Looks like we’re going to get a dramatic high-% solar eclipse here tomorrow… It’s the New Moon, L-6.1, first day of the Sixth Moon. Here’s the Wiki page about it. Post in the comments here if you know exactly what time it’ll be in Seoul, advice for viewing it, speculations, etc. (HT to iwshim)
My own latest activity: yet another academic-tourism conference, but this time at a beach-resort, and yet another amazing temple found out there, with great artworks…
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It should be between 2pm and 3pm according to the NASA website. As for places to view it from… your guess is as good as mine.
Sorry, but it’s looks like you’ve made a mistake: Korean newspaper reports are saying that it starts at 9:34am in Korea and lasts about 2 and half hours, and that’s what my reading of the times from astronomy sites gives me as well.
Oops ^ ^;;;
Dang it… sorry!
damn… its gonna be raining and cloudy in jeju…
A lot of useless info out there on tomorrow’s eclipse.
Here are the basics:
If the weather is good according to the KMA, we will have some cloud and a 10% chance of rain
Seoul will get an 80% solar eclipse, if there is too much cloud it will be rubbish
It is only a partial eclipse @ 80% , don’t get too excited
I’m off work, so will try and take some pictures
The best time to view it will be at around 11:30am
I saw a total eclipse in ’99 and it was amazing. Let’s hope the weather is OK tomorrow
I think tomorrow may be a bit hazy, but we’ll see
Everything you could possibly want to know about the eclipse is at this site: http://www.eclipse.org.uk/eclipse/0412009/
The weather is shitty today. There’s also an awful lot of smog. No chances of seeing the eclipse unless the wind picks up.
According to Naver, it started in India 5 minutes ago (9:30), and it’ll be the darkest in Korea at 10:50. Even with an overcast sky, it should get dark.
http://news.naver.com/main/hotissue/read.nhn?mid=hot&sid1=105&gid=327009&cid=327011&iid=109611&oid=055&aid=0000163558&ptype=011
“Even with an overcast sky, it should get dark.”
Gee, you think?
Clearly, I was talking about viewing the eclipse itself. There are many ways to do so without looking straight at the sun (don’t say I didn’t warn you if you go blind).
The skies aren’t overcast, so I’ve been able to view the eclipse (again, don’t stare at the sun. Look up methods to view the eclipse safely on the net).
just viewed it with a pinhole in a card. awesome! not sure if it’s the near the beginning or end, but the crescent is amazing! i remember the last time i saw an eclipse was back in elementary school…very cool then, very cool now.
I caught a glimpse of it through the clouds as it begain here in Pohang, but after that it was completely overcast.
Just a little crescent on my pinhole camera. Cool, but nothing too dramatic.
The CBC just reported it – to paraphrase, it went east and north ‘….passing over China and Japan.’ No mention of the minjok’s place of residence – damn the CBC and its anti-Han stance!
It was too hazy over here in West Seoul. It was really too bright and and hazy. You need really clear skies for optimum viewing, and Seoul is nasty today. I could barely see Namsan Tower or Bukhan Mountain which are usually both clearly visable from my roof it was so muggy. I could see it by using the pinhole method, but it wasn’t very impressive.
A shame, I remember seeing the full eclipse in 1999 near Lizard Point in Cornwall and it was awe inspiring.
Got some good pictures with my camera–hope I didn’t cook the sensor (used a high shutter speed and aperture). There were some little kids outside with their teachers looking at the sun–only one of the teachers had protective glasses . . .glad they weren’t my kids (I’m hoping their teachers had more sense!).
sadly most of my students didn’t seem to know anything about it.
caught it on Dobongsan, that strange light…
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