JUNE 10TH - PARTIAL SOLAR ECLIPSE UK - SOME SOLAR FILTERS IN SHORT SUPPLY!

[Mark at Beaufort]

1 hour ago, steppenwolf said:

Yes indeed, Mark was very much involved in getting the show on the road. I also remember @Helen setting up a great visual resource for the youngsters.

Yes I organised the event at the Madlay Environmental Study Centre which was next to BT's International Relay Station. WE had about 700 people in attendance including many SGL members who were from the star party. The event was the 20th March 2015. I had the pleasure of being interviewed by the BBC live at the event.

A few pictures to remind you.

[Stu]

Thanks Mark! It was a wonderful day, one I shan’t ever forget. Those pictures are fabulous, must have been really great fun showing the children the eclipse. So glad they were able to see it for real!

Thanks for all your hard work organising it 👍👍

[bish]

I"ve got a white light filter for my mak but the fov is a bit too narrow to take pics with my DSLR.  Think I will get some baadar to make one for my camera lens.

[SteveWolves]

Madley was fun in 2015 thanks.

Wolverhampton A.S. are holding a members observing session this June 10th.

[Mark at Beaufort]

Nice one Steve. Hopefully one day we will meet up again.

[JamesF]

4 hours ago, Mark at Beaufort said:

we will meet again.

Some sunny day, perhaps?

James

[Pete Presland]

I have also booked it off, should be an interesting event. Fingers crossed for some clearish skies please.

[paulastro]

Only a week away, just about time to get yourself a solar filter, if you can find a suitable one in stock.

More worrying, it's close enough to start looking at your local weather forecast for the event  😄.

[John]

Forecast looks good here.

Downside is that we have family commitments now which are likely to make observing the thing difficult / impractical

Oh, well, fortunately I've seen a few other ones !

 

[paulastro]

11 hours ago, John said:

Forecast looks good here.

Downside is that we have family commitments now which are likely to make observing the thing difficult / impractical

Oh, well, fortunately I've seen a few other ones !

 

That's a shame John. When you are having your family commitment,  couldn't you get away with nipping outside wearing a pair of solar eclipse glasses?  😎

[John]

13 hours ago, paulastro said:

That's a shame John. When you are having your family commitment,  couldn't you get away with nipping outside wearing a pair of solar eclipse glasses?  😎

That's a thought - I'll keep a pair handy where ever we happen to end up.

 

[Jamgood]

On 04/05/2021 at 16:56, bish said:

I booked the day off work for this, so expect cloud. Sorry.

Me too.

[Nigella Bryant]

Forecast is clouds for me Thursday but hoping that will change. 

[johninderby]

Looking a bit iffy in Derby. 😕

[Jamgood]

On 05/06/2021 at 14:05, johninderby said:

Looking a bit iffy in Derby. 😕

Fingers crossed for a clear part in the middle of all that cloud.

[paulastro]

This is the Met Office Weather Map for Thursday at 10am which you can set for three hourly intervals.  By 1pm most of the sun in the E has gone.  On the live map you can zoom in of course.

Still 2 1/2 days to go, so it may change.  Anyway, in even the worse weather, its always possible the sun will peak out for brief periods. 🙂

PS Here's a link to the live map.

https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/public/weather/forecast/map#?map=SignificantWeather&zoom=5&lon=-4.00&lat=55.01&fcTime=1623045600

 

Edited June 7, 2021 by paulastro
Link added

[JeremyS]

4 minutes ago, paulastro said:

This is the Met Office Weather Map for Thursday at 10am which you can set for three hourly intervals.  By 1pm most of the sun in the E has gone.  On the live map you can zoom in of course.

Still 2 1/2 days to go, so it may change.  Anyway, in even the worse weather, its always possible the sun will peak out for brief periods. 🙂

 

Are you closer to the black cloud or the blue raindrop, Paul? 😞

[paulastro]

2 minutes ago, JeremyS said:

Are you closer to the black cloud or the blue raindrop, Paul? 😞

I have cloud over me.  In fact if you look at the live map it looks better - due to the increased scale.  The nearest sun to me is Sheffield, then its either Norfolk, Newcastle, Sussex or Kent.

Still, could get a clear break anywhere with a bit of luck 🙂

[Jamgood]

I got some practice in today in preparation of clear skies.  🤞