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Old 19-June-2008, 02:50 AM
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who's travelling to see this eclipse?
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Old 19-June-2008, 03:15 AM
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Both Sky & Telescope and Astronomy magazines are hosting tours.
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Old 19-June-2008, 04:16 AM
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who's travelling to see this eclipse?
That was not the kind of start I was envisioning, when I made my suggestion in Q&A to attract some interest. (Did you look at the examples I suggested?) Why don't you tell folks when this eclipse will be occuring, the time, duration, and where it can be seen? Do you know some links for coverage of the eclipse, like a Wikipedia article, some NASA TV coverage, European ESA coverage? What are some links to coverage of the event in the popular press? What's different about this eclipse? What are the affected governments doing for public education? What do schools have planned?

You must know some of this information from answers in Q&A threads you previously started. Can you summarize here what you've learned? Try to make this topic fulfill a need for any BAUT member who may wish to learn about or discuss the August 1 solar eclipse. Get some traffic. Attract some eyeballs. Then I think you'll get some good discussions going.

Just an idea. You don't have to.
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Old 19-June-2008, 05:23 AM
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Old 19-June-2008, 05:57 AM
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01101001, please go away
Sorry. I can stop trying to help you get people involved in a topic that I thought interested you, but I don't plan to just go away from the topic -- unless it stagnates and becomes boring and I see no way to save it.

I like eclipses and enjoy discussing them. I enjoyed the previous eclipse event discussions and anticipate enjoying this one. I hope someone makes a good effort to get it going. I might even.
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Old 22-June-2008, 02:59 AM
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A little more info wouldnt go astray.

Is it in the states? Not everyone lives in America people.
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Old 22-June-2008, 06:06 PM
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http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/OH/OH2008.html
gives some info about this topic .
The Russians seem to have an advantage in travelling distance
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And just when I read that, in my very own copy buffer, having just emailed the link to friends, is another NASA page, nearby:

Total Solar Eclipse of 2008 August 01

I hope that's of use to others who might be interested.

Another good source for getting an outline of the upcoming events is Wikipedia: Solar eclipse of August 1, 2008.

The animation of the umbra and penumbra moving across the face of the Earth says it all, but in words:

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The Solar Eclipse that takes place on August 1, 2008, will be a total eclipse of the Sun with a magnitude of 1.039 that will be visible from a narrow corridor through northern Canada (Nunavut), northern part of Russia, western Mongolia, and China. It belongs to the so-called midnight Sun eclipses, as it will be visible from regions experiencing Midnight sun.

In Siberia, the total eclipse zone will pass through populated places, including the "capital of Siberia" Novosibirsk, and the cities of Nizhnevartovsk, Barnaul, Biysk. Greatest eclipse duration will be reached near the town of Nadym in Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug in Northern Siberia.

A partial eclipse will be seen from the much broader path of the Moon's penumbra, including eastern North America and most of Europe and Asia.
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Old 29-June-2008, 03:42 AM
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A little more info wouldnt go astray.

Is it in the states? Not everyone lives in America people.
The last total eclipse in the US 48 was in 1979 and the next is in 2017.

I will be traveling to see the August 1 eclipse from Siberia.
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Old 29-June-2008, 04:37 AM
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I will be traveling to see the August 1 eclipse from Siberia.
Whereabouts? Getting any midnight-sun action?

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Some further resources:

Mr. Eclipse: Solar eclipse Eclipse information
Exploratorium: Total Solar Eclipse 2008 Webcast from Xinjiang, close to the Mongolian border
Spaceweather has hosted eclipse galleries in the past (eclipse directory)
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Whereabouts? Getting any midnight-sun action?
Nope, most of the eclipse astronomy tours to Russia are heading towards the area around Novosibirsk, where weather prospects are the best (and get better heading into northern China where others are going). I did glance at a couple of tours that are going up by boat north of Svalbard, Norway.

This is my second total eclipse. I was clouded out at totality in 1999 in France but the prospects there were not so good to begin with.
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Old 30-June-2008, 01:32 AM
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I will go to Xinjiang to see it.
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Old 24-July-2008, 03:22 PM
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You can find out where a Live WEBCAST of the eclipse from this page: http://extratopics.com/technology/mu...-in-china.html
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Old 24-July-2008, 06:01 PM
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The Exploratorium in San Francisco also holds a webcast for every eclipse, as well as a public party (they will be open all night):

http://www.exploratorium.edu/
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Old 24-July-2008, 06:33 PM
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01101001, please go away


But 0111001 does make a couple of good points.
I for one do not know where you can see the eclipse, in fact I know nothing about it.
Now, I can google it and find out, but why not save everyone a little time and effort by posting a few details about it?
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Old 26-July-2008, 03:26 AM
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The eclipse will be broadcast live on NASA TV beginning at 6am eastern time Friday.

www.nasa.gov/eclipse

www.nasa.gov/ntv

Clear skies for all!
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Old 26-July-2008, 03:43 AM
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Looks like I won't be able to see it here in my place.
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Old 29-July-2008, 04:59 AM
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Universe Today: Friday's Total Solar Eclipse can be Watched on the Internet

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This Friday's eclipse will swing over Canada, the tip of Greenland, parts of Russia, China and Mongolia, including the Gobi desert, although nothing can replace actually travelling to one of these locations to witness this celestial event, NASA will transmit the eclipse live over the Internet.
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As the Olympics are starting next week in Beijing, travel expenses have sky-rocketed, plus fuel prices can only make things worse. Many Chinese eclipse tours can cost $3,000-$6,000 and if you fancied a trip to the High Arctic on a Russian icebreaker, expect to pay $23,000.

So we don't miss out, NASA will be transmitting the live eclipse (presumably via their homepage www.nasa.gov) starting well before its peak at 7:09 am EDT. Also, museums like the Exploratorium in San Francisco have special eclipse events scheduled so we can all have the chance of seeing the event as it happens. Again, it's not the same as experiencing it yourself, but at least you can guarantee clear skies via the Internet…
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Booked air ticket: China Southern Airlines Flight 6948, depart from Beijing Capital Airport on 2008 August 1 at 13:30, arrive in Xi'an Xianyang Airport at 15:20.

Then take airport shuttle bus to Xi'an railway station and try to catch the train numbered 1162, which leaves Xi'an railway station at 17:30, and see the eclipse on the train. The train should be near Huashan railway station about 10 km north to Mount Hua during the totality.

Totality duration: about 75 seconds (around 2008-08-01 19:24)
Possibility of bad weather: High
Possibility of missing the train (flight delay, traffic jam, train ticket sold out...): High

Must be very lucky...
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