Either that or stay home and kiss your sister. Annular eclipses are fun but nothing like a total.
I don't have the bone in my head that demands a perfectly concentric
condition for an annular eclipse. I'll stick to the centerline for a total eclipse, but for an annular, not being exactly on centerline doesn't detract from either the visual, or photographic spectacle.
In fact, as an artist (yes I was a real, bona-fide artist in a former life), I would avoid a perfectly concentric condition if imaging.
My 2 cents.
On 7/21/10, Patrick Wiggins <paw@wirelessbeehive.com> wrote:
The 9 degree figure refers to how high the Sun will be in the sky at the end of annularity.
Here are data for the Sun's height from your location:
Start of partial eclipse 23.3° Start of annular eclipse 10.1° End of annular eclipse 9.3°
Now let's just hope the weather cooperates. :)
patrick
On 21 Jul 2010, at 23:04, David Rankin wrote:
So, say the weather actually cooperates and this happens. I can see we are in the last 10 minute interval before sunset and they are showing the eclipse ending in Texas. We will only have 9 degrees to work with?
Thanks
David
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