Solar Eclipse - 20th March 2015

[Myachii]

On 20th March there will be a Solar Eclipse taking place, which will be visible for all of Europe and a portion of Asia and Africa.

The closest areas with large populations to be affected are the North of England and Scotland, and all of Greenland. It will also be very visible in the north of Finland, Sweden and Norway.

How close are you guys to it?

Click here for a video on the visibility from London, UK, and to search for the visibility from your location.

 

[Iggy]

Far away from it :/

 

[LNZ]

If you live in the US, you will get a solar eclipse in August 2017, the first one on the mainland US since 1979. And an other one in the mainland US in 2024.

And if you live in Australia, you will have to wait to July 2028 for one. But the wait will worth it. The centre line of totality will pass directly over Sydney.

 

[Cubenovice]

We're only getting to 83% here in Belgium...

I'll be at my daugters's school with my telescope to allow all the kids to get a close, safe look.

 

[Tony Fisher]

How close are you guys to it?

About 238,900 miles.
Seriously though I am in the 90% zone. It's at 9.33am though so I might not be up.

 

[unsolved]

About 238,900 miles.

That's the moon. You might want to rethink the answer in the 93,000,000 mile range

 

[Berd]

Oooo I might see this; exiting!

 

[Randomno]

Oooo I might see this; exiting!

Where are you exiting from?

 

[Berd]

Where are you exiting from?

From this forum after that spelling misstake... :/

 

[TDM]

spelling misstake...

Not sure if that's a joke or not

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This eclipse is happening in one of our physics lessons, so our physics teacher is letting us go out and see it

 

[fabdabs1234]

Pretty cool. plus I live in England so I get a pretty good view

 

[CiaranBeahan]

it's covering 80% of the sun in Ireland. It will start at half 8 in the morning. The darkest will be for 20 minutes between 20 past 9 and 20 to 10.

 

[Berd]

Not sure if that's a joke or not

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This eclipse is happening in one of our physics lessons, so our physics teacher is letting us go out and see it

Yeah it was intenttional


I should be seeing it too!

 

[TDM]

Gotta love English weather. Nothing but clouds as far as I can see. Has the sun even risen yet? I can't tell...

 

[Berd]

Gotta love English weather. Nothing but clouds as far as I can see. Has the sun even risen yet? I can't tell...

This is ridiculous.

 

[Tony Fisher]

Overcast and no view whatsoever.

That's the moon. You might want to rethink the answer in the 93,000,000 mile range

I know it's the moon! The moon is what makes the eclipse.

 

[TDM]

We had a small area clear that let us see it for about half an hour, but we got bored after 15 minutes, and we had to go back to a lesson. I looked at it for longer than I should have done; I'm probably going to wake up tomorrow blind.

But it wasn't really that exciting, because to me, it just looked like the moon, except sideways.

 

[Randomno]

It got darker, it got lighter. BRB waiting for next one.

 

[SenorJuan]

It was the usual weather-induced disappointment here in the South of the U.K. 85% coverage by the moon, 100% coverage by a load of clouds. Rubbish. It was a bit dark and overcast at 8 a.m, and a bit darker and overcast at 9:30.

 

[~Adam~]

The BBC coverage said The Moon was 400 times closer than The Sun =(

I booked the day off of work, woke up at 8:30, saw the ridiculous cloud cover and went back to sleep.