Total Solar Eclipse 4/8/24

[hopper68]

My former coworker and his setup for stargazing. Sure he got some good views at his home Observatory. A few years back he set up at our local 4th of July fest one of his smaller telescopes that tracked the sun across the sky and let people look for free.

 

[KJQ6945]

Some more pics

 

[Keith_Indy]

10pm traffic update. Still heavy in a few spots.

 

[Dog1]

So you saw one of the interesting things in the post.

I just noticed the other watching it again the solar panel moving to track the Sun

 

[Wanderer]

From here in B-town. My friend called me up yesterday insinuating that I should be careful during the eclipse, since apparently CERN was going to run the Large Hadron Collider today around the same time as the occlusion, and that this could possibly cause an earthquake similar to the 1811 New Madrid one. I kind of wish that had actually happened, would definitely have made this even more of a day to remember.

 

[nipprdog]

10pm traffic update. Still heavy in a few spots.

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I left Lafayette to go to Linden Consevation Club at 3:45. the northbound lane of 231 was bumper to bumper. Left LCC at 5:00, saw that 231 was still BTB. Turned right and took back roads into town, no problem.

 

[Ballstater98]

I have a massage scheduled for tomorrow. Probably going to be heavily on the neck.

 

[erasure]

 

[Alamo]

I just noticed the other watching it again the solar panel moving to track the Sun

Ok, there were THREE interesting things revealed in that vid.

 

[bcskypilot]

High school friend spends some time behind a camera...

 

[snorko]

Ok, there were THREE interesting things revealed in that vid.

I guess I was surprised Starlink sats have cameras. I just always thought of them as cheap comsats.

 

[MindfulMan]

I guess I was surprised Starlink sats have cameras. I just always thought of them as cheap comsats.

Maybe those are the new sats that they've been shooting up !

 

[tomcat13]

What Will all the Weather-Guesser talk about Now?

 

[cobber]

What Will all the Weather-Guesser talk about Now?

“Climate change”?

 

[Dog1]

Ok, there were THREE interesting things revealed in that vid.

Well I give up I looked at it five times and I don't see anything different than what I've already noticed lol

 

[Alamo]

Well I give up I looked at it five times and I don't see anything different than what I've already noticed lol

I guess I was surprised Starlink sats have cameras. I just always thought of them as cheap comsats.

Bingo!
I was surprised also, and then realized I shouldn’t have been surprised. The camera is positioned to show the solar array deployed, but it obviously covers earth as well.

There’s nearly 5000 active satellites of various versions, I wonder how many of them have cameras? That could be a lot of coverage.

 

[Dog1]

Never thought about the camera thing. I just assumed satellites had cameras

 

[BigMoose]

Indianapolis will next be in totality in 2153.

 

[Hoosier Carry]

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Indianapolis will next be in totality in 2153.

Reserving my hotel room now! I’m all about the early bird rates.

 

[BigMoose]