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moonstruck
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by moonstruck » Wed Aug 04, 2010 4:18 am
ooooh, how nice. You'd really have to have been there.
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Krignus
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by Krignus » Wed Aug 04, 2010 6:51 am
What a phenominal view. That really is an incredible effect.
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biddie67
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by biddie67 » Wed Aug 04, 2010 12:41 pm
It has been interesting to see the different effects that a total eclipse creates as it moves along its path over time - the several photos that have been displayed here on APOD since the July eclipse have been a great lesson in what can be seen at the different places at different times. I'm glad so many people are out there to record the views!
The shadow cone is amazing - the Earth's atmosphere really causes some fine effects.
The link (see "strange shadow of darkness" above) to the Mir27 crew's photo of the shadow on the Earth is like icing on the cake!
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by orin stepanek » Wed Aug 04, 2010 12:53 pm
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DCStone
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by DCStone » Wed Aug 04, 2010 1:20 pm
Dang, got the wrong quote (which is still to a neat image).
I meant this one:
http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap990830.html
That's a great image, but what is the lighter area in the top left? It looks like it's pointing straight at the moon shadow on the earth, but I assume it isn't the beam from some secret USSR weather control satellite! Is it the case that the shadow is allowing a clearer view of the background stars? And I take it the two dots are actually planets (Venus and ...?)
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mexhunter
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by mexhunter » Wed Aug 04, 2010 4:31 pm
Hi to all:
The effect is surprising and very interesting, thanks to the explanation it is entirely logical, because it is near the horizon.
The picture gives us a nice view of the environment and the event.
I found a similar record in 2003.
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap030106.html
Regards
Cesar
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by George » Wed Aug 04, 2010 5:57 pm
Does anyone know what star or planet is near the upper left corner of the picture? I can only see it in the big jpg on my monitor.
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owlice
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by owlice » Wed Aug 04, 2010 5:58 pm
Venus, I suspect.
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Eclectic Man
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by Eclectic Man » Wed Aug 04, 2010 7:38 pm
It just goes to show you don't need a super-telephoto lens to take an excellent eclipse photograph. Just wondering what focal length lens was used though, in case I have the opportunity. I'd guess 35mm judging by the size of the eclipsed sun in the frame.
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by neufer » Wed Aug 04, 2010 7:57 pm
George wrote:Does anyone know what star or planet is near the upper left corner of the picture?
I can only see it in the big jpg on my monitor.
It is in the right direction to be Sirius.
The ecliptic with the planets lying on it runs perpendicular to that direction (off to the right/north).
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by rudy0010 » Wed Aug 04, 2010 8:03 pm
George wrote:Does anyone know what star or planet is near the upper left corner of the picture? I can only see it in the big jpg on my monitor.
owlice wrote:Venus, I suspect.
The bright star in the upper left is Sirius. Mercury is also just barely visible up and to the right of the Sun+Moon. (Remember in Patagonia the ecliptic runs from the western horizon to the
north)
http://www.fourmilab.ch/cgi-bin/Yoursky ... &elements=
Amazing pictures
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by owlice » Wed Aug 04, 2010 9:35 pm
Thank you, gentlemen! And wow, some goooood eyes if you can pick out Mercury. I had to *really* look for it, with glasses on and my nose practically to the screen, and am still not certain whether what I found is the planet or a speck of dust on my laptop!
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PhilS
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by PhilS » Thu Aug 05, 2010 8:18 pm
The cone is skewed to our left. Does that prove the sun's corona actually is, as it seems ever so slightly to be, stronger to the right of the moon?
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by Henning Makholm » Thu Aug 05, 2010 10:44 pm
PhilS wrote:The cone is skewed to our left. Does that prove the sun's corona actually is, as it seems ever so slightly to be, stronger to the right of the moon?
No, it just means that the center of the Moon's shadow is somewhere off to the photographer's left.
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by geckzilla » Fri Aug 13, 2010 3:05 pm
Very nice video! And some very enthusiastic observers! I've been wanting to go to Patagonia. Seems so remote and beautiful.
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