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LizMarr

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Of course it's going to rain... [Annular Solar Eclipse]

May 20, 2012 Annular Solar Eclipse

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May 20, 2012 is an annular total solar eclipse. The last visible in the US was 18 years ago, the next will be 14 years from now. The path takes it right over the USA and I guess people living in Oz with have a good view too. I live in Oregon, of course it is going to rain. There are some wonderful articles about the phenomenon and how to observe it safely. I remember as a little girl turning my back to the sun and holding out a white piece of paper in front of me so I could see the shadow. Works really well. Bellow is a picture and some links.

An annular solar eclipse will take place on May 20, 2012 (May 21, 2012 for local time in Eastern Hemisphere), with a magnitude of 0.9439. A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby totally or partially obscuring the image of the Sun for a viewer on Earth. An annular solar eclipse occurs when the Moon's apparent diameter is smaller than the Sun, causing the Sun to look like an annulus (ring), blocking most of the Sun's light. An annular eclipse appears as a partial eclipse over a region thousands of kilometres wide. (Wilipedia)

Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_eclipse_of_May_20,_2012
May 20, 2012 Annular Solar Eclipse (Night Sky) http://www.nightskyinfo.com/sky_highlights/annular_eclipse_may20
Hinode Mission to Capture Annular Solar Eclipse This Weekend (NASA) http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/sunearth/news/eclipse-2012.html
Annular Solar Eclipse of 2012 May 20 (NASA) http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEgoogle/SEgoogle2001/SE2012May20Agoogle.html
Annular Solar Eclipse of May 20: Complete Coverage (Space.com) http://tinyurl.com/7ewwbyl

I guess it's going to rain... sigh

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LizMarr

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Live feeds of the event (cool)

http://www.skyandtelescope.com/news/home/See-the-Annular-Solar-Eclipse-Online-151887305.html

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Really cool,thanks for the link.

I wasn't aware one was coming. It's not good for an old Wiz like me to have things go slowly dark without warning.

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Philly0381

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Wow, right over Albuquerque, that's where I am.

Hope I am able to stay up to see it, us old folks need are rest and sleep.

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BoXXi

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Cool......

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LizMarr

Join Date 05/2006

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Quoting Philly0381,

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Wow, right over Albuquerque, that's where I am.

Hope I am able to stay up to see it, us old folks need are rest and sleep.

It's a SOLAR eclipse, that means you gotta be up early instead of sleep in. Check those pages, they have the time you need to be awake at. You probably won't have rain.

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Philly0381

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[quote who="LizMarr" reply="5" id="3157124"]Quoting Philly0381, reply 3Wow, right over Albuquerque, that's where I am.

Hope I am able to stay up to see it, us old folks need are rest and sleep.

It's a SOLAR eclipse, that means you gotta be up early instead of sleep in. Check those pages, they have the time you need to be awake at. You probably won't have rain.

[/quote

We've had rain forecasted for the last several weeks and haven't had any, current forecast doesn't call for rain............I'm usually not a betting person but....

Since you can't look at it directly, I'll watch it on the news when I wake up.

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It's passing right over Area 51. Ooooooooh. I wonder what the sun is REALLY up to?

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Uvah

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I've seen both solar and lunar eclipses. Can't remember the last time one was seen on the east coast though.

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LizMarr

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TIMES!

These are US/CAN but same place has others as well.

http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?continent=namerica&iso=20120520T2056&msg=Annular%20Solar%20Eclipse%20on%20May%2020%E2%80%9321,%202012&sort=2

Tiny URL

http://tinyurl.com/6svffvo

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lizmarr, if you look at the left pic of the predicted path of the viewable areas for the eclipse then you will see that japan/china/korea can see it , BUT australia will not we are too far south, but I remember seeing the solar eclipse in the late 60's /early 70's.

harpo

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Great article. Thanks for the info, up here in the colorful state we probably won't be able to see much, but I'll be lookin'....

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RedneckDude

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Quoting Philly0381,

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us old folks need are rest and sleep.

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Philly0381

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I got up at 8:30 am, did I miss it?

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