| Author | Message | ||
     Just_ziptab |
Anybody ever been to a total solar eclipse? Thinking about going over to DeWitt, Nebraska and watch it all unfold. Just wondering if is going to be a mad house of traffic along the eclipse path? Sounds like the whole world is coming in to watch it........... | ||
| Hootowl |
Just when I was a kid. Parents took me out of school for it. They said I'd probably never see another one without traveling. | ||
| Wolfridgerider |
August 21st. @ 11:55 Central Time it will be at Princeton, Kentucky. I've been thinking about heading down to see it. But it falls on a Monday and that might make it a tough one. I will have just missed a couple of days of work for the WV Buell Rally. But I do think I am starting to feel a little under the weather... (Message edited by wolfridgerider on June 21, 2017) | ||
| Hughlysses |
Luckily, I'm right in the middle of the swath where I live. Last full one was in the 1960's IIRC. Man, the news was just nuts repeatedly warning people NOT to look directly at the sun during the eclipse for weeks before the event. I imagine there still were a few cases of permanent blindness afterward. My dad brought home a couple of welding helmets from work and we doubled up the glasses to watch. | ||
| Sifo |
We had one cross Chicago a couple decades ago. A bunch of us at work took computer boxes and made eclipse viewers and went outside to watch it happen. I don't think I would travel to see one. YMMV. | ||
| 86129squids |
My GF's daughter and her fiancée are driving up from Florida to E. TN on the plateau to view it with a bunch of friends. Also, another good buddy here in Mur-vil is doing a whole hog BBQ on the river that day. I REALLY want to be at the BBQ, but our plans are to go with the kids... CRAP. It'll be a good time regardless. Apparently the path of the eclipse falls just right over much of my area, kewl! | ||
| Dave |
Related... USPS has some cool heat sensitive stamps commemorating the event. https://about.usps.com/news/national-releases/2017 /pr17_020.htm DAve | ||
| Aesquire |
Yes, I've seen one and a couple partial ones. Pinhole "camera" is the cheapest and easiest way to see both. Pinhole in a piece of cardboard. Cereal boxes cardboard is easy to poke the right sized hole in. A nice white sheet of paper for a viewing surface lets you see it all. Sunglasses are not safe. Welding goggles can be depending on type. BINOCULARS AND TELESCOPES ARE VERY DANGEROUS. They can weld your retina and cause permanent incurable blindness. For those in the partial eclipse areas I have a simple suggestion. Have a picnic under trees that produce dappled shade with many points of light hitting the ground. Eclipses take time and progress and fade away. Your picnic table or blanket, your skin & clothing, all will have multiple pinhole camera views of the eclipse with no effort or neck fatigue or special tools to view safely. A cardboard cutout isn't hard, it's just Rocket science. ... and I'd still make one for more detailed viewing than the kaleidoscope of shifting shadows of the under tree vantage point. Don't forget to take the opportunity to explain the science behind this event and the pinhole camera to the kids. They need all the smarts they can get with a postmodern education system. | ||
| Aesquire |
Look up pinhole box camera to view eclipses. | ||
| Hootowl |
Or you could make your own swag. https://eclipse2017.nasa.gov/3d-printable-pinhole- projectors | ||
| Aesquire |
LOL ROFLOL They made it into a selfie contest! Brilliant! (Message edited by aesquire on June 27, 2017) | ||
| Ourdee |
What should I set my Speedglas settings to? | ||
| Aesquire |
http://gizmodo.com/the-best-place-to-view-the-tota l-solar-eclipse-this-sum-1796448439 | ||
| Griffmeister |
I remember seeing the one we had in the 60's. Dad used the welding glass trick. I remember a few years later on a field trip we found that you can use a telescope the same way as the pinhole trick, project the image on a sheet of paper. The science center had a few 8" reflecting telescopes for us to use and we got a good view of sunspots that day. | ||
| Aesquire |
http://multimedia.3m.com/mws/media/507589O/speedgl as-9100-user-instructions.pdf?fn=Sp_9100_UserInstr uctionsA.pdf What should I set my Speedglas settings to? I would guess a fixed setting instead of letting it be automatic. The FAQ's don't seem to help on advice for looking into a nuclear furnace. http://solutions.3m.com/wps/portal/3M/en_EU/Speedg las/WeldingShields/Resources/FAQs/ Googling... "Speedglas setting for total eclipse" got me camera sites, and I suggest you look for how much damage you get with what filter. Speedglas units do protect nicely against IR & UV and are biased on visible light. If the light passed through is dangerous and will blind you temporarily or permanently cripple you, ruining your motorcycle lifestyle, I don't know and cannot advise. Seriously, I'm not sure. Which model mask matters and total photons burning into your eyes varies with settings. I'd definitely run a manual fixed setting, since there won't be a "flash" to auto change them, or if you do get a flash, as in a string of pearls display, it will block your vision on the cool stuff. be careful. and if you find out, let us know. https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEhelp/safety.html NASA says a number 14 welding glass works. RTFM for your settings. NASA is also adamant not to use binocs or ANY scopes with a filter unless it's a properly designed filter setup specifically for sun observation. (or the filter will fail & so will your eyes ) |
