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PostPosted: Sat Nov 03, 2012 11:33 pm
by HamiltonWest
Total solar eclipse on November 13–14, 2012
http://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/total-s...ember-2012.html

PostPosted: Sat Nov 03, 2012 11:39 pm
by HamiltonWest
Total eclipse of the Sun, 2012 November
http://rasnz.org.nz/Eclipses/2012Eclipses.shtml#Sun2

PostPosted: Sun Nov 04, 2012 7:54 am
by Ian Warren
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 .

PostPosted: Sun Nov 04, 2012 10:42 am
by deaneb
And you can fly out to see it. A steal at half the price... trademe flight

PostPosted: Sun Nov 04, 2012 10:50 am
by Ian Warren
Outside thought ... i wonder what might happen in the flightsim world ? ... has that been attempted ? ... Deane i'll pass on that flight biggrin.gif

PostPosted: Sun Nov 04, 2012 12:43 pm
by steelsporran
The further north the better, Whangarei will get 89% totality at 10:25 NZDT cool.gif

PostPosted: Wed Nov 14, 2012 9:27 am
by Ian Warren
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

PostPosted: Wed Nov 14, 2012 12:28 pm
by HamiltonWest
Well Partial eclipse anyway:

PostPosted: Wed Nov 14, 2012 12:35 pm
by Adrian Brausch
nice shot !

PostPosted: Wed Nov 14, 2012 1:42 pm
by Charl
Yes I pointed my phone at the sky, and it didn't burn out the sensor!
Couldn't believe my eyes!


PostPosted: Wed Nov 14, 2012 2:17 pm
by whirlybird
Here is some pics I took today compiled together smile.gif



PostPosted: Wed Nov 14, 2012 3:32 pm
by Ian Warren
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

PostPosted: Thu Nov 15, 2012 10:57 am
by Charl
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.

PostPosted: Thu Nov 15, 2012 11:14 am
by Ian Warren
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 .

PostPosted: Thu Nov 15, 2012 12:24 pm
by HamiltonWest
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

PostPosted: Thu Nov 15, 2012 12:28 pm
by Ian Warren
Ham , interesting , how was the temperature change with the cloud cover , any noticeable chill ?

PostPosted: Thu Nov 15, 2012 10:30 pm
by HamiltonWest
Ian Warren wrote:
QUOTE (Ian Warren @ Nov 15 2012,1:28 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Ham , interesting , how was the temperature change with the cloud cover , any noticeable chill ?

yes Noticeable drop in temp and a bit eerie.

PostPosted: Fri Nov 16, 2012 9:22 am
by whirlybird
Thanks for all the comments smile.gif

HamiltonWest wrote:
QUOTE (HamiltonWest @ Nov 15 2012,11:30 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
yes Noticeable drop in temp and a bit eerie.



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