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Thread ID: 56501 2005-04-06 22:42:00 The Solar Eclipse - Don't Miss It !! Strommer (42) PC World Chat
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342332 2005-04-06 22:42:00 Saturdy morning, folks - watch and enjoy!!

THIS (http://www.shadowandsubstance.com/) web site shows the solar eclipse Saturday 9 April. The graphics are superb and well worth a look.
A time bar slides across as you watch, with the sun being eclipsed...!

There is also the NASA eclipse page HERE (sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov) that gives excellent information (upcoming and historical) on eclipses.
Strommer (42)
342333 2005-04-06 23:15:00 Re sunrise - this from another forum :-

While looking at a house, my brother asked the real estate
agent which direction was north because, he explained, he didn't want
the sun waking him up every morning . She asked, "Does the sun rise
in the North?" When my brother explained that the sun rises in
the east, (and has for some time), she shook her head and said,
"Oh, I don't keep up with that stuff . " . . . . .

( a blonde . . . . ?)
TonyF (246)
342334 2005-04-06 23:45:00 she shook her head and said, "Oh, I don't keep up with that stuf . " . . . . .

A friend of mine sat with his 17 yr old daughter, giving fatherly advice: "It is not the bullies, cheaters and criminals that are going to be hard for you to deal with in Life . . . . it is all the STUPID people in this world!"

How true, how true .

Anyhow, as for the eclipse, is it still OK to view it through a piece of glass smoked with a candle?
Strommer (42)
342335 2005-04-06 23:48:00 Sweet, thanks for pointing that out Steve_L I will have to see that :thumbs: Overdrive_5000 (4950)
342336 2005-04-07 01:55:00 Anyhow, as for the eclipse, is it still OK to view it through a piece of glass smoked with a candle?

Steve, it's [b[never[/b] been OK to do that. :(

And never, ever, use a telescope, binocular, or any other "enhancer".

An engineers supplier will sell you arc welding filters very cheaply. I'm not sure what grade would be best ... probably anything from 12 up should be safe.

Your video/digital camera might not like looking directly at the sun either. On one of the first moon landings they had a video camera, and they weren't trained in its use. The first time it was pointed at the sun it stopped working. :) That was a vidicon tube, not a CCD, but the lenses focus the subject on the sensor. Remember scorching (or actually things with a magnifying glass?
Graham L (2)
342337 2005-04-07 02:34:00 Steve, it's never been OK to do that. :(

And never, ever, use a telescope, binocular, or any other "enhancer".

... An engineers supplier will sell you arc welding filters very cheaply. I'm not sure what grade would be best ... probably anything from 12 up should be safe ...

A couple of US university sites recommend No 14 filters. (One page reminded me that you can make a pinhole projector for viewing the sun. That's even safer).
Graham L (2)
342338 2005-04-07 02:42:00 Thanks Steve and that is an impressive website. I'll pass it on to the guys in the Southland Astronomical Society. Winston001 (3612)
342339 2005-04-07 05:57:00 It's a quickie ... 42 seconds. ;)

There's a good map, with times (at sunrise!), at www.rasnz.org.nz
Graham L (2)
342340 2005-04-07 06:31:00 as for the eclipse, is it still OK to view it through a piece of glass smoked with a candle?

I used to use an old photo negative to view. I assume it worked as I'm over 60 and still don't need glasses for my drivers licence.

The smoked glass should work too.
AMD1 (6552)
342341 2005-04-07 06:40:00 Both of those are dangerous. People have been blinded by using them. Graham L (2)
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