Eclipse at your zip code

[Horace]

It was underwhelming at 95%.

[Axtremus]

@Horace said in Eclipse at your zip code:

That website asks for your zip code and then gives you times that are in a different time zone. Without ever specifying which time zone they're using.

Local time.

[Copper]

80% here, very clear sky, with the glasses it was a nice clean crescent.

The iPhone picture through the glasses is just a big blur

[George K]

@Copper said in Eclipse at your zip code:

The iPhone picture through the glasses is just a big blur

Yeah, I tried that as well.

This was at about 80%.

[Aqua Letifer]

My photo. I used an IR filter basically as an ND.

[89th]

Oh that’s nice Aqua!

Here’s what we saw.

[jon-nyc]

@George-K said in Eclipse at your zip code:

I was surprised at how "not dark" it got. Even with 94% totality, it didn't even approach dusk level of darkness.

[Mik]

Yeah, we didn’t get the corona but man it got dark. Lot and stadium lights came on.

[jon-nyc]

By chance I was at Warby Parker about a week ago and they were giving out eclipse glasses, limit 2 per. customer.

They're home on my dresser. I tried to look through the iPhone from here in Siesta Key but that didn't work. When I did a quick (and I mean quick) take eye glance I noticed for just a spilt second there was a chunk missing. But if you were on the beach here and hadn't heard, you would not have suspected a thing. That with no cloud clover.

[George K]

[mark]

Posted this in the other thread too.

89.1% Partial Eclipse. Decided to stay home this time.
Canon 50D on a fixed tripod w/18-200mm Zoom at 200mm f5.6 1/1600 sec exposures, ISO 100. Baader Planitarium Solar Film Filter.
271 photos aligned, registered and output to avi movie format using PIPP (Planetary Imaging Pre-Processor)
It's not perfect, but it's still pretty cool.

Link to video

[mark]

The rig.

[taiwan_girl]

@mark Neat!!!

[Copper]

A solar eclipse on mars

https://www.forbes.com/sites/jamiecartereurope/2024/02/14/nasa-just-captured-a-solar-eclipse-on-mars-in-54-days-its-americas-turn/?sh=7223ed1d59a7

[George K]

@Copper I was telling Mrs. George about the coincidence of the moon's distance and size, relative to the sun today.

I started thinking about what an eclipse on Mars would look like, considering the small size of Phobos and Deimos.