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Total Eclipse
By: Jack Date: January 31, 2018, 4:44 am
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I let Chandler and Bruce spend the night last night, both
because they're both really well behaved, and because they're
cliff-dwellers. Neither of them would be able to see the
eclipse very well from their apartments.
I was about to start waking the boys, so they could see the
start of the penumbral eclipse, then go back to bed for a while,
but of course we have heavy cloud cover this morning. I think
I'm just going to wake the older boys (Parker and Ethan and
Chandler and Bruce), then I'll let things go for a bit before I
decide on waking anyone else. If we had a good view, I wouldn't
have a problem with them being a little tired for one school day
to see something like this.
We did have some warm milk and try to go to bed a bit early last
night, so I'll wake them in an hour or so anyway, which will
still be about the time the actual eclipse starts.
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Re: Total Eclipse
By: Adric Date: January 31, 2018, 5:55 am
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The sky is completely clear here and the "blue" moon is very
bright. The eclipse just started a few minutes ago. It'll be
awhile before it gets very interesting.
Update at 6:55 a.m. CST - It's pretty well covered now except
for a little brighter area at the bottom.
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Re: Total Eclipse
By: Jack Date: January 31, 2018, 11:14 am
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On the one hand, it wasn't cloudy at all - we had a great view.
On the other hand, the penumbral eclipse was a total wash - it
never did get red in the least. I let the younger kids sleep
in. As a matter of fact, it was so bad that the oldest four
(Ethan, Parker, Chandler, and Bruce) rode up to QT to get
cappuccinos and pastries (though I made them eat a real
breakfast before loading up on junk food).
Yeah, the actual eclipse was much better and everyone was up for
most of that.
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Re: Total Eclipse
By: David M. Katz Date: February 5, 2018, 2:28 pm
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I gave this eclipse a pass.
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Re: Total Eclipse
By: Zyngaru Date: February 5, 2018, 9:17 pm
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[quote author=David M. Katz link=topic=368.msg3494#msg3494
date=1517862485]
I gave this eclipse a pass.
[/quote]
I didn't try seeing this one either. They said here it would
happen close to the horizon so we would need to be up high
without any obstructions to be able to see it. So it wasn't
worth the effort.
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Re: Total Eclipse
By: Jack Date: February 6, 2018, 4:10 am
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It was funny, because we actually lost it in the rising sun,
before it went below the horizon. At about 7:30 or so, the sky
was so light that you couldn't really make out the eclipsed
moon. We did get a good look at the shadow blocking it out.
Things were a bit hectic for us that morning, but we managed to
get everyone cleaned up and fed and to school on time. I did
have some sleepyheads that evening, but I think it was good for
them to get to see it.
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