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#1 RiderRoy

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Posted 18 September 2023 - 12:40 PM

Got my ST80 set up for some eclipse viewing next month. 

 

Also have 40 sets of eclipse glasses for my wife's 4th, 5th and 6th graders. I may not get to do any actual eclipse viewing myself but it will be fun to watch the kids experience one for the first time. 

 

 

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Posted 18 September 2023 - 03:06 PM

Moved to Solar Eclipse forum for better fit of topic.



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Posted 18 September 2023 - 03:19 PM

Looks great!



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Posted 18 September 2023 - 08:58 PM

Will you be annular or a normal deep partial eclipse there?


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Posted 18 September 2023 - 09:49 PM

“for some eclipse viewing next month”

This belongs in the “other solar eclipses” thread
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Posted 19 September 2023 - 09:09 AM

I'm about 240 miles from the 90% path so we will be about 80%. 

 

 

Will you be annular or a normal deep partial eclipse there?


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Posted 19 September 2023 - 11:22 AM

I'm about 240 miles from the 90% path so we will be about 80%. 

Be sure to set up near some shade trees.  The hundreds of pinhole projections made between the leaves will be VERY beautiful and memorable.


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Posted Yesterday, 08:28 PM

Here's a short video to show what people can witness under shade trees during partial eclipses.  I've shared this in other eclipse viewing threads.  (I apologize for the glare of my classroom's projector on the whiteboard.)

 

https://www.youtube....h?v=InAZAZ4aWJI


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