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APOD: Map of Total Solar Eclipse Path in... (2023 Apr 18)
Posted: Tue Apr 18, 2023 4:06 am
by APOD Robot
Map of Total Solar Eclipse Path in 2024 April
Explanation: Would you like to see a total eclipse of the Sun? If so, do any friends or relatives live near the
path of next April's eclipse? If yes again, then you might want to arrange a well-timed visit.
Next April 8, the path of a
total solar eclipse will cross
North America from western
Mexico to eastern
Canada, entering the
USA in southern
Texas and exiting in northern
Maine. All of North America will
experience the least a
partial solar eclipse.
Featured here is a map of the
path of totality. Many people who have seen a total solar eclipse
tell stories about it for the rest of their lives. As a warmup, an
annular solar eclipse will be
visible later this year -- in mid-October.
Re: APOD: Map of Total Solar Eclipse Path in... (2023 Apr 18)
Posted: Tue Apr 18, 2023 7:52 am
by Case
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.
Re: APOD: Map of Total Solar Eclipse Path in... (2023 Apr 18)
Posted: Tue Apr 18, 2023 2:06 pm
by orin stepanek
Case wrote: ↑Tue Apr 18, 2023 7:52 am
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.
Thanks Case!
Re: APOD: Map of Total Solar Eclipse Path in... (2023 Apr 18)
Posted: Tue Apr 18, 2023 6:27 pm
by johnnydeep
Is it mere coincidence that the two paths seem to be at an almost exact right angle to each other?
Re: APOD: Map of Total Solar Eclipse Path in... (2023 Apr 18)
Posted: Tue Apr 18, 2023 8:06 pm
by MarkBour
johnnydeep wrote: ↑Tue Apr 18, 2023 6:27 pm
Is it mere coincidence that the two paths seem to be at an almost exact right angle to each other?
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/S ... as2021.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/S ... as2021.GIF
Re: APOD: Map of Total Solar Eclipse Path in... (2023 Apr 18)
Posted: Tue Apr 18, 2023 8:19 pm
by hypatia
I was hoping the 'interwebs' would have stopped this by now but nope. Why discuss something that is a year away?
Re: APOD: Map of Total Solar Eclipse Path in... (2023 Apr 18)
Posted: Tue Apr 18, 2023 8:20 pm
by johnnydeep
MarkBour wrote: ↑Tue Apr 18, 2023 8:06 pm
johnnydeep wrote: ↑Tue Apr 18, 2023 6:27 pm
Is it mere coincidence that the two paths seem to be at an almost exact right angle to each other?
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/S ... as2021.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/S ... as2021.GIF
capture2.gif
Thanks. Not sure what the disclaimer at the top of the page means though:
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/
No
future updates for coming eclipses I suppose?
Re: APOD: Map of Total Solar Eclipse Path in... (2023 Apr 18)
Posted: Tue Apr 18, 2023 9:16 pm
by De58te
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?
Re: APOD: Map of Total Solar Eclipse Path in... (2023 Apr 18)
Posted: Tue Apr 18, 2023 10:40 pm
by Wils
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.
