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ringz

ringz

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No we don't even get a sniff of this one I'm afraid. The central point of the eclipse is right out in the central south Pacific :) The eclipse starts 18.15 UTC.

I have been looking at sat24 and there seems to be quite a bit of cloud in the region so I have my fingers crossed for anyone who has travelled there.

Martyn.

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PortableAstronomer

PortableAstronomer

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No the twilight would say exactly the same in this particular case. The latitude of Norther Europe / UK combined with the current Northern hemisphere tilt towards the sun of over 20 degrees, means that the UK (overnight) comes between 70-80 degrees North relative to the ecliptic plane ; i.e. the sun only 10-20 degrees below the horizon. This high vertical position puts us, at the time of the eclipse, about 6-7000km 'North' of the eclipse centre line (on ecliptic coordinates) so even if we could see through the Earth, our 'Ecliptic-Northerly' position will make the moon appear to pass under the sun by about 1 degree.

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David Galvin

David Galvin

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Me too, is it live it says updated 16 hours ago :)

As far as I am aware it is live. There are live chats coming up on screen referring to the world cup final.

The 16 hours refers to the first test transmission. But there again I may me mistaken as I am confused over the international date line.:-)

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David Galvin

David Galvin

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Sorry but I could not get a straight link to it. Did you click on the ECLIPSE EN DIRECTO at the top of the page, then click on the red text 'live'?

It says that they will connect 5 mins before the 2nd contact (20:02 UT). Best thing is to open more then one site in case of clouds up or it looses signal.

Try LIVE ECLIPSE on USTREAM: ????????????????LIVE! ECLIPSE???2010?7?11??????12???????????????????????????????????????? around 19:45 UT as they should also be transmitting live.

I will try and get a working site listed for you as we get closer. Don't forget that when it leaves Easter Island it then heads to Chile and Argintina. check out

South America July 11, 2010 Total Solar Eclpse

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