Solar eclipse this Tuesday

[markse68]

Surprised it hasn’t been mentioned (maybe i missed it) but there’s a partial solar eclipse this Tuesday ~10am. Only partial 15% or so but i’ll get my PST out for it if it isn’t cloudy

https://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/in/uk/london

[JeremyS]

https://britastro.org/2022/observers-challenge-view-a-partial-solar-eclipse-on-october-25

[Elp]

Probably hasn't been mentioned because as usual we might not be able to see it.

[Captain Scarlet]

Yes I have it logged in my diary as “solar eclipse possibly slightly?” for 10-11am. But thanks for the extra reminder. Weather looks perhaps 10% likely?

 

[Nigella Bryant]

Yeah, marked in my diary, hoping we get some clear weather. I want to catch it in Cak. 

[Captain Scarlet]

This afternoon I quickly hacked together a filter to fit over my 6” Intes Mak:

 

[Paul M]

I'm in work tomorrow and have a meeting at 10.30 so combined with the weather I have very limited prospects. I'll take my eclipse glasses just in case.

Anyway, I see this eclipse happens at New Moon so at least the Moon won't interfere... 😉

[Mark at Beaufort]

15 minutes to go and I have a fairly clear sky. I set up my 6" Newt with the 13mm Ethos so I ready to go.

Okay it's not going to be a full eclipse but at least it's going to be interesting.

[markse68]

gaps in the clouds here so 🤞

and first contact- lots of big proms on display too

 

[skyhog]

Quick phone shot.... 

[markse68]

Edited October 25, 2022 by markse68

[Nigella Bryant]

It's brilliant but only used the ha scope instead because of high clouds. 

Edited October 25, 2022 by Nigella Bryant
Pic's added

[mcrowle]

I didn't expect to see anything this morning, with overcast conditions expected in the morning and heavy rain in the afternoon.

However, there were some brief gaps in the cloud - not enough to persuade me to set up the Ha scope, but I did grab my eclipse glasses and was rewarded with a great view for a few seconds around 10:50am. I hadn't checked, but I imagine that must have been close to the maximum, as a sizeable section of the Sun was hidden.

Regards, Mike.

Edited October 25, 2022 by mcrowle
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[Stu]

Cloudy and with showers here, but did managed to get quite a few looks through the scope up to around 10.40. This was my best Smartphone shot, plus a crop of the ‘bite’, I love the way you can see the uneven surface of the Moon silhouetted against the Sun.

[Nigella Bryant]

Managed a cak image after maximum partial eclipse. 

[Paul M]

Forgot my eclipse glasses this morning and has a Teams meeting splodged right in the middle of the eclipse so the images on this thread are my whole eclipse experience!

[Paul M]

Over in Eastern Russia where the umbral shadow just missed Earth there will have been a spectacular thin crescent at sunset.

 

[KP82]

Got patches of cloud in the sky but fortunately none was obscuring the Sun. Took this with the phone.

[Nigella Bryant]

Well, that was brilliant, caught it from beginning to end, that must be a first for me, lol. 

Just looked at the data, 195gb to process, lol. 

Edited October 25, 2022 by Nigella Bryant
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[wulfrun]

Well, this was the best I got, shot through cloud but you can *just* make out a sunspot.

Crop

 

[Elp]

Great shots here. Typical, overcast up until it was over, now the sun's out.

[PeterStudz]

Managed to see it with my daughter in Southampton. Clouds coming and going. And it chucked it down just after we packed up. Pictures taken with an iPhone 12. 

[Stephenstargazer]

East  Midlands: Clear for nearly whole eclipse but had to shift position, due to trees. Watched through wedge and 60mm scope. Set up outside the garden and view was shared with 2 neighbours and 5 walkers on the public footpath. Timed at 10.06 - 11.50am. 4 sunspot groups.  Good show 🙂

Edited October 25, 2022 by Stephenstargazer

[DaveS]

The best I could do. Crop from my phone. Cloud chasing.

[Stu]

1 hour ago, wulfrun said:

Well, this was the best I got, shot through cloud but you can *just* make out a sunspot.

Crop

 

I see two! 👍👍