When does the eclipse start in Calgary?

[freedogger]

And don't stare at it!

[Knut]

6:30

[Wormius]

Any chance of the clouds parting?

[To Be Quite Honest]

Originally Posted by Wormius

Any chance of the clouds parting?

I'll ask JC if his Dad is up for it.

[CaptainCrunch]

Don't think its gonna be clear enough to get a retina searing look at it.

[Drury18]

Might not be retina searing but it's definitely brighter then it should be when it's this cloudy.

[photon]

Originally Posted by Drury18

Might not be retina searing but it's definitely brighter then it should be when it's this cloudy.

Eclipses are supposed to be darker, not brighter.

[jayswin]

lol

[Drury18]

Yea that confused me too because we should be blacked out right now and yet it looks really bright outside.

I know it's annular eclipse but it should still have been a little dark.

[MRCboicgy]

the cool part will be the shadows being very crisp

[Wormius]

Looks good now. Quickly built the shoebox viewer. Also did about 3 pairs of sunglasses, looks better.

[Northendzone]

Came in here expecting a Uranus joke, leaving disappointed.

[photon]

Originally Posted by Drury18

Yea that confused me too because we should be blacked out right now and yet it looks really bright outside.

I know it's annular eclipse but it should still have been a little dark.

Even though it's an annular eclipse, we're not even getting full coverage here, just a portion (75%)

It changes so slowly though that it's hard to tell without the really distinctive full eclipse, I mean in the winter we probably get even less light than with this 75% eclipse, but we still see that as daytime.

Fortunately the big cloud moved out of the way right before maximum so my pinhole projector worked quite well.

75% eclipse, next one not for a decade or something, and no one around me even knew about it let alone were out to watch.

[TurnedTheCorner]

That's because eclipses are boring, brah

[SebC]

Apparently there's a transit of Venus June 5th... last one until 2117. I just learned this today. Wonder if there's still enough time to order a solar filter.

[photon]

What would you need to see that, anything below a telescope work?

EDIT: Looks like it. Neat!

[TheCommodoreAfro]

Here's a shot of the eclipse from Japan (this am). A bit cloudy, but added to the mood: