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Eclipse watchers in America on April 8th.
BillyO:
Nice photos!
It was just very cloudy where I am. We were supposed to get a 96.5% eclipse, but all we got was a moderately darkened cloudy sky. It's amazing how much light 3.5% of the sun's area still casts.
vad:
--- Quote from: Circlotron on April 09, 2024, 12:19:50 am ---I wonder of anyone reported seeing a star that is slightly behind the sun, but visible because of space time curvature caused by the sun's mass / gravity.
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I noticed that, but I thought it was a solar flare. Was it really a star? If so, which star was it?
vad:
--- Quote from: BillyO on April 09, 2024, 01:36:08 am ---Nice photos!
It was just very cloudy where I am. We were supposed to get a 96.5% eclipse, but all we got was a moderately darkened cloudy sky. It's amazing how much light 3.5% of the sun's area still casts.
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We drove from Boston to Jackman, ME, which was almost on the centerline. The skies were clear, and the totality was absolutely worth the 4+7 hours in traffic.
jpanhalt:
--- Quote from: Circlotron on April 09, 2024, 12:19:50 am ---I wonder of anyone reported seeing a star that is slightly behind the sun, but visible because of space time curvature caused by the sun's mass / gravity.
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I saw a bright spot in pictures taken over the Cleveland skyline and toward lake Erie. It seemed too bright to be a star. My impression was Venus. Here's what Google says:
--- Quote ---While totality is the main event, a few dots of light were also visible in the sky near the eclipse, belonging to Jupiter, Venus, Mars and the faint light from Saturn.
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vad:
So it wasn't a star or a planet; rather, it was a prominence - a massive ejection of plasma, forming a rainbow-like shape, tethered by powerful magnetic fields.
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/red-dots-around-total-solar-eclipse-explained/
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