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Roger Parsons
Thursday, April 4, 2024 6:14:45 AM
How can I watch the Total Solar Eclipse online on April 8th 2024?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2MJY_ptQW1o 

Solar eclipse 2024: Millions in North America will view what promises to be a blockbuster
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-68597945 
 
RogerP
West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire
Everything taken together, here in Lincolnshire are more good things than man could have had the conscience to ask.
William Cobbett, in his Rural Rides - c.1830
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Saturday, April 6, 2024 6:54:54 AM

How can I watch the Total Solar Eclipse online on April 8th 2024?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2MJY_ptQW1o 

Solar eclipse 2024: Millions in North America will view what promises to be a blockbuster
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-68597945 
 

Originally Posted by: Roger Parsons 



Where to watch in Britain and for how long:
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-68731785 
CP may get half-an-hour's worth but the forecast is for cloud and rain. The English can ignore it anyway.
War does not determine who is right, only who is left - Bertrand Russell

Chichester 12m asl
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Roger Parsons
Sunday, April 7, 2024 3:10:14 PM
Eclipse fever is building. Millions in North America are hoping to spend around four minutes in total darkness as the Moon blocks the Sun's light on Monday.
Total solar eclipse: The 4-minute window into the Sun's secrets
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-68742516 
RogerP
West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire
Everything taken together, here in Lincolnshire are more good things than man could have had the conscience to ask.
William Cobbett, in his Rural Rides - c.1830
Roger Parsons
Monday, April 8, 2024 12:38:46 AM
Eclipse 2024 live: Watch the full NASA broadcast – latest
The eclipse is about to begin. Totality will arrive at Mexico’s west coast around 11.07am local time, moving east until it leaves Newfoundland, Canada, around 5.16pm there

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2425343-eclipse-2024-live-watch-the-full-nasa-broadcast-latest/ 
RogerP
West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire
Everything taken together, here in Lincolnshire are more good things than man could have had the conscience to ask.
William Cobbett, in his Rural Rides - c.1830
Roger Parsons
Monday, April 8, 2024 4:31:28 PM
NASA Feed starts in about 30  minutes, I think.
RogerP
West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire
Everything taken together, here in Lincolnshire are more good things than man could have had the conscience to ask.
William Cobbett, in his Rural Rides - c.1830
Chunky Pea
Monday, April 8, 2024 6:49:04 PM
Totality right over Dallas right now.
 
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johncs2016
Monday, April 8, 2024 7:01:01 PM
I'm currently watching it on timeanddate.com's Facebook livestream and it all looks really spectacular there.

As totality moves across each location which then temporarily becomes quite dark as a result, it has been interesting to notice the effect on that area's weather, especially as regards to the temperature.

In one such location, the temperature dropped from around 32°C to around 25°C as they were going into totality and I would then expect the temperature to just as quickly go back up again once totality ended with the Sun then re-appearing.
The north of Edinburgh, usually always missing out on snow events which occur not just within the rest of Scotland or the UK, but also within the rest of Edinburgh.
Roger Parsons
Thursday, April 11, 2024 1:03:56 PM
The Lyrid meteor shower will peak between 22 and 23 April, although meteors might be spotted across the whole second half of the month, between 14 and 30 April.
https://www.rmg.co.uk/stories/topics/lyrid-meteor-shower-when-where-see-it-uk 
https://www.rmg.co.uk/stories/blog/astronomy/night-sky-highlights-april-2024 
 
RogerP
West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire
Everything taken together, here in Lincolnshire are more good things than man could have had the conscience to ask.
William Cobbett, in his Rural Rides - c.1830
Retron
Thursday, April 11, 2024 1:15:08 PM


In one such location, the temperature dropped from around 32°C to around 25°C as they were going into totality and I would then expect the temperature to just as quickly go back up again once totality ended with the Sun then re-appearing.

Originally Posted by: johncs2016 


I remember back on the 11th August 1999, when there was a 97% eclipse here (and total in Cornwall), it became very still, all the birds stopped their chirping and there was just a slight "nip in the air" feeling as the maximum was reached... the light started to fade, too, but it was oh so brief.

(I found out then that it takes at least 95% of the sun to vanish before you start to think "oh, it's getting dark"... shows just how bright it is!)

EDIT: Coincidentally, there's a 91% eclipse on the 12th August 2026. And unlike the 1999 one, it'll be around 90% or more over Scotland too! SW Ireland will see the greatest cover nearby, at 98% - you'll have to go to northern Spain or Portugal if you want to see totality. And if you want to go there, you'll probably need to book this summer!
Leysdown, north Kent
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Roger Parsons
Thursday, April 11, 2024 1:32:03 PM

I remember back on the 11th August 1999, when there was a 97% eclipse here (and total in Cornwall), it became very still, all the birds stopped their chirping and there was just a slight "nip in the air" feeling as the maximum was reached... the light started to fade, too, but it was oh so brief.

(I found out then that it takes at least 95% of the sun to vanish before you start to think "oh, it's getting dark"... shows just how bright it is!)

EDIT: Coincidentally, there's a 91% eclipse on the 12th August 2026. And unlike the 1999 one, it'll be around 90% or more over Scotland too! SW Ireland will see the greatest cover nearby, at 98% - you'll have to go to northern Spain or Portugal if you want to see totality. And if you want to go there, you'll probably need to book this summer!

Originally Posted by: Retron 

The 1999 eclipse coincided with my being in hospital with a suspected MI - but I was able to persuade them to discharge me in time to watch it. 😱 One of our most memorable eclipses was in West Africa in the early 80s. We had a climbing vine on a trellis in the garden, for shade - and every gap in the leaves projected a "pin hole camera" image of the crescent sun covering everything in the images. Like something out of Comet in Moominland! ☄☄☄
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comet_in_Moominland 
 
RogerP
West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire
Everything taken together, here in Lincolnshire are more good things than man could have had the conscience to ask.
William Cobbett, in his Rural Rides - c.1830
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Retron
Thursday, April 11, 2024 2:02:16 PM

every gap in the leaves projected a "pin hole camera" image of the crescent sun covering everything in the images. Like something out of Comet in Moominland! ☄☄☄
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comet_in_Moominland 
 

Originally Posted by: Roger Parsons 


When I was much younger, my dad produced a very musty set of books called "World of the Children ", dating form 1948 - I think they were his when he was a child. It was an encyclopedia but written as a long story rather than a series of articles, and one of the stories covered an eclipse - the children were amazed to see that the dappled spots of sunlight under a tree became little crescents during the eclipse.

Remembering this, I made sure to check during the 1999 eclipse - and, of course, it was spot on. I just wish I'd had a digital camera to capture it, but there'll be a good opportunity in just over 2 years' time.

(I also suggested years later, when I was working in the school and a partial eclipse was due, that the science teachers might want to take the kids outside to see the effect for themselves. To my surprise, they actually did (I don't think they'd thought of it, but realised it would be a good lesson!)
Leysdown, north Kent
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Windy Willow
Thursday, April 11, 2024 2:44:46 PM
I am confirming the Crescent shapes during the 1999 eclipse, as I noticed those too whilst in the back garden with a pierced piece of card to show my, then, very young children but noticed the crescents on the ground from the neighbours tree shadow too. It was pretty cool. My mum was in Falmouth at the time, staying with my gran so got to experience totality.
Pretty much experienced all that has already been described by others here.
South Holland, Lincs 5m/16ft ASL

Don't feed the Trolls!! When starved of attention they return to their dark caves or the dark recesses of bridges and will turn back to stone, silent again!
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Bolty
Friday, April 12, 2024 3:16:45 PM
Probably the most spectacular wedding photo someone could ever have! Hope that's a marriage that lasts! 😮

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/MaoLtNErCCWzyU5H/ 
Scott
Blackrod, Lancashire (4 miles south of Chorley) at 156m asl.
My weather station 
Roger Parsons
Friday, April 12, 2024 3:21:26 PM

Probably the most spectacular wedding photo someone could ever have! Hope that's a marriage that lasts! 😮

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/MaoLtNErCCWzyU5H/ 

Originally Posted by: Bolty 


"There once was a girl from Detroit
Who at kissing was very adroit,
She could pucker her lips
Into total eclipse,
Or open them out like a quoit!
😲
RogerP
West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire
Everything taken together, here in Lincolnshire are more good things than man could have had the conscience to ask.
William Cobbett, in his Rural Rides - c.1830
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Saint Snow
Friday, April 12, 2024 3:29:48 PM

I remember back on the 11th August 1999, when there was a 97% eclipse here (and total in Cornwall), it became very still, all the birds stopped their chirping and there was just a slight "nip in the air" feeling as the maximum was reached... the light started to fade, too, but it was oh so brief.

(I found out then that it takes at least 95% of the sun to vanish before you start to think "oh, it's getting dark"... shows just how bright it is!)

EDIT: Coincidentally, there's a 91% eclipse on the 12th August 2026. And unlike the 1999 one, it'll be around 90% or more over Scotland too! SW Ireland will see the greatest cover nearby, at 98% - you'll have to go to northern Spain or Portugal if you want to see totality. And if you want to go there, you'll probably need to book this summer!

Originally Posted by: Retron 




I was on the roof of the tax office (where I worked at the time) for the 1999 eclipse.

I most remember the light turning 'odd'.

 

Martin
Home: St Helens (26m asl) Work: Manchester (75m asl)
A TWO addict since 14/12/01
"How can wealth persuade poverty to use its political freedom to keep wealth in power? Here lies the whole art of Conservative politics."
Aneurin Bevan
Bolty
Friday, April 12, 2024 3:35:42 PM

I remember back on the 11th August 1999, when there was a 97% eclipse here (and total in Cornwall), it became very still, all the birds stopped their chirping and there was just a slight "nip in the air" feeling as the maximum was reached... the light started to fade, too, but it was oh so brief.

(I found out then that it takes at least 95% of the sun to vanish before you start to think "oh, it's getting dark"... shows just how bright it is!)

EDIT: Coincidentally, there's a 91% eclipse on the 12th August 2026. And unlike the 1999 one, it'll be around 90% or more over Scotland too! SW Ireland will see the greatest cover nearby, at 98% - you'll have to go to northern Spain or Portugal if you want to see totality. And if you want to go there, you'll probably need to book this summer!

Originally Posted by: Retron 



There's a couple good ones over the next few years. From next year until 2030, the UK sees a partial eclipse every year, the biggest being the 90% eclipse on 12 August 2026 which plunges down the Atlantic and into Spain late in the day.

Interestingly, Spain also gets another eclipse on 2 August 2027, which crosses Cadiz and Malaga before dipping into Africa. That's one I've been eyeing up to go and see. I was just speaking it about it to my girlfriend, so hopefully! I want to see a total eclipse at least once in my life.
Scott
Blackrod, Lancashire (4 miles south of Chorley) at 156m asl.
My weather station 
Retron
Friday, April 12, 2024 3:50:50 PM


Interestingly, Spain also gets another eclipse on 2 August 2027, which crosses Cadiz and Malaga before dipping into Africa. That's one I've been eyeing up to go and see. I was just speaking it about it to my girlfriend, so hopefully! I want to see a total eclipse at least once in my life.

Originally Posted by: Bolty 


If you want to go, make sure you book things as far in advance as you can.

My dad and I had plans to see the eclipse in the States in 2016, and even booking a year out the Holiday Inn Express I found - the only place I could get rooms in the area we'd picked - was over $300/night, which is more like the price for a 5-star InterContinental than a 2-star budget hotel! I booked flights on BA (using my Avios) 355 days out, at 1AM (they guarantee to release 2 business class seats on every flight, and if you're there at 1AM you can usually get them), and I managed to get internal flights on American Airlines too. I was dead chuffed.

Sod's law then happened - 2 months before we were due to fly, he was sadly diagnosed with terminal cancer, and he died 2 weeks after we would have gone. It's as good a point as any to mention FOMO - you never know what's around the corner, so if you can do something (assuming you can afford it), do it while you can!

Hope you get to see a total eclipse in due course. 😀(And jammy old America and Spain, we have to wait until 2090 until our next total one in the UK, and the next total one IMBY isn't until 2150 or so!)
Leysdown, north Kent
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Bolty
Friday, April 12, 2024 4:06:17 PM

If you want to go, make sure you book things as far in advance as you can.

My dad and I had plans to see the eclipse in the States in 2016, and even booking a year out the Holiday Inn Express I found - the only place I could get rooms in the area we'd picked - was over $300/night, which is more like the price for a 5-star InterContinental than a 2-star budget hotel! I booked flights on BA (using my Avios) 355 days out, at 1AM (they guarantee to release 2 business class seats on every flight, and if you're there at 1AM you can usually get them), and I managed to get internal flights on American Airlines too. I was dead chuffed.

Sod's law then happened - 2 months before we were due to fly, he was sadly diagnosed with terminal cancer, and he died 2 weeks after we would have gone. It's as good a point as any to mention FOMO - you never know what's around the corner, so if you can do something (assuming you can afford it), do it while you can!

Hope you get to see a total eclipse in due course. 😀(And jammy old America and Spain, we have to wait until 2090 until our next total one in the UK, and the next total one IMBY isn't until 2150 or so!)

Originally Posted by: Retron 



Thanks for the advice 👍

And sorry about what happened with your dad. That really is a cruel twist of fate. As you say, you have to just get on with things as you don't know what will hit you down the line.
Scott
Blackrod, Lancashire (4 miles south of Chorley) at 156m asl.
My weather station 
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Saint Snow
Friday, April 12, 2024 4:12:43 PM
Echo that, Bolty. 

Sympathies, Darren 😪

Martin
Home: St Helens (26m asl) Work: Manchester (75m asl)
A TWO addict since 14/12/01
"How can wealth persuade poverty to use its political freedom to keep wealth in power? Here lies the whole art of Conservative politics."
Aneurin Bevan
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Retron
Friday, April 12, 2024 4:15:28 PM

Thanks for the advice 👍

And sorry about what happened with your dad. That really is a cruel twist of fate. As you say, you have to just get on with things as you don't know what will hit you down the line.

Originally Posted by: Bolty 


There is a bit more advice for you - if you can find an area you like the look of, in terms of staying, contact them two years out. You never know, they might be able to put your reservation in their system early, even if online booking systems won't let you.

That won't work with flights, mind you, as they use a different system entirely. Although it would normally be a bad idea to book (for cash) 355 days out (for BA), you might find it best to pay the extra to get a guaranteed flight. Ryanair and Easyjet don't have a fixed release schedule, so you'll have to be on the ball if you want to get the flights the day they're released! Easyjet's schedule release is here: https://www.easyjet.com/en/schedule-release 

And thank you for your kind words, both Bolty and Saint: it's one of the things I've learnt over the years, do things while you can as you'll only regret it if something changes and means you can't any more. (Same applies to my trip to Japan I'd booked for 2020, and indeed my formerly weekly visits to the wolves... Covid happened, then I injured my eye, and it's only now that I'm finally getting well enough to travel/drive long distances again... you just never know! At least if you use points you can cancel for free.)
Leysdown, north Kent
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Roger Parsons
Wednesday, April 17, 2024 1:45:28 PM
Keep an eye out for possible Auroras if skies are clear.
For future alerts see:
See the aurora borealis from the UK
https://aurorawatch.lancs.ac.uk/ 

There was activity last night.
Northern Lights put on display above Cornwall
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-68834605 
RogerP
West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire
Everything taken together, here in Lincolnshire are more good things than man could have had the conscience to ask.
William Cobbett, in his Rural Rides - c.1830
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Windy Willow
Wednesday, April 17, 2024 2:17:48 PM

Keep an eye out for possible Auroras if skies are clear.
For future alerts see:
See the aurora borealis from the UK
https://aurorawatch.lancs.ac.uk/ 

There was activity last night.
Northern Lights put on display above Cornwall
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-68834605 

Originally Posted by: Roger Parsons 

I'll be in Cornwall from Sunday! No doubt it will be cloudy though and no possibility of Aurora displays lol
South Holland, Lincs 5m/16ft ASL

Don't feed the Trolls!! When starved of attention they return to their dark caves or the dark recesses of bridges and will turn back to stone, silent again!
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Roger Parsons
Friday, April 19, 2024 6:45:45 PM
We might get lucky if skies are clear. See:
https://aurorawatch.lancs.ac.uk/ 
https://spaceweather.com/ 
 
RogerP
West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire
Everything taken together, here in Lincolnshire are more good things than man could have had the conscience to ask.
William Cobbett, in his Rural Rides - c.1830
doctormog
Friday, April 19, 2024 7:37:48 PM

We might get lucky if skies are clear. See:
https://aurorawatch.lancs.ac.uk/ 
https://spaceweather.com/ 
 

Originally Posted by: Roger Parsons 



It needs to get dark first! 😀
Aberdeen
Current conditions (personal WS) 
Roger Parsons
Friday, April 19, 2024 8:23:53 PM

It needs to get dark first! 😀

Originally Posted by: doctormog 

Yes, but you can't control that! 🤣 Looking at the incoming data we may have missed it... I had to have this conversation with my other half earlier! 😁
https://aurorawatch.lancs.ac.uk/ 
 
RogerP
West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire
Everything taken together, here in Lincolnshire are more good things than man could have had the conscience to ask.
William Cobbett, in his Rural Rides - c.1830
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