I trust Brent's calculations. That adds another wrinkle to the annular photo problem. Was counting on a decent amount of light from the "ring of fire" to be sufficient to light up the surrounding geological features. If the ring is going to be minimal, that may make any wide angle photo too dark. Of course, I'll still try, but dang. It could just mean longer exposure times. We are going to have four minutes, but those four minutes go pretty fast at times like these. A nyone planning on taking pictures should make note of this. AND if it is going to be so small, MAYBE there might be a slight corona as well as b ailey's beads - maybe a diamond ring? Was ruling out taking my scope because as the contact points are interesting, the photos aren't too exciting. Well, it could be if sunspot group1479 is still visible. The moon covering the group little by little would be an interesting effect in a picture. (Video would be better) The super moon is another issue I'd like to hear from people on the board about. If the moon was at perigee on May 6th, how can it be making an annual eclipse two weeks later (Q.E.D. notwithstanding lol). I'm sure its a complicated geometric configuration, but I'm having a little problem envisioning it. If the moon will almost cover the sun, that helps with the geometry. Your thoughts anyone?
Joan: The calendar section in the Observer's Handbook list lists the date and distances for lunar perigees and apogees. Sure enough the apogee is about a day before the eclipse. DT ________________________________ From: "jcarman6@q.com" <jcarman6@q.com> To: Utah Astronomy <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Wednesday, May 9, 2012 11:02 AM Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Annular but not by much I trust Brent's calculations. That adds another wrinkle to the annular photo problem. Was counting on a decent amount of light from the "ring of fire" to be sufficient to light up the surrounding geological features. If the ring is going to be minimal, that may make any wide angle photo too dark. Of course, I'll still try, but dang. It could just mean longer exposure times. We are going to have four minutes, but those four minutes go pretty fast at times like these. A nyone planning on taking pictures should make note of this. AND if it is going to be so small, MAYBE there might be a slight corona as well as b ailey's beads - maybe a diamond ring? Was ruling out taking my scope because as the contact points are interesting, the photos aren't too exciting. Well, it could be if sunspot group1479 is still visible. The moon covering the group little by little would be an interesting effect in a picture. (Video would be better) The super moon is another issue I'd like to hear from people on the board about. If the moon was at perigee on May 6th, how can it be making an annual eclipse two weeks later (Q.E.D. notwithstanding lol). I'm sure its a complicated geometric configuration, but I'm having a little problem envisioning it. If the moon will almost cover the sun, that helps with the geometry. Your thoughts anyone? _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Send messages to the list to Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com The Utah-Astronomy mailing list is not affiliated with any astronomy club. To unsubscribe go to: http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Then enter your email address in the space provided and click on "Unsubscribe or edit options".
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