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November 02, 2013

(Partial) Solar Eclipse Alert: Sunday at Sunrise
— CAC

For those lucky East Coast morons and ettes who are early birds, a partial solar eclipse will greet you at sunrise tomorrow:

Map by Eclipse-Maps.com
Totality will only be visible along a thin path from the Atlantic Ocean through central Africa. On a related note, Astronomers Without Borders has successfully donated over 13,000 eclipse glasses to schools lying along the path of totality. We Americans get our turn at totality on August 21, 2017.

Posted by: CAC at 11:05 AM | Comments (80)
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1 The path of the Moon's shadow begins in the North Atlantic approximately 1000 km due east of Jacksonville, FL. From the central line, a 4 second annular eclipse is visible at sunrise (11:05 UT). As the shadow races forward, the narrow 4 km wide path rapidly shrinks to zero and the eclipse changes from annular to total. This all transpires within the first 15 seconds of the shadow's trajectory. For the remainder of the track, the eclipse remains total. 11:05 UT is same as GMT? So, 6am'ish?

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at November 02, 2013 08:47 AM (IXrOn)

2 This is my favorite weekend of the whole year when I steal an extra hour of Life.

Posted by: soothsayer at November 02, 2013 11:09 AM (dEtCk)

3 And I get to re-live the 1AM hour like I'm a frikkin time traveler and shit.

Posted by: soothsayer at November 02, 2013 11:11 AM (dEtCk)

4 Our view of the sunrise is totally blocked by trees, which means that if we want to see it, we'll have to get dressed and drive someplace.

Shit.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 02, 2013 11:12 AM (oJ5Fd)

5 I'm just a bit too far west.

Posted by: toby928© at November 02, 2013 11:17 AM (QupBk)

6 (Partial) Solar Eclipse Alert: Sunday at Sunrise

Partial? Or total eclipse?

Turn around....every now and then I get a little bit lonely and you're never coming round...

Turn around, every now and then I get a little bit tired of listening to the sound of my tears...

Posted by: EC at November 02, 2013 11:18 AM (doBIb)

7 Too bad it's not a total eclipse of the heart.

Posted by: Bonnie Tyler at November 02, 2013 11:29 AM (QdOC1)

8 There's a "freeze warning" on my iphone for NYC right now. Which makes me wonder if an eclipse exerts a measurable effect on temperature for a while...

Posted by: @ParisParamus at November 02, 2013 11:30 AM (vaNTd)

9 You people are liars and idiots about the Affordable Healthcare Law. I had no problem signing up for my new insurance. I just went to Obamacare.com according to the E-Mail I received and with a $1000.00 deposit with my credit card, I had instant health insurance within one minute. So quit lying you racists !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by: Chrissy Liebowitz at November 02, 2013 11:30 AM (EUKai)

10 Mooooonshadow moon shadow.

Posted by: Cat Stevens at November 02, 2013 11:41 AM (H0R/1)

11 When do all those giant partial pies start impacting the earth?

Posted by: Boss Moss the Redskin Savage at November 02, 2013 11:44 AM (Kud5A)

12 11 When do all those giant partial pies start impacting the earth?
Posted by: Boss Moss the Redskin Savage at November 02, 2013 03:44 PM (Kud5A)
Looks like Pac Men

Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at November 02, 2013 11:46 AM (H0R/1)

13 *hastily checks wind, tides, ship's stores, crew readiness*
*plots course for Bermuda*
*Crap!*
* too late..., and anyhow the fucking crew is still hung over from the debaucheries of Friday night*

Posted by: Mike Hammer at November 02, 2013 11:50 AM (aDwsi)

14 I move that Astronomers Without Borders be stripped of their citizenship and deported.

Posted by: Boss Moss the Redskin Savage at November 02, 2013 11:51 AM (Kud5A)

15 Daily reminder: We are doomed.

Posted by: WOW at November 02, 2013 11:51 AM (6j8ke)

16 My BP is now fair.

Posted by: Boss Moss the Redskin Savage at November 02, 2013 11:52 AM (Kud5A)

17 Students typically (and almost without exception) believe that the tides are highest when the moon is full

Posted by: DAve at November 02, 2013 11:54 AM (b7yum)

18 OT: prog projection. I just watched Cloud Atlas and I was struck by the way they presented public and employer view of employees. The Korean service girls were trained to only work, we're treated as subhuman, and killed after ten years service. That's not how I view the waitress who serves or the mechanic who fixes my car. It is how Barky and Mooch view the average American, though.

Posted by: WalrusRex at November 02, 2013 11:54 AM (Q3v/m)

19 Howard Wolowirzout Boners is a worthy cause!

Posted by: Howard Wolowirz at November 02, 2013 11:55 AM (ZshNr)

20 15 Daily reminder: We are doomed. --- My retirement strategy is based on that assumption.

Posted by: WalrusRex at November 02, 2013 11:56 AM (Q3v/m)

21 Yeah, that made sense . Stupid tablet/sock mash up.

Posted by: Lincolntf at November 02, 2013 11:57 AM (ZshNr)

22 17 Students typically (and almost without exception) believe that the tides are highest when the moon is full --- How many know you can see the moon during day time.

Posted by: WalrusRex at November 02, 2013 11:58 AM (Q3v/m)

23 It is how Barky and Mooch view the average American, though. Posted by: WalrusRex
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They regard the populace as something to be manipulated and used. The Master/Servant relationship has been turned upside down. In point of fact, most of the sub-50 year-olds will express some surprise if you assert that the government is supposed to be merely a servant, rather than a controlling authority.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at November 02, 2013 11:59 AM (aDwsi)

24 8 There's a "freeze warning" on my iphone for NYC right now. Which makes me wonder if an eclipse exerts a measurable effect on temperature for a while... Posted by: @ParisParamus at November 02, 2013 03:30 PM (vaNTd) Actually, it does. There have been many accounts of people noticing the temperature dropping during a solar eclipse. I felt it myself during a 90% partial eclipse some years ago.

Posted by: rickl at November 02, 2013 11:59 AM (sdi6R)

25 22 If they've never been out of Watts they've never seen stars

Posted by: DAve at November 02, 2013 11:59 AM (b7yum)

26 Saw the moon this AM just before sunrise on the beach at Sanibel. Extremely narrow waning crescent that my iPhone camera could not capture adequately, unfortunately. Great shelling during the low tide at that same time, however.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at November 02, 2013 12:00 PM (A2sQP)

27 I cannot wait until 2017. I live pretty much in the totality zone. (I think like 97% or some such.) My favorite winery is closer still above 98% totality. All inside the "dark bands" on every map. To hit 100% (or what have you) I'd have to set up shop on the side of the highway between here and Rolla.

Posted by: tsrblke PhD(c) (No Really!) at November 02, 2013 12:00 PM (GaqMa)

28 Wake up early to see extra dark?

Posted by: The Hickster at November 02, 2013 12:01 PM (MVBSu)

29 For that matter, why do werewolves appear only at night during a full moon? Is there something special the amount of reflected light and, if so, why doesn't cloud cover stop them from changing?

Posted by: WalrusRex at November 02, 2013 12:02 PM (Q3v/m)

30 Great shelling during the low tide at that same time, however.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot:
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I have many shells collected at Sanibel by mother, during the 50's.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at November 02, 2013 12:02 PM (aDwsi)

31 For that matter, why do werewolves appear only at night during a full moon? Is there something special the amount of reflected light and, if so, why doesn't cloud cover stop them from changing? Posted by: WalrusRex
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Because it is in the script.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at November 02, 2013 12:03 PM (aDwsi)

32 Sun god close eyes, foretell of crop failure and much more time for bunga bunga

Posted by: Tribal Shaman #16 at November 02, 2013 12:04 PM (8ZskC)

33 29 Probably has something to do with the tides

Posted by: DAve at November 02, 2013 12:05 PM (b7yum)

34 There's no eclipse in Texas.......

yodelahee yodelahee yodelahee yodelahee hoooo........

Posted by: eleven at November 02, 2013 12:05 PM (KXm42)

35 Astronomers are worse than Astrologers. This so called "eclipse" is obviously the Wolf God finally catching up to the Great Rabbit of the Sky and taking a bite out of him. Read your tree bark!

Posted by: Lincolntf at November 02, 2013 12:07 PM (ZshNr)

36 CAC - If you are out there..., I had a chance to make extended observation of crepuscular rays on a camping trip a while ago. It was a consequence of early-morning campfire smoke, and sunshine through the trees.

I realize that it is not exactly your bailiwick, but having done at least cursory research, I still can not find a satisfactory explanation. Have you ever had an occasion to look into it?

Posted by: Mike Hammer at November 02, 2013 12:08 PM (aDwsi)

37 Circa 1975 I saw Chuck Mangione, Ester Satterfield, and a full orchestra at Red Rocks on the night of a lunar eclipse. I was still young and idealistic then and they did a song entitled Land of Make Believe about how wonderful the future would be. It was quite beautiful. Now, of course, I realize they weren't kidding about that Make Believe part.

Posted by: WalrusRex at November 02, 2013 12:09 PM (Q3v/m)

38 Global Climate Cold Warming is eating the Moon!!!!!

Posted by: IPCC at November 02, 2013 12:09 PM (KXm42)

39 Fools! It is the tides that cause the variation of the moon's orbit.

Posted by: Global Warming Expert at November 02, 2013 12:10 PM (aDwsi)

40 On a related note, Astronomers Without Borders has successfully donated over 13,000 eclipse glasses to schools lying along the path of totality. I have one that was made by Roger W. Tuthill, Inc. for an eclipse that was visible in Mexico back in the 1990s. It's printed in Spanish, and says "El Gran Eclipse" on the front.

Posted by: rickl at November 02, 2013 12:12 PM (sdi6R)

41 My proctologist found crepuscular rays on my bum last time he did a colonoscopy

Posted by: DAve at November 02, 2013 12:12 PM (b7yum)

42 We Americans get our turn at totality on August 21, 2017. The path of totality is hundreds of miles from me. Is there any site that shows past and future eclipses for a given location?

Posted by: rickl at November 02, 2013 12:15 PM (sdi6R)

43 My proctologist found crepuscular rays on my bum last time he did a colonoscopy Posted by: DAve
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There is an Adjustment for that...

Posted by: A Chiropractor at November 02, 2013 12:16 PM (aDwsi)

44 16 My BP is now fair. Posted by: Boss Moss the Redskin Savage at November 02, 2013 03:52 PM (Kud5A)
My BP sells gasoline.

Posted by: Joey Biden at November 02, 2013 12:16 PM (H0R/1)

45 39 The sequester is responsible for 17% of the moon being unavailable for viewing

Posted by: DAve at November 02, 2013 12:16 PM (b7yum)

46 44 MY BP sang "Me and Mrs. Jones"

Posted by: DAve at November 02, 2013 12:17 PM (b7yum)

47 My proctologist found crepuscular rays on my bum last time he did a colonoscopy>>

Your proctologist used an endoscope not a telescope.

Endosope Ass tronomy
Telescope astronomy.

Posted by: The Hickster at November 02, 2013 12:17 PM (MVBSu)

48 Your proctologist used an endoscope not a telescope.

Endosope Ass tronomy
Telescope astronomy.
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No shit.
Tell us about it.

Posted by: Endoscopes Everywhere at November 02, 2013 12:19 PM (aDwsi)

49 I have many shells collected at Sanibel by mother, during the 50's. Posted by: Mike Hammer at November 02, 2013 04:02 PM (aDwsi) That's pretty cool. The missus is really into it; she gives me credit for having a "great eye" for spotting good finds.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at November 02, 2013 12:19 PM (A2sQP)

50 The grass calls for it's final cut for the year. Ain't happening all by itself...

Posted by: Mike Hammer at November 02, 2013 12:20 PM (aDwsi)

51 47 After 5 years of Obama my rectum has been reamed so large that he DID use a telescope

Posted by: DAve at November 02, 2013 12:20 PM (b7yum)

52 Mike, this explanation summed it up best for me: http://www.atoptics.co.uk/atoptics/ray1.htm

Posted by: CAC at November 02, 2013 12:20 PM (VBpW5)

53 48 what did you say about indo-smoke?

Posted by: Warren-G at November 02, 2013 12:21 PM (b7yum)

54 There is a book, "Rainbows, Halos and Glories", that explains a large number of sky phenomena, including crepuscular rays. A web search will provide the author's name; it came out a couple of decades ago.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at November 02, 2013 12:22 PM (A2sQP)

55 CAC - Thanks..., that is the standard sort of explanation. But, when observing at near proximity, rays which are nearly horizontal from a virtual central point, the explanation begins to sound pretty lame. Almost explanations are the same..., but seem wanting.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at November 02, 2013 12:26 PM (aDwsi)

56 CAC - Here is a fair, though not great example:
http://tinyurl.com/lpqkues

The inclination is simply to accept the 'authoritative' explanations. Unfortunately, all of those explanations to seem to have a single source, and are not (for me) satisfactory.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at November 02, 2013 12:30 PM (aDwsi)

57 Krebs - Thanks, I'll take a look.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at November 02, 2013 12:31 PM (aDwsi)

58 Endosope Ass tronomy
Telescope astronomy.
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No shit.
Tell us about it.
Posted by: Endoscopes Everywhere>>

Well when doing an Endscoapathy "no shit" only occurs if the patient used the pre shit flushing fluid.

Posted by: The Hickster at November 02, 2013 12:33 PM (MVBSu)

59 And I get to re-live the 1AM hour like I'm a frikkin time traveler and shit
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Pro Tip : Make damn good use of that hour, because they are going to take it back later.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at November 02, 2013 12:33 PM (aDwsi)

60 A little mood music: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCZOIz4LUFM

Posted by: Psychedelicat at November 02, 2013 12:34 PM (XvHmy)

61 So, how did our moon form? Team Big Splat, anyone?

Posted by: Lincolntf at November 02, 2013 12:38 PM (ZshNr)

62 Krebs - Yow. Fairly pricey, even as a used book. Just scored an Ebay piece, though, for $6.99 incl. shipping. A bargain compared to others, it seems.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at November 02, 2013 12:40 PM (aDwsi)

63 What amazes me about the moon is that its period of rotation matches its period of orbit, which is why we only see one side of it. Coincidence, I'm thinking 'no'.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at November 02, 2013 12:41 PM (aDwsi)

64 Gotta go mow...., damnit. bbl

Posted by: Mike Hammer at November 02, 2013 12:42 PM (aDwsi)

65 61 So, how did our moon form? Team Big Splat, anyone?

Posted by: Lincolntf at November 02, 2013 04:38 PM (ZshNr)

By pulling down our pants.

Posted by: Ian 'Go' Galt at November 02, 2013 12:46 PM (QdOC1)

66 63 What amazes me about the moon is that its period of rotation matches its period of orbit, which is why we only see one side of it. Coincidence, I'm thinking 'no'.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at November 02, 2013 04:41 PM (aDwsi)

If I recall, there is some friction that occurs while the moon spins and rotates around the earth. Eventually it stops spinning, and one side faces the earth.

The same is happening to the earth. Eventually, only one side will face the sun. THAT is global warming, fer sure!

Posted by: Ian 'Go' Galt at November 02, 2013 12:56 PM (QdOC1)

67 18 That's not how I view the waitress who serves or the mechanic who fixes my car. It is how Barky and Mooch view the average American, though. If you ever read the comments section at the Harvard newspaper they really believe that the construction worker, plumber, or any other blue collar worker lives an inferior life. They are clueless that people are happy in their lives, their work, their community and their families.

Posted by: Madamex at November 02, 2013 12:59 PM (islXR)

68 24 8 There's a "freeze warning" on my iphone for NYC right now. Which makes me wonder if an eclipse exerts a measurable effect on temperature for a while... Posted by: @ParisParamus at November 02, 2013 03:30 PM (vaNTd) Actually, it does. There have been many accounts of people noticing the temperature dropping during a solar eclipse. I felt it myself during a 90% partial eclipse some years ago. Posted by: rickl at November 02, 2013 03:59 PM (sdi6R) Winter is coming!

Posted by: Zombie Eddard Stark at November 02, 2013 01:03 PM (mpTrn)

69 I was almost entirely correct.
Actually, the earth will not spin-lock with the sun, but rather the moon.
In about 6-7 billion years, according to the intertubes.

Posted by: Ian 'Go' Galt at November 02, 2013 01:08 PM (QdOC1)

Off topic but I'm going to vote for Toys in the Attic.

Posted by: Hamilton Burger at November 02, 2013 01:09 PM (wOOt3)

71 Mower Battery - dead.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at November 02, 2013 01:21 PM (aDwsi)

72 I think the fact that werewolves turn when the moon is full is just a coincidence. See, the turning is built into their biology like the menstrual cycle in women. Once a month they go into a sort of PMS. It's a well known fact that women's cycles tend to synchronize when they are herded together in a group. I think werewolves, way back when, huddled together and it just happened that they ALL went into Werewolf Monthly Syndrome at the same time, which was coincidentally at the full moon. Somehow, over many ages, this triggered a powerful association between WMS and the moon. They evolved to respond to the moon with a WMS reaction. That's my theory and I'm sticking to it.

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at November 02, 2013 01:37 PM (dfYL9)

73 CAC-- Just wanted to let you know I got the book you suggested-'Turn Left at Orion'. I do appreciate the help. My daughter will be quite pleased with it! If you come down here, I'll even have you picked up at the airport.--Thanks---rod

Posted by: rld77 a fellow traveler at November 02, 2013 03:09 PM (e9LFB)

74 The 2017 eclipse path of totality is right over where I live. And there will be another just 4 years later (different path over the US, though, but not far from where I live.

Posted by: Yancey Ward at November 02, 2013 04:14 PM (RGR0F)

75 69 I was almost entirely correct. Actually, the earth will not spin-lock with the sun, but rather the moon. In about 6-7 billion years, according to the intertubes. Posted by: Ian 'Go' Galt at November 02, 2013 05:08 PM (QdOC1) Which will be after the Sun becomes a red giant and (possibly) swallows the Earth and Moon.

Posted by: rickl at November 02, 2013 05:20 PM (sdi6R)

76 Here it is! I found it! This is a site that allows you to enter your longitude and latitude and find eclipses in the past and future. I was curious about total solar eclipses that have occurred at my location in the past, and when the next one will be. Of course, partial eclipses are common. http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/JSEX/JSEX-index.html It's a NASA site, so you better hurry up and use it before the government shuts down again. I entered my own coordinates (Philadelphia suburbs) and here is what I found: A (Annular) 10/31/1008 T (Total) 7/1/1079 T 8/22/1142 A 3/1/1234 T 7/29/1478 A 6/18/1536 A 11/13/1574 A 4/3/1791 A 9/18/1838 None at all in the 20th century. Got that? Only three total eclipses in the last 1000 years, and none since Europeans arrived in the New World. Now look at the future: T 5/1/2079 T 10/26/2144 T 4/14/2200 T 6/6/2263 Four in less than 200 years. Clearly I was born in the wrong millennium.

Posted by: rickl at November 02, 2013 05:59 PM (sdi6R)

77 And that means no total or annular eclipses between 1838 and 2079, a period of 241 years. Talk about a lull.

Posted by: rickl at November 02, 2013 06:25 PM (sdi6R)

78 Blue sky here, except for clouds exactly in the wrong place. Damn.

Posted by: rtw at November 03, 2013 03:58 AM (6zfQZ)

79 A bit of a bummer. Clouds low on the horizon, here (between DC and Baltimore). I waited it out, and the sun rose above them over 20 minutes late. It was more like <10% obscured than 35%.

Posted by: red sweater at November 03, 2013 04:02 AM (oATMN)

80 Good morning, all! Thanks for the info...my son and I saw the eclipse over the beach here in Florida this morning. Once the sun cleared the low clouds, it was easy to see. Beautiful! A great way to start the day.

Posted by: MarkW at November 03, 2013 04:34 AM (8l3kQ)

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