Total solar eclipse on Nov 13–14, 2012

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Postby HamiltonWest » Sat Nov 03, 2012 11:33 pm

Total solar eclipse on November 13–14, 2012
http://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/total-s...ember-2012.html
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Postby HamiltonWest » Sat Nov 03, 2012 11:39 pm

Total eclipse of the Sun, 2012 November
http://rasnz.org.nz/Eclipses/2012Eclipses.shtml#Sun2
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Postby Ian Warren » Sun Nov 04, 2012 7:54 am

cool.gif Always interesting when this sort of thing occurs , the most eary one i recall was 1981 on a bright sunny morning , everything went so quite course the colour of the day .
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Postby deaneb » Sun Nov 04, 2012 10:42 am

And you can fly out to see it. A steal at half the price... trademe flight
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Postby Ian Warren » Sun Nov 04, 2012 10:50 am

Outside thought ... i wonder what might happen in the flightsim world ? ... has that been attempted ? ... Deane i'll pass on that flight biggrin.gif
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Postby steelsporran » Sun Nov 04, 2012 12:43 pm

The further north the better, Whangarei will get 89% totality at 10:25 NZDT cool.gif
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Postby Ian Warren » Wed Nov 14, 2012 9:27 am

If its not a EQ .. its the .. the sun is out .. blue sky .. birds chirping out loud .. and its cold light .. the eclipse is here ! cool.gif
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Postby HamiltonWest » Wed Nov 14, 2012 12:28 pm

Well Partial eclipse anyway:
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Postby Adrian Brausch » Wed Nov 14, 2012 12:35 pm

nice shot !
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Postby Charl » Wed Nov 14, 2012 1:42 pm

Yes I pointed my phone at the sky, and it didn't burn out the sensor!
Couldn't believe my eyes!

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Postby whirlybird » Wed Nov 14, 2012 2:17 pm

Here is some pics I took today compiled together smile.gif


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Postby Ian Warren » Wed Nov 14, 2012 3:32 pm

Impressive series of photos everyone , anyone notice how cold it got , very airy feeling and the tweeting and chirping of the birds and insects .

As for you Charl , your just as bad as me .... least that is something i'd conger up rolleyes.gif ..... mind you .... it could be true unsure.gif ...... laugh.gif
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Postby Charl » Thu Nov 15, 2012 10:57 am

Planetary geometrics are really complicated, always amazed how astronomers and NASA planners calculate what's where, and when it's going to be...
You look at whirlybird's series:
The moon didn't move in a straight path across the sun, we're rotating, it's orbiting, we're all moving around the sun.
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Postby Ian Warren » Thu Nov 15, 2012 11:14 am

Exactly .. three points to refer .. then to finish us of depends on which part of the country you are in .. course then go fly to look at the results .. gone the question were many say star gazing .. some say what stars .
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Postby HamiltonWest » Thu Nov 15, 2012 12:24 pm

Adrian Brausch wrote:
QUOTE (Adrian Brausch @ Nov 14 2012,1:35 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
nice shot !

I was probably lucky that it overcast here made for a better shot smile.gif



great pics also whirlybird cool.gif & santa Charl
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Postby Ian Warren » Thu Nov 15, 2012 12:28 pm

Ham , interesting , how was the temperature change with the cloud cover , any noticeable chill ?
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Postby HamiltonWest » Thu Nov 15, 2012 10:30 pm

Ian Warren wrote:
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Ham , interesting , how was the temperature change with the cloud cover , any noticeable chill ?

yes Noticeable drop in temp and a bit eerie.
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Postby whirlybird » Fri Nov 16, 2012 9:22 am

Thanks for all the comments smile.gif

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yes Noticeable drop in temp and a bit eerie.



It seemed to get real eerie, being that dull yet still light but not haha.
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