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Why discuss an eclipse that is a year off? There is a total solar eclipse in Australia tomorrow. I hope you will show us photos, as I understand NASA will be there.

There looks like on April 8th in Niagara Falls that there will be a really cool time to have a Newlywed Honeymoon. "Oh baby, I love you soo much that I can make the Sun stop shinning and cause the stars to come out in the day time for you!"

I wonder if the park commission will turn the rainbow night lights onto the falls during the eclipse, or will that be tacky and a spoiler? Not to mention all the boats out on Lake Erie, will have an eerie time out on the water?

[quote=MarkBour post_id=330446 time=1681848360 user_id=141361]
[quote=johnnydeep post_id=330445 time=1681842436 user_id=132061]
Is it mere coincidence that the two paths seem to be at an almost exact right angle to each other?
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I'd say pretty much just a coincidence. I mean this plot is a lot like a plot of the orbits of any man-made satellite of earth, although the path is that of a shadow under a slowly-moving sun, which skews it some, and in more extreme cases can seriously alter the shape.

Here's a site I found, thanks to your question, that I think is just fantastic:
https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/
Here's a page, one of an amazing catalog, that includes the current 20 years (2021-2040):
https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEatlas/SEatlas3/SEatlas2021.GIF
capture1.gif

You want some other period? They've probably got it. Here's the atlas for the years 1561-1580:
https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEatlas/SEatlas3/SEatlas2021.GIF
capture2.gif
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Thanks. Not sure what the disclaimer at the top of the page means though:

[quote][color=#FF0040]This website is available as a resource for eclipse and transit records and information, but will not be updated. For the latest on future eclipses from NASA, please visit https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/eclipses/[/color][/quote]

No [i][b]future [/b][/i]updates for coming eclipses I suppose?

I was hoping the 'interwebs' would have stopped this by now but nope. Why discuss something that is a year away?

[quote=johnnydeep post_id=330445 time=1681842436 user_id=132061]
Is it mere coincidence that the two paths seem to be at an almost exact right angle to each other?
[/quote]

I'd say pretty much just a coincidence. I mean this plot is a lot like a plot of the orbits of any man-made satellite of earth, although the path is that of a shadow under a slowly-moving sun, which skews it some, and in more extreme cases can seriously alter the shape.

Here's a site I found, thanks to your question, that I think is just fantastic:
https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/
Here's a page, one of an amazing catalog, that includes the current 20 years (2021-2040):
https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEatlas/SEatlas3/SEatlas2021.GIF
[attachment=1]capture1.gif[/attachment]

You want some other period? They've probably got it. Here's the atlas for the years 1561-1580:
https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEatlas/SEatlas3/SEatlas2021.GIF
[attachment=0]capture2.gif[/attachment]

Is it mere coincidence that the two paths seem to be at an almost exact right angle to each other?

[quote=Case post_id=330442 time=1681804338 user_id=122925]
[quote="APOD Robot" post_id=330441 time=1681790794 user_id=128559]As a warmup, an annular solar eclipse will be [url=https://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/solar/2023-october-14]visible later this year[/url] -- in mid-October.[/quote]
[img]https://c.tadst.com/gfx/eclipses2/20231014/path2d-380.png[/img]
The October eclipse is unusually friendly to many more countries. Lots of people should be able to enjoy that one, including Central and South America.
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Thanks Case!

[quote="APOD Robot" post_id=330441 time=1681790794 user_id=128559]As a warmup, an annular solar eclipse will be [url=https://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/solar/2023-october-14]visible later this year[/url] -- in mid-October.[/quote]
[img]https://c.tadst.com/gfx/eclipses2/20231014/path2d-380.png[/img]
The October eclipse is unusually friendly to many more countries. Lots of people should be able to enjoy that one, including Central and South America.

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