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It will be my first and probably last chance to see a total solar eclipse on August 11, 12:30 local time. I will head for Stuttgart, where it will last around two minutes, provided the sky is clear. Anyone else who will be able to see it?
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I've got to get some of those. . . I just have so much to do right now! I'm moving to London next week, too, and I've yet to find a removals firm that doesn't pay through the proboscis. . .
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What time is that EST? .. And what kind of special lense do you need if you want to see it?
BTW, it won't be the last. Three lunar eclipses and two solar are scheduled for next year.
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The last time we could see one here, one of our people had a large colored glass. It's can be obtained at a welding supply place. I don't know how dark it needs to be, but find the info, and get one, it's the best way to see them.
I just called our other building, the guys not in today, so I can't find out how dark it needs to be.
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It won't be visible at all from North America, as it starts far off the coast of Nova Scotia.
The last eclipse I saw was an annular eclipse about 5 years ago that swept right over Pennsylvania. We used welder's glass to watch it, too. I saw another guy using about 5 sheets of exposed film, but that's not a good idea.
FYI, an "annular" eclipse is almost a total eclipse, except that because the moon is a bit farther away, it doesn't manage to cover the entire sun, leaving a ring of light around the moon at totality.
FYAAI*(The existence of annular eclipses is an excellent foil against a Creationist who asserts that the "fact that the moon eclipses the sun perfectly" is proof of a clockwork universe, and an argument for intelligent design.)
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Nah! It only proves that god designs a little play into the system so it doesn't wear out too quickly when we (inevitably) forget to change the oil.
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You can actually make that, you know.... It doesn't take much work at all.
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I wanted to go down to Cornwall to see the eclipse, but as always happens, I've gotten bogged down at home, so I'll have to settle for a partial eclipse at home and the full eclipse on the television. *sighs*
My uncles going though so I'm sure he'll tell me how brilliant it was and make me feel even worse...
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Thanks Kosh for telling me that!!.. I was so scared I was going to miss it!
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