For those interested in a solar eclipse medal, here's a link to the real thing
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Use the widget to find the closest place near you where totality will be visible. This is a rare and beautiful celestial event - something remembered for a lifetime. And--- it's easier to photograph than a coin!
http://www.skyandtelescope.com/2017-total-solar-eclipse/total-partial-solar-eclipse-widget/
Later, you can compare medalic version with what you saw.
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I get 65% where I am in Texas. Not bad!
Yeah, all I need are some matches, and I'll be all set for a Mark Twain novel!
I get 59% in socal.
I heard an airline is doing an "Eclipse Flight" from Seattle to St. Louis (and I guess back again) serving cosmic cocktails along the way. If I lived in Seattle I might think about doing it.
93% in North Carolina.
Don't quote me on that.
90.07%
80% in N.E. Ohio.
My wife will be travelling to NC with our grandson and nieces, the southern border is in 'the path of totality'. (think that's where they're going)
They have a nice itinerary planned, including visiting the Smithsonian, VA beach and who knows where else!
I will be enjoying a quiet week with Wulfie, my German Shepherd, and Thor, my Doberman.
I have a friend in Tennessee that owns a farm that's going to be 100%.
Don't know if I'll be able to make it down there, though...
A group of amateurs has organized an eclipse movie recording from beginning to end along the path of totality. See "The Citizen Continental-America Telescopic Eclipse Experiment."
I wonder of there are analogous numismatic opportunities out there?
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Huh. I thought eclipses east to west.
I will have slightly over 80% here in Florida. My mom in southwest NC will have about 100%.
For the last Solar Eclipse, I was living on the beach and was prepared. As far as photographing the eclipse being easier than photographing a coin, I would disagree but you really have to know what the heck you are doing! In order to capture what I call my "Pac-Man Sunset" in 2014, I bracketed 11 different shots in order to have all parts of the finished product properly exposed. I then carefully combined these images with Photoshop in what most would call an HDR image. This really replicates what the human eye is capable of seeing...except you don't want to be staring at the sun. For this Solar Eclipse, I will happily settle for 80% and hope to find another good location to photograph it from. I might go back to the beach, I'm not sure yet.
"Pac-Man Sunset" from October 23, 2014.
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85% Magnitude in OKC. You might want to check this one out on 21 Aug 2017 (mark your sundials)...there are not too many during the 21st Century in North America;
https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/8889767/21stCenturyNorthAmericanEclipses.png
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If I can live until 2045, I will have one move right over Florida. Pretty cool. Hopefully the weather will be clear.
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Very close to totality where I live in KY, but my in-laws in TN are in the totality path, so we are headed there. I already have glasses bought, and stamps, and a Daniel Carr coin too! I'm pretty pumped.
If you really wanna see it and want to drive to a good location;
http://media.mlive.com/us-world-news/photo/drive-time-eclipsejpg-b218d99b1418fcf6.jpg
Estimated magnitudes for your area in North America;
https://img.purch.com/h/1000/aHR0cDovL3d3dy5zcGFjZS5jb20vaW1hZ2VzL2kvMDAwLzA2MC81NDUvb3JpZ2luYWwvc29sYXItZWNsaXBzZS1wYXRoLmpwZw==
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95.6% here in Pinehurst, NC and am considering driving a little south for totality.
With my luck lately, it will be a cloudy day.
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Franklin, NC seems like a great spot to be.
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I'm right in the path!
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I'm in Vancouver, WA with a 98.8%. If I drive 40 miles south, I could be in totality. But, from what I am hearing, the traffic on that day is supposed to be of nightmare proportions. I think mostly because of us being in the first landfall category. So I'm still trying to decide whether it will be worthwhile to make a trip.
I'll be waiting here in Florida for the August, 2045 event ~ It will be shortly after my 99th Birthday !
I will have total eclipse for 1 minute and 16.9 seconds. Should be pretty cool but with my luck I am sure it will be raining.
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I sure hope it's clear. Is always cloudy or raining for every meteor shower.
Big one coming up, 12-Aug.
The Perseids.
97.63% over my back deck. Not convinced a hectic drive 60 to 80 miles north would be worth the trip.
it's crackers to slip a rozzer the dropsy in snide
Almost goes right over my place here in Oregon. People are going Nutso out here. Hmmm.
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Here's another solar eclipse medal.......holographic to boot!
67.5% for me..... and I might live to see one more..... @oih82w8...Great charts... Thanks for posting those... Cheers, RickO
Presuming much of Florida has not sunk under the waves...
It will be!
Having witnessed total, near total and partial eclipse events I emphasize that nothing less compares to a total event.
It is worth whatever effort you need to go through to see totality...believe me.
Total is magnitudes better than even 90%...vastly superior to experience total darkness.
Best to all!
That settles it, North GA here I come
it's crackers to slip a rozzer the dropsy in snide
It's happening on my 60th birthday and I plan/hope to be where the sun is eclipsed by the moon. Like that medal Lakesammman!
Here's an update and prediction of what might be seen during totality.
http://www.skyandtelescope.com/astronomy-news/sun-corona-during-totality/
96% coverage here, farm to the southwest will be 99%, my forecast prediction, overcast.
Eclipse Mania continues! I saw these and had to get a sheet. Not a coin, but it could have been!
Total Eclipse of the Sun (Forever 49¢ | Sheet of 16)
It mostly works...
Interesting. Would have been especially nice if the corona were the typical light yellows, white helmet streamers, magenta near the 'surface' and red prominences, etc.
If it's cloudy (like it is here, story of my life):
nasa: NASA TV Public Channel
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where & for how long will the Post Office offer those stamps? Just in post office branches in the Path of Totality? If people buy/save them, I wonder how long the thermochromic ink properties will remain viable?
If you click on the link it'll take you to the USPS store. It looks like they still have them. Face Value plus $1.25 shipping.
The ink will probably last longer than the value of the stamp...
If humans had wide dynamic range vision this is what Monday’s eclipse might have looked like. Similar image processing can be used with coins to produce images that closely resemble what we can see.
[Photo by rsackett00, Cape Girardeau, MO, August 21, 2017 at 1:21 pm CDT, Stellarvue 60mm f/5.5 refractor and Canon 60D camera. High dynamic range composite processed to bring out coronal streamers and earthshine on moon.]