04-02-2024, 10:30 AMThunfish Wrote: Yeah, bit far away from that.

04-02-2024, 12:32 AMboom Wrote:

This is probably just me being a giant astronomy nerd, but thought it was cool since this is a once-in-a-lifetime event so I thought I'd share it. There will not be another total solar eclipse that crosses the width of the United States until 2045.

On Monday, April 8, 2024, there will be a total solar eclipse that passes over Canada, Mexico, and the United States for the first time in years. If you live anywhere in that blue line (which includes parts of Texas including Dallas, Arkansas, Indiana, Ohio, upstate New York, Hamilton, Kingston, Montreal, and New Brunswick, among other places), you will get to see the sun be fully blocked out by the moon for a few minutes.

Look up "solar eclipse" and your city to see if it's projected to be total where you live. Important: if you are not in the path of totality, or if you are and the Sun is not fully blocked out by the Moon, you cannot look directly at the Sun with your eyes without risking permanent damage. In those cases, you should observe through a dedicated pair of eclipse glasses, a welder's filter, or through some indirect method like a pinhole or box projector. Google is your friend here.

The eclipse beginning and ending times depend on your exact location, but it should be sometime in the early afternoon along the path of totality.

Happy viewing!

04-02-2024, 03:04 PMCarpy48 Wrote: Same. I remember a total one that was here probably ~25 years ago, but it was quite interesting. Even though it was gone again very quickly.

04-03-2024, 08:36 PMThunfish Wrote: Oh, don't get me wrong, it's certainly an event and I imagine we'll have some nice recordings out of it that will show on the news the day after. But I'm still living in Brazil, y'know.