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Title: FRIDAY MARCH 20 2015 SOLAR ECLISPE
Post by: jayc on March 18, 2015, 12:00:52 PM: Hey all you Achat star gazers if you live in northern Europe there will be a nice solar eclipse see map for details :)

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Title: Re: FRIDAY MARCH 20 2015 SOLAR ECLISPE
Post by: tangoracer on March 18, 2015, 01:01:28 PM: Just hope its nice and clear on Friday morning. Or I will have to just go up one of the big hills around here just to get above the clouds.

Have to time my break so I can stop and have a watch.
Title: Re: FRIDAY MARCH 20 2015 SOLAR ECLISPE
Post by: Lover on March 18, 2015, 04:10:54 PM: If someone wants to watch it, always wear special glasses! Sun glasses aren't enough and no glasses are no good lol.
Title: Re: FRIDAY MARCH 20 2015 SOLAR ECLISPE
Post by: leighdeexxx on March 18, 2015, 04:21:32 PM: BLOOD MOON 2015

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Title: Re: FRIDAY MARCH 20 2015 SOLAR ECLISPE
Post by: Brandybee on March 19, 2015, 03:24:32 AM: Eclipse fever is hitting the UK. They have run out of eclipse glasses already!

The crutial times are between 9.25am to 9.45am tomorrow morning in the UK.

The clouds are threatening to spoil the view but even f they do and you have no glasses to see it, you can still feel it. It will darken and the wildlife around will think its gone dusk. Still worth the experience.

Here's a web page about it and includes a clip of what happens. Its worth a look.

http://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/solar/2015-march-20

Enjoy everyone. Hope you see it from where you are.

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Title: Re: FRIDAY MARCH 20 2015 SOLAR ECLISPE
Post by: Lover on March 19, 2015, 05:35:10 AM: Maybe we feel more. There are serious concerns in germany about a big blackout because of the up- and downturns in our electricity. We use a lot solar energy and if this stops and suddenly comes back, they aren't sure if they can balance and handle it.
Title: Re: FRIDAY MARCH 20 2015 SOLAR ECLISPE
Post by: Covems on March 19, 2015, 06:20:27 AM: If you folks in the UK have a welding supply shop near you, you can always get a welding lens. That's what I use here on those occasions when I can view an eclipse.

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Get either a number 10 or number 11. Number 9 and under are too light (in my opinion) and you don't need anything darker than an 11. You don't need the whole hood or goggles, just the lens, and the lenses cost about $3 here in the US.
Title: Re: FRIDAY MARCH 20 2015 SOLAR ECLISPE
Post by: Lover on March 19, 2015, 07:29:05 AM: You also can use X-ray photographs - so the docs here say.
Title: Re: FRIDAY MARCH 20 2015 SOLAR ECLISPE
Post by: Brandybee on March 19, 2015, 10:15:38 AM: @ Lover - it may cause Germany problems, but that would kind of enhance the experience if you had a good black out :P

Power to the people 8) (https://cdn2.iconfinder.com/data/icons/vector-easter-eggs/220/easter_egg_blue-512.png)(https://cdn2.iconfinder.com/data/icons/vector-easter-eggs/220/easter_egg_blue-512.png)

I found another couple of ways of seeing the eclipse without hurting your eyes, if you didn't manage to get any special eclipse glasses, or welding lenses or xray photos
( Thanks guys for those suggestions )

Pinhole projector
Use a pin to create a small hole in the centre of a piece of card.

Stand with your back to the eclipse and hold the perforated piece of card up so it gets the full force of the eclipse.

Then, use a second piece of card or A4 paper, preferably white, as a screen in front of you.

The eclipse will be projected through the pinhole and onto the screen.

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Colander or large kitchen spoon with holes.
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The holes in the colander can be used instead of the perforated card to project several images of the eclipse onto a piece of white card in the same way as a pinhole projector.

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Title: Re: FRIDAY MARCH 20 2015 SOLAR ECLISPE
Post by: Lover on March 19, 2015, 10:22:40 AM: lol Brandy, a blackout is the most dangerous issue for my job - and I am at work at this time :o
Title: Re: FRIDAY MARCH 20 2015 SOLAR ECLISPE
Post by: Brandybee on March 19, 2015, 10:31:00 AM: Come on, you are Germany, I have seen the Ads - Vorsprung Durch technique... please tell me you have a generator.. If not set the bikes up for an hour and use pedal power, with the colander strapped to your head and the card on the floor so you can see the eclipse at the same time.

Now there would be a pic for forum :)

Lover, the mad scientist :)

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Title: Re: FRIDAY MARCH 20 2015 SOLAR ECLISPE
Post by: Lover on March 19, 2015, 10:36:23 AM: Actually there is a pic of me

(http://features.cgsociety.org/newgallerycrits/g34/304034/304034_1269613868_large.jpg)

And no generator lol. We would need an own power plant for all the energy. We had it until the late 70s. 1000 people were working there. The power plant is demolished now and the people have never been seen again ::)
Title: Re: FRIDAY MARCH 20 2015 SOLAR ECLISPE
Post by: Stone on March 20, 2015, 12:40:12 PM: This solar eclipse was amazing and I was lucky enough to be out there with a clear sky.

It was not a full eclipse where I was but I saw the smile of the sun as the moon crossed over it. The temperature dropped and the sky darkened. The wildlife around acted like it was dusk. The birds were singing the dusk chorus and flying to the trees to roost.

It was an experience I will never forget.

I urge anyone, whoever gets the chance to step out and insist wherever you are, to go and experience this phenomenon. Its awesome.

Thank you nature and universe for sharing it with us.

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Title: Re: FRIDAY MARCH 20 2015 SOLAR ECLISPE
Post by: mrsexlover on March 20, 2015, 10:43:02 PM: Sorry to say but : That's was not the Moon

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