petevasey Posted June 10, 2021 Share Posted June 10, 2021 (edited) Like many others I was clouded out for much of the time. But managed a bit of H-a as well as white light. so here are a couple of the former, one combined with a longer exposure to capture prominences. Solarview 50 with GPCAM3 178M. I was cloudy for the maximum eclipse, but also like others I was able to use a consumer camera - TZ70 on full 30x optical zoom to get a shot or two through the clouds (cropped from the full size). Cheers, Peter Edited June 12, 2021 by petevasey 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petevasey Posted June 10, 2021 Author Share Posted June 10, 2021 (edited) Just like to add: Well done everyone who managed to get images. Almost our last chance - there is another partial eclipse on October 25th 2022. Then that's our lot in the UK until 2090. And even that one is only the far South West with the line of totality out at sea and the Sun (from the land 6.3 degrees altitude at totality) setting before the end of the eclipse. So get your grandchildren involved NOW! Cheers, Peter Edited June 10, 2021 by petevasey Added details for 2090 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Felias Posted June 10, 2021 Share Posted June 10, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, petevasey said: Just like to add: Well done everyone who managed to get images. Almost our last chance - there is another partial eclipse on October 25th 2022. Then that's our lot in the UK until 2090. And even that one is only the far South West with the line of totality out at sea and the Sun (from the land 6.3 degrees altitude at totality) setting before the end of the eclipse. So get your grandchildren involved NOW! Cheers, Peter That is not quite correct, there should be a better one in 2025, and quite a few in this century. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_solar_eclipses_visible_from_the_United_Kingdom#21st_century_(AD_2001_–_2100) Edited June 10, 2021 by Felias Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petevasey Posted June 11, 2021 Author Share Posted June 11, 2021 9 hours ago, Felias said: That is not quite correct, there should be a better one in 2025, and quite a few in this century. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_solar_eclipses_visible_from_the_United_Kingdom#21st_century_(AD_2001_–_2100) 'Not quite correct'. What you really mean is 'What a load of rubbish!' 🙃 I humbly stand very much corrected. My very weak defence is this. One would think that Greenwich would have got it right! I suppose they didn't want to fill the page up. I should have spent some time looking at the eclipse charts in Skymap pro. Thanks for correcting me - maybe after all I will get another unclouded partial eclipse before my time comes. Cheers, Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu Posted June 11, 2021 Share Posted June 11, 2021 1 hour ago, petevasey said: 'Not quite correct'. What you really mean is 'What a load of rubbish!' 🙃 I humbly stand very much corrected. My very weak defence is this. One would think that Greenwich would have got it right! I suppose they didn't want to fill the page up. I should have spent some time looking at the eclipse charts in Skymap pro. Thanks for correcting me - maybe after all I will get another unclouded partial eclipse before my time comes. Cheers, Peter 😉😉 Hang in there until 2026 and it looks like there is an excellent partial eclipse in August. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petevasey Posted June 11, 2021 Author Share Posted June 11, 2021 1 hour ago, Stu said: 😉😉 Hang in there until 2026 and it looks like there is an excellent partial eclipse in August. Yep, looks pretty good - 91% for me. I'll be creaking a bit by then, just turned 83. But with any luck the following year if I'm not with the and still reasonably active and compos mentis , i'll hopefully be in the Valley of the Kings or thereabouts the day after my 84th birthday. Nice birthday present and to h*ll with the cost of travel insurance! I was sorely tempted to go to Novosibirsk in 2008 - bang on my 65th birthday. But other plans intervened, and a pretty short totality. Luxor will be very different. Cheers, Peter 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Felias Posted June 11, 2021 Share Posted June 11, 2021 3 hours ago, petevasey said: Yep, looks pretty good - 91% for me. I'll be creaking a bit by then, just turned 83. But with any luck the following year if I'm not with the and still reasonably active and compos mentis , i'll hopefully be in the Valley of the Kings or thereabouts the day after my 84th birthday. Nice birthday present and to h*ll with the cost of travel insurance! I was sorely tempted to go to Novosibirsk in 2008 - bang on my 65th birthday. But other plans intervened, and a pretty short totality. Luxor will be very different. Cheers, Peter Sounds amazing! 👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnturley Posted June 11, 2021 Share Posted June 11, 2021 (edited) 18 hours ago, petevasey said: Just like to add: Well done everyone who managed to get images. Almost our last chance - there is another partial eclipse on October 25th 2022. Then that's our lot in the UK until 2090. And even that one is only the far South West with the line of totality out at sea and the Sun (from the land 6.3 degrees altitude at totality) setting before the end of the eclipse. So get your grandchildren involved NOW! Cheers, Peter Is that correct, I can't believe that there isn't another Partial Solar Eclipse visible from the UK after October next year, until 2090. In fact surely the total eclipse that's visible from Spain and Egypt in 2026, must be visible as a partial eclipse from Britain. John John Edited June 11, 2021 by johnturley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu Posted June 11, 2021 Share Posted June 11, 2021 3 minutes ago, johnturley said: Is that correct, I can't believe that there isn't another Partial Solar Eclipse visible from the UK after October next year, until 2090. John No, not correct. There is one next year, and a much more significant one in 2026 👍👍 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astro Noodles Posted June 11, 2021 Share Posted June 11, 2021 Maybe what Peter is saying is that's the last one you will actually be able to see until 2090 because of the lousy weather. 😄 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu Posted June 11, 2021 Share Posted June 11, 2021 Actually I’ve just noticed that in 2026 there is a total eclipse visible in Iceland! Might have to plan a trip for that 👍👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johninderby Posted June 11, 2021 Share Posted June 11, 2021 (edited) 10 minutes ago, Stu said: Actually I’ve just noticed that in 2026 there is a total eclipse visible in Iceland! Might have to plan a trip for that 👍👍 Probably will coincide with a volcanic eruption. 😁 Edited June 11, 2021 by johninderby Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petevasey Posted June 11, 2021 Author Share Posted June 11, 2021 3 hours ago, Astro Noodles said: Maybe what Peter is saying is that's the last one you will actually be able to see until 2090 because of the lousy weather. 😄 Not the case I'm afraid. Just misled by the link I posted earlier. Sorry about that! But you're probably right - clouds rule OK! Cheers, Peter 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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