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NASA Prepares for First Complete Continental US Solar Eclipse in Last 99 Years | |
| Dace Offer Upgrade  User ID: 74965949  United States07/24/2017 03:50 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | [link to www.ntxe-news.com] snip: " For the first time in 99 years, a total solar eclipse will occur across the entire continental United States, and NASA is preparing to share this experience of a lifetime on Aug. 21. Viewers around the world will be provided a wealth of images captured before, during, and after the eclipse by 11 spacecraft, at least three NASA aircraft, more than 50 high-altitude balloons, and the astronauts aboard the International Space Station each offering a unique vantage point for the celestial event. NASA Television will air a multi-hour show, Eclipse Across America: Through the Eyes of NASA, with unprecedented live video of the celestial event, along with coverage of activities in parks, libraries, stadiums, festivals and museums across the nation, and on social media. Coast to coast, from Oregon to South Carolina, 14 states will over a span of almost two hours experience more than two minutes of darkness in the middle of the day. Never before will a celestial event be viewed by so many and explored from so many vantage points from space, from the air, and from the ground."   :beachroll: |
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| Anonymous Coward User ID: 72393347 United States07/24/2017 06:23 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | NASA and other space agencies had about a dozen or more birds pointed at Mars for its close encounter with a comet, a couple years back. Where is the footage from that? They tend to be big on promises, particularly at budget time, but fail to deliver data to the public that funds them. Check out the eclipse for yourself. |
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| Anonymous Coward User ID: 71433356 United States07/24/2017 07:55 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | The corona "is a fairly blustery environment," McIntosh said, pointing out that the Earth is affected by the "space weather" that the corona's changes generate. The strongest solar flares can induce outages in satellites and power lines, which is another reason NASA and other organizations are interested in learning about the connection between the sun and the Earth's environment, he said. The moon will provide an advantage, however, over a coronagraph when the eclipse occurs, the researchers said. The moon is 400 times smaller than the sun and, coincidentally, about 400 times closer to Earth meaning it can cover the surface of the sun perfectly if the two bodies are aligned. A coronagraph, however, needs to be a bit larger than the sun's surface to avoid damage to the telescope. [link to www.space.com (secure)] |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 71433356 United States07/24/2017 07:56 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Great Smoky Mountains National Park 2:33:29 p.m. EDT. Murphy 2:34:17 PM EDT 2:28 Robbinsville 2:34:20 PM EDT 2:35 Andrews 2:34:27 PM EDT 2:38 Hayesville 2:34:44 PM EDT 2:33 Bryson City 2:35:12 PM EDT 1:57 Franklin 2:35:26 PM EDT 2:30 Otto 2:35:32 PM EDT 2:37 Cherokee 2:35:40 PM EDT 1:24 Sylva 2:35:50 PM EDT 1:44 Cullowhee 2:35:57 PM EDT 1:54 Sapphire 2:36:24 PM EDT 2:17 Brevard 2:37:22 PM EDT 1:03 [link to www.citizen-times.com] |
The Gentle Astromut Senior Forum Moderator 07/24/2017 08:04 AM  Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Last Edited by Astromut on 07/24/2017 08:05 AM  |
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| Anonymous Coward User ID: 74832271 United States07/24/2017 08:16 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I'll be there, taking pictures of totality with a brand new scope I purchased specifically to maximize my view of the corona. I also plan to photograph the whole sky during totality with a fish eye lens. Quoting: The Gentle Astromut I will be in Lathrop, Missouri. There are 15 rooms for rent, but they were booked, but, its only a 16 hour drive, and gravel roads are a plenty in the Midwest. I have a feeling every Interstate will be packed and full of road rage, lol. |
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| Helios Maximus User ID: 74772411 United States07/24/2017 08:40 AM  Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation |  The will of the people is the only legitimate foundation of any government, and to protect its free expression should be our first object. ~ Thomas Jefferson, Inaugural Address, 1801 It is not only vain, but wicked, in a legislator to frame laws in opposition to the laws of nature, and to arm them with the terrors of death. This is truly creating crimes in order to punish them. ~ Thomas Jefferson, 1779 |
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| NOLAangel User ID: 70645364 United States07/24/2017 10:19 AM  Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | This is a cool animation site of what the eclipse will look like in your area. Just type in your city and state then play the animation. [link to www.timeanddate.com (secure)] |
| The Gentle Astromut Senior Forum Moderator 07/24/2017 10:30 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Here are some tools I've been using. First is an interactive eclipse map, just click to see the eclipse timing at the cursor position: [link to xjubier.free.fr] I'm also planning to use Eclipse Orchestrator to script the photography taken by my SLR during totality: [link to www.moonglowtechnologies.com] It shows the time to each contact during the eclipse at your input location, it can interface with a GPS receiver for the time and location, and it can control most SLR cameras by USB. |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 74832271 United States07/24/2017 10:36 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Here are some tools I've been using. First is an interactive eclipse map, just click to see the eclipse timing at the cursor position: Quoting: The Gentle Astromut [link to xjubier.free.fr] I'm also planning to use Eclipse Orchestrator to script the photography taken by my SLR during totality: [link to www.moonglowtechnologies.com] It shows the time to each contact during the eclipse at your input location, it can interface with a GPS receiver for the time and location, and it can control most SLR cameras by USB. Astromut, I have given my plans to visit a certain small town in Missouri. If I am correct. I will be within 13 miles of complete zero, don't know if that's the term. Will I experience Totality? A noob at best. I would love for my kids to not only witness, but be part of history. Thanks for the feed back. |
| The Gentle Astromut Senior Forum Moderator 07/24/2017 10:38 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Here are some tools I've been using. First is an interactive eclipse map, just click to see the eclipse timing at the cursor position: Quoting: The Gentle Astromut [link to xjubier.free.fr] I'm also planning to use Eclipse Orchestrator to script the photography taken by my SLR during totality: [link to www.moonglowtechnologies.com] It shows the time to each contact during the eclipse at your input location, it can interface with a GPS receiver for the time and location, and it can control most SLR cameras by USB. Astromut, I have given my plans to visit a certain small town in Missouri. If I am correct. I will be within 13 miles of complete zero, don't know if that's the term. Will I experience Totality? A noob at best. I would love for my kids to not only witness, but be part of history. Thanks for the feed back. It sounds like you should be within the path of totality but you should check to make sure and find out the exact time it will occur. You can check on the conditions at the location you plan to be at using the map I linked to above: [link to xjubier.free.fr] Note that the times are given in universal time. Last Edited by Astromut on 07/24/2017 10:38 AM |
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| The Deplorable MnB15 User ID: 58787380 United States07/24/2017 10:47 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I'll be there, taking pictures of totality with a brand new scope I purchased specifically to maximize my view of the corona. I also plan to photograph the whole sky during totality with a fish eye lens. Quoting: The Gentle Astromut Well THAT will piss off the flat-earthers LOL Are you going to make a YT channel or post the footage here on GLP? MnB15 |
| The Gentle Astromut Senior Forum Moderator 07/24/2017 10:48 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I'll be there, taking pictures of totality with a brand new scope I purchased specifically to maximize my view of the corona. I also plan to photograph the whole sky during totality with a fish eye lens. Quoting: The Gentle Astromut Well THAT will piss off the flat-earthers LOL Are you going to make a YT channel or post the footage here on GLP? Both, hopefully. It's not really intended to address the flat earthers, though I will be providing data to Reds Rhetoric who will be filming at a separate location many miles away, and from that we'll be able to do things like measure the topocentric parallax and confirm the distance of the moon. That will piss them off. My all-sky images are more to prove that there was no "Nibiru" in the sky that became visible when the sun was eclipsed, and that anything seen in the sky can be accounted for as normal stars and/or planets. Last Edited by Astromut on 07/24/2017 10:51 AM |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 74832271 United States07/24/2017 10:50 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Here are some tools I've been using. First is an interactive eclipse map, just click to see the eclipse timing at the cursor position: Quoting: The Gentle Astromut [link to xjubier.free.fr] I'm also planning to use Eclipse Orchestrator to script the photography taken by my SLR during totality: [link to www.moonglowtechnologies.com] It shows the time to each contact during the eclipse at your input location, it can interface with a GPS receiver for the time and location, and it can control most SLR cameras by USB. Astromut, I have given my plans to visit a certain small town in Missouri. If I am correct. I will be within 13 miles of complete zero, don't know if that's the term. Will I experience Totality? A noob at best. I would love for my kids to not only witness, but be part of history. Thanks for the feed back. It sounds like you should be within the path of totality but you should check to make sure and find out the exact time it will occur. You can check on the conditions at the location you plan to be at using the map I linked to above: [link to xjubier.free.fr] Note that the times are given in universal time. Thank you Sir, and I will take your advice. |
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| The Deplorable >LSDMTHC< User ID: 73841800 United States07/24/2017 11:34 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Well im gonna be taking a shit load of LSD. This is when i take pictures and they dont look as cool later  5* and green for you DACE, you do kick ass Floridian. Christian, Father, Hard worker and a millenial. Fuck Big Pharma! Don’t be a pussy, if you leave red at least leave your name. I can’t guarantee I’ll be alive come this time next year… |
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