Recent content by spaceman9123

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Only there's no question about the outcome of this event and I'm guessing it could be predicted at least hundreds of thousands of years in advance. ;) So, I guess my plan is to leave extra early, find a spot somewhere, hopefully near bathroom. Then, hang out, play board games with family...

So, do most people leave right after the totality or is it just too hard to say? As with a football game, the worst traffic is right after the game ends, but I'm equating the end of the totality with the end of the game. Is that a fair analogy? I know these are just subjective observations...

Yeah, I guess when you think about it, it's really just a little taste of the night in the middle of the day.

What would be fun. I've heard people take vacations and plan cruises to see full solar eclipses. There's one every 18 months, but I don't suppose I'm telling this forum anything it doesn't already know. Too bad about the phone call, but I understand. ;)

Oh, so you'll be able to see phases well outside the "band" but just not the "totality" of the eclipse? Depending on where you live in St.Louis, in less than an hour drive you could be in Bloomsdale, Red Bud, or Nashville (IL) and experience about 2 minutes of the totality. Or is it more...

What if I gave you my wife's phone number? Think you could convince her to let me take her camping?

I'm at least 2 hours drive away from the edge of the "path" of the eclipse. I don't understand how you're using 99%. If you're not in the bandwidth of the path, you're not going to see the totality (blackout) at all. Why not drive for half an hour into the path and see what you probably...

You don't know my wife. NOT a camper. lol. It's also not that easy to find a camp spot like that as you might think, especially in a state I'm not familiar with. Most land is private and "starting a fire" is a whole other issue. What you describe sounds like fun though.

Oh, I feel foolish! I just realized that, using the NASA link in my OP, if you click on a location on the map (in the path) it actually tells you the "duration of totality" in minutes and seconds. Very close to 4 minutes in the center and maybe as little as 40 seconds if just a few miles...

You're describing me 25 years ago when I was young and single. I've been star gazer for a while. Even built my own Newtonian telescope and I visited at least one "dark skies" location on a new moon. But now I'm dragging along reluctant wife and kids with a shorter time window so "get in and...

This is great feedback, thank you. So when you say "half way to center" is that the same as saying about 1/4 in from the edge? I'm thinking I'd be better off in small town or public park or even just off the roadside if it's in the country enough. To be clear, you're saying to expect and...

As most know, here in the US many will have the chance to see a total solar eclipse on April 8th. I've looked at information about it, but I'm confused about a few things. Here's a Nasa link to where the "path" of the eclipse will be...