 21, 2017, 05:29:18 pm
My son is working at a local grocery store today.  He and the other employees are taking turns popping out to catch a quick look-see.

It's nice and clear here.  And the sun currently looks like Pac-Man.  Well, maybe like Pac-Man yawning, anyway.

They should have rescheduled it for Sunday when fewer people are working and kids are out of school.

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Re: Live Thread for the eclipse
« Reply #29 on: August 21, 2017, 05:36:09 pm »
A thead is something that happens when you burn the R cells out of the back of your eyes by staring at the sun.

Almost half way.

I'm so excited. I like astronomical events. I saw a total lunar eclipse during Hale-Bopp. It was so cool.
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Re: Live Thread for the eclipse
« Reply #30 on: August 21, 2017, 05:37:56 pm »
THAT WAS FREAKING

AWESOME
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Re: Live Thread for the eclipse
« Reply #31 on: August 21, 2017, 05:38:17 pm »
We only get about 85% coverage where we are.  Bought a couple pairs of glasses.  Annnnnnnd.... it's raining.
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Re: Live Thread for the eclipse
« Reply #32 on: August 21, 2017, 05:39:06 pm »
I am very glad I got to see that. Magnificent. Truly magnificent. We have perfect weather.
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Re: Live Thread for the eclipse
« Reply #33 on: August 21, 2017, 05:40:23 pm »
I recorded it. We'll see what I got. I was using the worst Handycam Sony made.

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Re: Live Thread for the eclipse
« Reply #34 on: August 21, 2017, 05:41:37 pm »
Well that looked.... different... I don't think that was a moon.

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Re: Live Thread for the eclipse
« Reply #35 on: August 21, 2017, 05:43:37 pm »
@AbaraXas

Thanks for posting that about the cell phone.  We were going to do that, now we aren't.
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Re: Live Thread for the eclipse
« Reply #36 on: August 21, 2017, 05:45:11 pm »
Side note - the live feeds from NASA are basically useless.  All I get is "www.ustream.tv took too long to respond".
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Re: Live Thread for the eclipse
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Re: Live Thread for the eclipse
« Reply #38 on: August 21, 2017, 05:49:37 pm »
Quote from: AbaraXas on August 21, 2017, 05:41:37 pm
Well that looked.... different... I don't think that was a moon.



LOL.



No, no ... this IS the eclipse you've been waiting for in your welding helmets!
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Re: Live Thread for the eclipse
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Re: Live Thread for the eclipse
« Reply #40 on: August 21, 2017, 05:59:00 pm »
After days of local weather guessers predicting clear weather for the eclipse, it's cloudy and hazy here.  If there is an eclipse going on outside now, I can't tell.
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Re: Live Thread for the eclipse
« Reply #41 on: August 21, 2017, 05:59:29 pm »
Cleared off here just enough, starting to look weird outside.
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Re: Live Thread for the eclipse
« Reply #42 on: August 21, 2017, 06:02:45 pm »
Sun shining, about 80% here. Used triple thickness of aluminized mylar for a filter, short glances only. Noticeably darker out, but not nearly as dark as the one I saw in Grand Forks many years ago (78-79).
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Re: Live Thread for the eclipse
« Reply #43 on: August 21, 2017, 06:06:32 pm »
Quote from: Freya on August 21, 2017, 05:25:28 pm
Slightly overcast.

Went to the grocery store. Would you believe the manager told me he's closing it for ten minutes or so that the employees can watch?

Another hour before it comes here
I got some good pictures earlier, but just as we're about ready to enter totality the clouds moved in.
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Re: Live Thead for the eclipse
« Reply #44 on: August 21, 2017, 06:06:46 pm »
Quote from: Applewood on August 21, 2017, 04:29:46 pm
Local channels here are proclaiming this the Great American Eclipse. I think the hoopla is hilarious, but I'm an old bag so a solar eclipse is nothing new.  The younger generation probably never experienced a total eclipse in their lifetime.   

I just hope no one is stupid enough to try to watch the eclipse with the naked eye.  The state transportation department issued a warning not to try to drive with those special glasses on.  Apparently, the only thing you can see with those glasses is the sun.  Everything else is dark.  But I'm sure someone will ignore the warning and try to drive with those glasses on.

Because unlike most eclipses, this one is only seen from the USA, no other countries.
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Re: Live Thread for the eclipse
« Reply #45 on: August 21, 2017, 06:07:17 pm »
Cooler here, by several degrees.   Did someone suck up the CO2?
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Re: Live Thread for the eclipse
« Reply #46 on: August 21, 2017, 06:14:25 pm »
At maximum here right now. Clouds moved in a bit, worked to our favor because you can look right at it now. Pretty cool.
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Re: Live Thread for the eclipse
« Reply #47 on: August 21, 2017, 06:18:41 pm »
I've seen a partial, blood moon, and the northern lights. So... I missed this btw. I thought it was at 2:30 EST not at 1:30 EST. And I forgot about my welding helment

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Re: Live Thread for the eclipse
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Re: Live Thread for the eclipse
« Reply #49 on: August 21, 2017, 06:28:11 pm »
I've also saw that comet in the late 90's. Had no idea that's what it was.
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