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Eclipse wiped out in Toronto
Immobile, low-hanging clouds killed even a glimpse. But, after seeing a
Christmas day solar eclipse under flawless conditions years ago pretty much used up Toronto's quota of tolerable eclipse weather...However, there are a few hours left, something might change. |
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Eclipse wiped out in Toronto
Rich wrote:
Immobile, low-hanging clouds killed even a glimpse. But, after seeing a Christmas day solar eclipse under flawless conditions years ago pretty much used up Toronto's quota of tolerable eclipse weather...However, there are a few hours left, something might change. Slowly disappearing into ground fog here(Netherlands). O well, back to the webcam page. Check NASA, or the url below. http://www.astronomerswithoutborders...ts/13/521.html |
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Eclipse wiped out in Toronto
Sjouke Burry wrote:
Rich wrote: Immobile, low-hanging clouds killed even a glimpse. But, after seeing a Christmas day solar eclipse under flawless conditions years ago pretty much used up Toronto's quota of tolerable eclipse weather...However, there are a few hours left, something might change. Slowly disappearing into ground fog here(Netherlands). O well, back to the webcam page. Check NASA, or the url below. http://www.astronomerswithoutborders...ts/13/521.html Found a working link: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/coaste...weather-center |
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Eclipse wiped out in Toronto
On Dec 20, 11:41*pm, Sjouke Burry
wrote: Rich wrote: Immobile, low-hanging clouds killed even a glimpse. *But, after seeing a Christmas day solar eclipse under flawless conditions years ago pretty much used up Toronto's quota of tolerable eclipse weather...However, there are a few hours left, something might change. Slowly disappearing into ground fog here(Netherlands). O well, back to the webcam page. Check NASA, or the url below. http://www.astronomerswithoutborders...ts/13/521.html Spoke too soon! The skies cleared in Toronto! Stayed clear for most of the eclipse and it was a good one, the Moon showing very distinct orange hue with a bright totality. |
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To: Rich
From Newsgroup: sci.astro.amateur On Dec 20, 11:41=A0pm, Sjouke Burry wrote: Rich wrote: Immobile, low-hanging clouds killed even a glimpse. =A0But, after seein= g a Christmas day solar eclipse under flawless conditions years ago pretty = much used up Toronto's quota of tolerable eclipse weather...However, there a= re a few hours left, something might change. Slowly disappearing into ground fog here(Netherlands). O well, back to the webcam page. Check NASA, or the url below. http://www.astronomerswithoutborders...ts/13/521.html Spoke too soon! The skies cleared in Toronto! Stayed clear for most of the eclipse and it was a good one, the Moon showing very distinct orange hue with a bright totality. --- Synchronet 3.14a-Win32 NewsLink 1.85 Same here in Northern Ohio. I went to bed, but found out the next day that the more hardy observers got some good shots of the eclipse during a last-minute clearing. --- Synchronet 3.14a-Win32 NewsLink 1.85 :: OFN Message Gateway :: - http://ohiofreenet.org - Mega newsgroup server |
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Eclipse wiped out in Toronto
On Dec 20 2010, 8:29*pm, Rich wrote:
Immobile, low-hanging clouds killed even a glimpse. *But, after seeing a Christmas day solar eclipse under flawless conditions years ago pretty much used up Toronto's quota of tolerable eclipse weather...However, there are a few hours left, something might change. I live in the Los Angeles area, but drove up to the San Francisco Bay Area the night of the eclipse (not for that purpose, but to visit family). Southern California was almost completely clouded out, but the weather began to clear up as we made our way up north, and by the time we arrived at about 10:30 (near the start of totality), it was only partly cloudy. I was able to make out the very first nibble of the umbra at the (selenographic) western edge of the Moon. But I had to haul our luggage in. 'Round about 12:20, it occurred to me that we should be near mid-totality, and went outside with my Canon 10x30 IS binoculars. I was able to get a brief glimpse of the Moon: Danjon about 3 (I had rated it 2 initially, but it turned out I had misremembered the scale), and the umbra seemed noticeably darker in the middle than at the edges, and slightly off center of the Moon. I had about ten seconds before the clouds wiped it out, and the sky, of course, was rather dark now. Still, ten seconds is better than nothing. -- Brian Tung (posting from Google Groups) The Astronomy Corner at http://www.astronomycorner.net/ Unofficial C5+ Page at http://www.astronomycorner.net/c5plus/ My PleiadAtlas Page at http://www.astronomycorner.net/pleiadatlas/ My Own Personal FAQ at http://www.astronomycorner.net/reference/faq.html |
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Eclipse wiped out in Toronto
On Jan 3, 3:32*pm, I (Brian Tung) wrote:
I live in the Los Angeles area, but drove up to the San Francisco Bay Area the night of the eclipse (not for that purpose, but to visit family). *Southern California was almost completely clouded out, but the weather began to clear up as we made our way up north, and by the time we arrived at about 10:30 (near the start of totality), it was only partly cloudy. *I was able to make out the very first nibble of the umbra at the (selenographic) western edge of the Moon. *But I had to haul our luggage in. Hunh, that must have been the penumbra, I suppose. Brian Tung (posting from Google Groups) The Astronomy Corner athttp://www.astronomycorner.net/ *Unofficial C5+ Page athttp://www.astronomycorner.net/c5plus/ *My PleiadAtlas Page athttp://www.astronomycorner.net/pleiadatlas/ *My Own Personal FAQ athttp://www.astronomycorner.net/reference/faq.html |
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"Brian Tung" wrote
Hey, look who's come out from the umbras! :-) |
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Eclipse wiped out in Toronto
On Dec 20 2010, 11:29*pm, Rich wrote:
Immobile, low-hanging clouds killed even a glimpse. *But, after seeing a Christmas day solar eclipse under flawless conditions years ago pretty much used up Toronto's quota of tolerable eclipse weather...However, there are a few hours left, something might change. |
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