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20 Jan 2019, 10:49 pm

Even if you're on the wrong side of the planet. 8)



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cka9HcT6ETk


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20 Jan 2019, 10:51 pm

Right now the sky here is only partially overcast. So I might have a chance to see it.

Edit: getting a good view. About 90% eclipsed. I wish I was in a darker area. Too much light refraction here.



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20 Jan 2019, 11:36 pm

And happy birthday tonight to Buzz Aldrin!

https://twitter.com/TheRealBuzz/status/ ... 1811803138


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20 Jan 2019, 11:45 pm

dratted typical south sound thick fogged rolled in just in time to thwart viewing. :x



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21 Jan 2019, 12:04 am

Fully (I guess) eclipsed now. Is a very dark smudgy ochre color.



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21 Jan 2019, 12:08 am

EzraS wrote:
Fully (I guess) eclipsed now. Is a very dark smudgy ochre color.

Yup, you're getting only the red wavelengths bending through our atmosphere now.


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21 Jan 2019, 12:16 am

I should say dim instead of dark. It's pretty cool looking. But not like it does in photos of it. In a darker place now within a copse of firs. Kinda spoooky. If I'm reading the stars right, I'm also looking a Gemini.



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21 Jan 2019, 12:21 am

Darmok wrote:
And happy birthday tonight to Buzz Aldrin!

https://twitter.com/TheRealBuzz/status/ ... 1811803138


That's a happy coincidence.



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21 Jan 2019, 3:10 am

I saw it. I was like I was looking at it through weird very dark sunglasses.


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21 Jan 2019, 5:10 am

hafta wait 'til next year now.