confused of chalus Posted March 14, 2015 Share Posted March 14, 2015 Will we be able to see anything of next Friday morning's solar eclipse which I gather will be viewable in the UK around 9.30am (their time)? I am in the south of the limousin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idun Posted March 14, 2015 Share Posted March 14, 2015 http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEgoogle/SEgoogle2001/SE2015Mar20Tgoogle.htmlAt best we'll see a partial in the UK. We did go to see the full eclipse in 1999, a sight I can still see if I close my eyes. Quite remarkable and a partial just would not do it for me. For anyone who hasn't seen one, it is the corona that makes a full eclipse so amazing, just breathtaking, all goes darkish, the birds stop singing and there is a quiet. Doesn't last long, but worth seeing at least once in a lifetime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gardengirl Posted March 15, 2015 Share Posted March 15, 2015 I understand that it will be visible from the south of England, given a clear morning, and will be better the further north you are, as it's a total eclipse in Svalbard (Norway) and the Faroe Islands. In the London area it should begin at 08.25, be at its best at 09,31 and end at 10.41.I too remember the eclipse of 1999 well and thought it amazing; we specially planned the end of our French trip to be in the north of France and drove to a motorway aire not far from Amiens, on the path of the eclipse, joining hundreds of others. Lorries were parked there for many hours as they weren't allowed on motorways for hours before and afterwards. We had folding chairs and a good bottle of whisky, and all around us were other families ready to enjoy and celebrate. The darkening was strange, and the silence too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pomme Posted March 15, 2015 Share Posted March 15, 2015 Especially as it will only be a partial eclipse in France, don't try to look at it directly at the sun if you value your eyesight. Either special darkened lenses or project an image and view that.In 1999 friends travelled over from the UK specially to see the total eclipse. We took a couple of hours to drive further north to what appeared on a map to be a good spot, All we saw were clouds and one or two brief hazy views when the clouds were a bit thinner..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mogs Posted March 15, 2015 Share Posted March 15, 2015 Anyone know if it's possible to buy the special glasses in France, and if so where?What's the best way to project an image? (I never was very good at science or physics). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay Posted March 16, 2015 Share Posted March 16, 2015 [quote user="mogs"]Anyone know if it's possible to buy the special glasses in France, and if so where?What's the best way to project an image? (I never was very good at science or physics).[/quote]I will be use my welding glasses (Lunettes De Soudage) about 9€ from BricoDepot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pickles Posted March 16, 2015 Share Posted March 16, 2015 [quote user="mogs"]Anyone know if it's possible to buy the special glasses in France, and if so where?What's the best way to project an image? (I never was very good at science or physics).[/quote]At its simplest, just a piece of card with a small hole in it, held in one hand and a piece of white paper in the other hand to project the image onto.During the partial eclipse mentioned earlier, in the north of England it was interesting to see that where the sunlight filtered through trees with leaves on them, the illuminated spots on the ground under the trees became crescent-shaped. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pierre ZFP Posted March 16, 2015 Share Posted March 16, 2015 Another safe way to look at the eclipse is to look at it's reflection in a bowl/bucket of water.I too went to see the total eclipse in Amiens and I would have been getting on a plane to Iceland or somewhere if I could have actually got my act together Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powerdesal Posted March 16, 2015 Share Posted March 16, 2015 We were in Germany ( Munster ) for the 1999 eclipse, my abiding memory of that is the very eerie quality of light. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mogs Posted March 16, 2015 Share Posted March 16, 2015 Thanks to all for replies.I bought Science et vie magazine today which has a set of special glasses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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