Partial Eclipse of the Sun

 

Partial Solar eclipse on Wednesday 29th March 2006

1) From the Backyard, Greater Manchester

After poor forecasts the sun came out in Greater Manchester!! 

 Tal set up - Cap with hole in it - projection screen fixed on

09:53 UT Tested it out - spotted a sunspot but no indent!

09:54 UT - found first indent in top left corner - Tal projects upside down and I was standing at the side - work it uot yourselves 8-)

Naturally the cloud dashed in for a quarter of an hour!!

Back came the sun around 10:12 UT

10:13 UT

10:19 UT

Cloud coming back 10:28 UT

Last from the projection 10:29 UT then it became too faint

Took a camera video at 10:34 UT through the BAA Solar Filter

 Here is stacked result.

Starling had been cursing on the chimney pot, wanting his breakfast - got his wish as the clouds thickened at 10:39 UT!!

 

2) Peter Grego's site at Birmingham - clouded out so Simulation for comparison and positions

09:58 took photo from webcast

10:36 UT - clouded out in Backyard now - just after video shot above

10:54 UT bite lessening

 

3) From Norwegian Astronomical Society in Turkey - thanks folks!

10:06 UT

10:43 UT

11:05 UT - Diamond Ring

 

4) From Egypt and Turkey

10:40 UT BBC News photograph from Egypt

11:00 UT from Exploratorium in Turkey

11:03 UT from NASA and Exploratorium again - thanks folks!

 

 

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