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Title: Annular Solar Eclipse this weekend
Post by: Bromptonboy on May 18, 2012, 07:18:17 AM
Maybe Brian will be able to catch this in AZ?

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/technology/2012/05/annular-solar-eclipse-2012-visible-in-west-on-sunday/ (http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/technology/2012/05/annular-solar-eclipse-2012-visible-in-west-on-sunday/)
Title: Re: Annular Solar Eclipse this weekend
Post by: turtlesrock on May 18, 2012, 05:55:29 PM
aww, man! just a tad too far north >_<
Title: Re: Annular Solar Eclipse this weekend
Post by: Bryancd on May 18, 2012, 06:51:37 PM
Going to be north of us.
Title: Re: Annular Solar Eclipse this weekend
Post by: KingIsaacLinksr on May 18, 2012, 06:55:05 PM
South of me =\

King
Title: Re: Annular Solar Eclipse this weekend
Post by: ricdude on May 19, 2012, 06:45:08 AM
Too far north for annularity here, too.  Might not need to be too paranoid about looking directly at the partial eclipse we'll get here, as it will be very low in the sky here.  Although it might be a good opportunity to try out a Sun Funnel prior to the transit of Venus next month...

NASA's summary report here: http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/OH/OHfigures/OH2012-Fig01.pdf (http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/OH/OHfigures/OH2012-Fig01.pdf)