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Eclipse August 21, 2017

vesper

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Has anyone here on DP ran out and purchased their NASA approved glasses to watch the eclipse tomorrow? If you waited this long good luck finding a pair. If you don't have any, NASA website explains other ways to view it safely.
Here in Central Ohio on Eastern Daylight Time it begins at 1:04 P.M.. Our visibility will be good and we will get to see 87% of the eclipse which will climax at 2:30.
So how about you? Are you planning on observing?
 
I am going to sit in my back yard to see what I can see but it appears that it will be too cloudy to see much.

I am planning to watch it get darker and lighter though, that should be fun.

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vesper said:
Has anyone here on DP ran out and purchased their NASA approved glasses to watch the eclipse tomorrow? If you waited this long good luck finding a pair. If you don't have any, NASA website explains other ways to view it safely.
Here in Central Ohio on Eastern Daylight Time it begins at 1:04 P.M.. Our visibility will be good and we will get to see 87% of the eclipse which will climax at 2:30.
So how about you? Are you planning on observing?
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I will be at work but I guess I can take a break to go out and see it when it is closest to totality. I need to build one of those pinhole viewers, which is easily done in a few minutes. I had my total eclipse card punched a few years ago in another location.
 
Only about 50% for me, I have some good polarizing filters from my scope that I've used in the past, however I don't have a solar filter to put on my actual scope to look up close.

Eclipses are cool I've seen many but not a total, but I find that watching tiny asteroids zing by the earth is pretty damned cool too....and watching big spy sats crisscross the sky while I'm lounging in the pool good too. Hope for good skies for everyone tomorrros!
 
it's just me said:
I will be at work but I guess I can take a break to go out and see it when it is closest to totality. I need to build one of those pinhole viewers, which is easily done in a few minutes. I had my total eclipse card punched a few years ago in another location.
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Take a collander or a vegetable steamer, and hold it up to the sun and look at all the little shadows, you will see some cool half sun shadows.
 
vesper said:
Has anyone here on DP ran out and purchased their NASA approved glasses to watch the eclipse tomorrow? If you waited this long good luck finding a pair. If you don't have any, NASA website explains other ways to view it safely.
Here in Central Ohio on Eastern Daylight Time it begins at 1:04 P.M.. Our visibility will be good and we will get to see 87% of the eclipse which will climax at 2:30.
So how about you? Are you planning on observing?
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Greetings, Vesper. :2wave:

Yup! Home Depot had them, but I read that they may now be sold out - they suggest that people call first to see if they still have any left for sale. They remind me of the paper glasses we got at the theatre when viewing certain new movies back in the "old days!" :mrgreen:
 
polgara said:
Greetings, Vesper. :2wave:

Yup! Home Depot had them, but I read that they may now be sold out - they suggest that people call first to see if they still have any left for sale. They remind me of the paper glasses we got at the theatre when viewing certain new movies back in the "old days!" :mrgreen:
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You can still check with your local library they were handing them out to anyone with a library card. And Half Price Bookstores were selling them also. But yes at this late of time it would be important to call ahead.
 
By pure luck I happen to be in its path so will be able to see the full thing, which is good because I never got around to getting any glasses. So at least I will be able to look at it with my naked eyes for a short bit. What I am looking forward to more is just the feeling of it getting dark at that time.

Oh, and yesterday I was at a stop light right and it was lined up so the sun was right behind the light and slightly over it. So I couldn't look at the light without staring right at the sun. I kept trying to block it up but then I couldn't see the traffic light. And I thought, "this can't be any better for my eyes than looking at the sun during an eclipse."
 
Skeptic Bob said:
By pure luck I happen to be in its path so will be able to see the full thing, which is good because I never got around to getting any glasses. So at least I will be able to look at it with my naked eyes for a short bit. What I am looking forward to more is just the feeling of it getting dark at that time.

Oh, and yesterday I was at a stop light right and it was lined up so the sun was right behind the light and slightly over it. So I couldn't look at the light without staring right at the sun. I kept trying to block it up but then I couldn't see the traffic light. And I thought, "this can't be any better for my eyes than looking at the sun during an eclipse."
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Please be careful. I know you are young. Don't risk damage to your eyes.
 
vesper said:
Has anyone here on DP ran out and purchased their NASA approved glasses to watch the eclipse tomorrow? If you waited this long good luck finding a pair. If you don't have any, NASA website explains other ways to view it safely.
Here in Central Ohio on Eastern Daylight Time it begins at 1:04 P.M.. Our visibility will be good and we will get to see 87% of the eclipse which will climax at 2:30.
So how about you? Are you planning on observing?
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I'll be in West Virginia tomorrow. There will be about 83 percent obscuration. Should be pretty cool. I don't have glasses, but I plan on staring at the sun for the whole thing. :mrgreen: Just kidding. I made a couple of pinhole cameras, and also plan to just enjoy the eerie darkness. :)
 
countryboy said:
I'll be in West Virginia tomorrow. There will be about 83 percent obscuration. Should be pretty cool. I don't have glasses, but I plan on staring at the sun for the whole thing. :mrgreen: Just kidding. I made a couple of pinhole cameras, and also plan to just enjoy the eerie darkness. :)
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Yeah, I'm expecting all the streetlights and everyone's sensor lights on their homes to come on at 2:30 in the afternoon.
 
vesper said:
Has anyone here on DP ran out and purchased their NASA approved glasses to watch the eclipse tomorrow? If you waited this long good luck finding a pair. If you don't have any, NASA website explains other ways to view it safely.
Here in Central Ohio on Eastern Daylight Time it begins at 1:04 P.M.. Our visibility will be good and we will get to see 87% of the eclipse which will climax at 2:30.
So how about you? Are you planning on observing?
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Back in the early 70's when we had a full eclipse over NY I used my father's welding helmet.
 
vesper said:
Has anyone here on DP ran out and purchased their NASA approved glasses to watch the eclipse tomorrow? If you waited this long good luck finding a pair. If you don't have any, NASA website explains other ways to view it safely.
Here in Central Ohio on Eastern Daylight Time it begins at 1:04 P.M.. Our visibility will be good and we will get to see 87% of the eclipse which will climax at 2:30.
So how about you? Are you planning on observing?
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I have a welding helmet. Even if you don't, a welding helmet lense is very cheap.
 
Slingshot Bob said:
I have a welding helmet. Even if you don't, a welding helmet lense is very cheap.
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That's a very good suggestion to those who do not have protective eyeglasses!
 
Lutherf said:
Back in the early 70's when we had a full eclipse over NY I used my father's welding helmet.
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Slingshot Bob said:
I have a welding helmet. Even if you don't, a welding helmet lense is very cheap.
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vesper said:
That's a very good suggestion to those who do not have protective eyeglasses!
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Just be careful folks. I read you need #12 strength filter, minimum. I was going to buy a pair of cheap welding goggles at Harbor Freight, but they were only #9 filtration.
 
countryboy said:
Just be careful folks. I read you need #12 strength filter, minimum. I was going to buy a pair of cheap welding goggles at Harbor Freight, but they were only #9 filtration.
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Don't know what mine is, it is auto dark and I arc weld with it, I have gazed at the normal sun with it, no problem.

I have a thick lens that I can light a cig with in 5 seconds and I see a white spot when I close my eyes, probably worse.
 
vesper said:
Has anyone here on DP ran out and purchased their NASA approved glasses to watch the eclipse tomorrow? If you waited this long good luck finding a pair. If you don't have any, NASA website explains other ways to view it safely.
Here in Central Ohio on Eastern Daylight Time it begins at 1:04 P.M.. Our visibility will be good and we will get to see 87% of the eclipse which will climax at 2:30.
So how about you? Are you planning on observing?
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Only 87%... What a bummer.

I saw 100% back in Feb of '79

It's 100% again just a few minutes south of me, and the center for over 2 minutes of 100% is about an hour drive between Salem and Albany south, but the best spot here is about a 2 hr drive near Madras. It will be away from the big city light pollution.

I'm not planning to see drive for the 100% again. I'll get about better than 99% where I am anyway.

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I'll bet there will be some great beach parties around Newport and Lincoln City!
 
Ohio....

You might want to look at he path for 4/8/2024 and 9/14/2099
 
Lord of Planar said:
Only 87%... What a bummer.

I saw 100% back in Feb of '79

It's 100% again just a few minutes south of me, and the center for over 2 minutes of 100% is about an hour drive between Salem and Albany south, but the best spot here is about a 2 hr drive near Madras. It will be away from the big city light pollution.

I'm not planning to see drive for the 100% again. I'll get about better than 99% where I am anyway.

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I'll bet there will be some great beach parties around Newport and Lincoln City!
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Good for you!
I am thrilled with 87% and a clear day to boot. As I am located in the Ohio Valley notorious for cloud cover. Happy viewing LOP!
 
Skeptic Bob said:
No worries. I'll only look during full occlusion.
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There's still a ton of IR that comes through, and that's what starts frying your eyes. Only you don't realize it's happening because it's outside your eyes' frequency range. Light you can't see can cause permanent damage. People stare for minutes at a time at it. Normal sunlight, the pain forces you to look away immediately.

Don't look directly at it without protection. At all. Not even "during full occlusion." Sunglasses aren't nearly sufficient. Don't look through a lens that isn't filtered with something specifically intended for this operation, the concentration will burn out your eyes even faster.

The "safe" window for direct viewing is small.
 
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Lord of Planar said:
Ohio....

You might want to look at he path for 4/8/2024 and 9/14/2099
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Thanks for the info I doubt I will be around ..possibly for 2024 but certainly not 2099.

But you never know about life. I take it one day at a time.
 
Deuce said:
There's still a ton of IR that comes through, and that's what starts frying your eyes. Only you don't realize it's happening because it's outside your eyes' frequency range. Light you can't see can cause permanent damage. People stare for minutes at a time at it. Normal sunlight, the pain forces you to look away immediately.

Don't look directly at it without protection. At all. Not even "during full occlusion." Sunglasses aren't nearly sufficient. Don't look through a lens that isn't filtered with something specifically intended for this operation, the concentration will burn out your eyes even faster.

The "safe" window for direct viewing is small.
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You tell him Deuce!
 
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