Official August 21, 2017 Solar Eclipse Thread

[Nohr]

Here's the eclipse from east Texas. I used a Canon T4i DSLR on the back of a Celestron 127mm telescope and Baader solar film. Max eclipse here was 74.9%.

62.6% eclipse, 20min before max.


Maximum 74.9% eclipse.


40.3% eclipse, 42min after max.

 

[GagHalfrunt]

I'll be in the path of totality for 2024. This 2017 eclipse was just a warm up.

I just saw the weather report, it's going to rain that day.

 

[rh71]

So I stood outside my office around 1:15 p.m. local time (the news folk said the max effect (around 75%) would be around 1:17 p.m.) and then I waited and waited and waited.

Nuthing. Did not feel or see anything different. The sun maybe was a bit less bright IMO but that was about it. Maybe because of the cloud?

I hope the folks that spent all of those big bucks for hotels and travel cost have better luck/return for their money.

Same here on Long island. 71% and I noticed nothing different at all.

 

[IronWing]

I just saw the weather report, it's going to rain that day.

If you get a long enough tube, you can maybe get a skylight in your basement.

 

[IronWing]

Same here on Long island. 71% and I noticed nothing different at all.

God grossly overspec-ed the sun.

 

[drquest]

We drove 20 minutes south to be in some of the longest totality, near Carbondale IL. Grabbed lunch, and sat outside and watched. Very cool indeed. Here's a picture I took with my phone, not great, but it was hard to photograph. Also here's a picture of our dog trying on her eclipse glasses.

 

[Pardus]

No eclipse here, was sunny all day.

 

[Paratus]

No eclipse here, was sunny all day.

It was sunny here too. It's just that sun was banana shaped!

 

[lupi]

Quite the letdown. in the 90% zone and while I could tell that it was noticeable less intense light outside, it was otherwise no different from any other day.

 

[Red Squirrel]

Yeah from what I read it's a really big difference between totality and even near totality. Kinda crazy when you consider that blocking 90% of the sun only slightly alters the visible light. Would be interesting to see a graph of various spectrum/energy during the event, like I'm sure UV light and such is probably reduced, just not enough to notice.

We only had about 60% here, so outside of looking at instruments and shadows it just looked like a normal day. Shadows that create peep holes created crescent shaped ones. But if you did not know to look for that, probably would not actually notice.

 

[Nohr]

75% made it a little dimmer here if you were paying attention, sorta like before a mid-day rain shower. But if you didn't know an eclipse was happening you probably wouldn't have noticed.

 

[AdamK47]

I just saw the weather report, it's going to rain that day.

They'll just have to reschedule it then. No big deal.

 

[Svnla]

75% made it a little dimmer here if you were paying attention, sorta like before a mid-day rain shower. But if you didn't know an eclipse was happening you probably wouldn't have noticed.

I was in your area and I did go out around 1:15 p.m. earlier today and I did not feel or see anything different. You pictures were very nice. Well done.

What were those dots in the pics?

 

[[DHT]Osiris]

Yeah from what I read it's a really big difference between totality and even near totality. Kinda crazy when you consider that blocking 90% of the sun only slightly alters the visible light.

It is, believe me, when it passed about a 95-97% it was like someone flipped off the lights early. No-kidding dusk at 2:30. Brightened back up just as fast too. Completely different experience than the vague shadowy 50-90% coverage.

 

[rh71]

Yup, 71% in NY still meant little to no darkness... https://gfycat.com/ConfusedPopularDutchsmoushond

 

[Nohr]

I was in your area and I did go out around 1:15 p.m. earlier today and I did not feel or see anything different. You pictures were very nice. Well done.

What were those dots in the pics?

Thanks, those are sunspots.

 

[Capt Caveman]

No eclipse here, was sunny all day.

If you had eclipse glasses, you would have seen it.

 

[Linux23]

Had I not looked out of my window (worked from home) and saw this black disc cover about 80% of that bright shiny disc in the sky, the name escapes me right now, I would have never knew there was an eclipse going on.

Looked pretty neat though I guess.

 

[Ackmed]

Just before the eclipse. Huge party on the shore, tons of boats out. Haven't seen this many out in a very long time. At least 100 within viewing distance.

Same view, during the total eclipse.

Family and I decided to take out the boat. Weather today was pretty nice, if not a little on the hot side, 92. Not on par with some here with fancy equipment, but a few pics. Got very dark, pics make it look a little brighter than it really was. Temp dropped a lot, felt great. Damn cops out there checking on everyone too. We got out about 10 this morning, waited for it at about 2:35. Took far more pics, but its mostly the same. Before and during of the boats, and of the family.

 

[Pheran]

Success in South Carolina! We had to flee the SC coast because of cloud cover. Oddly enough I ended up viewing from a Costco in Columbia, SC. Surprisingly that worked great - we had food and restrooms, a nice little shaded area at the entrance, and it wasn't crowded. We had a few minor cloud scares during the partial phase but had a great view of totality, it was amazing!

 

[Pheran]

Some pics. Kinda turned out blurry though.

That strainer is awesome! I made sure to point out the tree shadows to my family.

 

[Pheran]

In case you missed it.

 

[Pheran]

Family and I decided to take out the boat.

That's an incredible shot, I don't know how you pulled that off from a boat.

 

[Pheran]

Here's the eclipse from east Texas. I used a Canon T4i DSLR on the back of a Celestron 127mm telescope and Baader solar film. Max eclipse here was 74.9%.

40.3% eclipse, 42min after max.

You win the thread for photo resolution, great sunspot shot.

 

[Pheran]

Funniest eclipse-related thing we saw - on the way back from Columbia we were avoiding highway traffic and found this.

Some guy built a crazy UFO "welcome center" in his yard. Article:

http://www.roadsideamerica.com/story/10911