eclipse

[raghupundit]

Yes ordered glasses from Amazon. I am debating whether I should buy an attachment for the Telescope too.

[CKJAmore]

Yes ordered glasses from Amazon. I am debating whether I should buy an attachment for the Telescope too.

Cool! I need to do this. Also the iPhone camera attachment for the telescope to take photos. If there is no photo, did it really happen? Lol.

[honest_abe]

yep, i'm down..

[Labrat]

Do not use a telescope or even binoculars to view the eclipse even with glasses. Both concentrate the rays and will burn through the glasses. Be sure the attachment is rated for viewing.

[CKJAmore]

One of the best eclipse sites: https://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/solar/2024-april-8

Plug in your exact city/ location, and you?ll see a simulation of how the eclipse will look for you, with the exact timings of all the phases, for your specific location.

And like Labrat mentioned, see this: https://www.vox.com/science/24119318...safety-glasses

It’s better not lose our eye sight if we want to hobby well, just saying…

Have fun y?all

[Dallasfan]

I’m blind now.

[TinMan]

I thought I knew what to expect having been through some partial eclipses before, but I underestimated how cool it would be once the moment of totality hit. I back up to nature and the sights and sounds were really cool. I wish I would have taken this more seriously and had set up cameras and microphones.

At least I had my glasses, the weather cooperated and I was outside to witness it. I almost blew it off for a meeting, and I regret nothing about skipping it.

[CKJAmore]

Yeah, it was totally cool! I went to the center of the totality band (the yellow line on the maps) in Oklahoma, chasing clear skies, which I got.

I got to see the totality in its awesome splendor: saw the halo, the red beads, the diamond ring, and Sun?s red corona flares! Even dared to see the diamond ring for just a quick second with the naked eye. That’s perhaps the most bedazzling sight a human can ever see from this planet. Didn?t go blind, as far as I know, for now. Now, If I start mixing up the hobby girls in my reviews, I?ll know then if I went blind!

I even saw the planets in the night sky of the totality: Venus and Jupiter quite close to the sun, and some stars! It was fucking cool!Took some amazing photos.

This makes it the third totality in my life that I got to see.

[raghupundit]

Yeah, it was totally cool! I went to the center of the totality band (the yellow line on the maps) in Oklahoma, chasing clear skies, which I got.

I got to see the totality in its awesome splendor: saw the halo, the red beads, the diamond ring, and Sun?s red corona flares! Even dared to see the diamond ring for just a quick second with the naked eye. That’s perhaps the most bedazzling sight a human can ever see from this planet. Didn?t go blind, as far as I know, for now. Now, If I start mixing up the hobby girls in my reviews, I?ll know then if I went blind!

I even saw the planets in the night sky of the totality: Venus and Jupiter quite close to the sun, and some stars! It was fucking cool!Took some amazing photos.

This makes it the third totality in my life that I got to see.

The Diamond ring was truly spectacular. Unlike anything I've ever seen before.