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Started by Hal Repasky
Tue, 03 May 1994 16:33
Re: eclipse
Author: Hal Repasky
Date: Tue, 03 May 1994 16:33
Date: Tue, 03 May 1994 16:33
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This forwarded from another news group!.....Hal Repasky
NO! NEVER LOOK DIRECTLY AT THE SUN, ESPECIALLY THROUGH A
CAMERA, TELESCOPE, OR BINOCULARS. STARING DIRECTLY AT THE SUN,
EVEN WITH THE NAKED EYE, CAN CAUSE SEVERE AND PERMANENT EYE
DAMAGE, EVEN DURING AN ECLIPSE! SUNGLASSES, EXPOSED FILM, AND
SMOKED GLASS DO NOT PROVIDE ADEQUATE PROTECTION! An image of
the sun may be safely projected on to a white piece of paper
from a pinhole, binoculars, or a telescope; but, DO NOT, under
any circumstances, look through them directly at the sun!
Special filters for safely viewing the sun may be available at
your local science or telescope store.
Where?
Some part of this eclipse will be visible throughout North
America, eastern Europe, northwest Africa, the north Atlantic
ocean, and parts of the eastern Pacific Ocean. Most of these
areas will see a partial eclipse of the sun. Observers along
an approximately 120 mile wide path reaching from southeast of
the Hawaiian Islands across northwest Mexico, southeast New
Mexico, northwest Texas and Oklahoma, Missouri, Illinois,
southeast Michigan, northwest Ohio, southern Ontario, New York,
and across New England will see the annular aspect of the
eclipse. Places in Virginia will only see a partial eclipse
where the moon will cover about 75% of the sun's disk.
When?
Tuesday, May 10, 1994. E.D.T. times of key events in Virginia
are:
Maximum % of
City Starts Maximum Ends sun eclipsed
.
Alexandria 11:39 am 1:26 pm 3:14 pm 80 %
Arlington 11:39 am 1:26 pm 3:14 pm 80 %
Bristol 11:25 am 1:10 pm 3:02 pm 76 %
Charlottesville 11:35 am 1:22 pm 3:11 pm 78 %
Chesapeake 11:41 am 1:28 pm 3:16 pm 79 %
Danville 11:31 am 1:18 pm 3:08 pm 74 %
Hampton 11:39 am 1:27 pm 3:15 pm 73 %
Lynchburg 11:33 am 1:19 pm 3:09 pm 76 %
Newport News 11:38 am 1:26 pm 3:15 pm 73 %
Norfolk 11:39 am 1:27 pm 3:16 pm 73 %
Petersburg 11:36 am 1:24 pm 3:13 pm 75 %
Portsmouth 11:39 am 1:27 pm 3:15 pm 73 %
Richmond 11:37 am 1:24 pm 3:13 pm 76 %
Roanoke 11:31 am 1:17 pm 3:07 pm 77 %
Virginia Beach 11:39 am 1:28 pm 3:16 pm 72 %
Re: eclipse
Author: Laurent Hodges
Date: Sat, 07 May 1994 02:26
Date: Sat, 07 May 1994 02:26
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A very nice and simple way to view the eclipse is to use a round paper
punch to punch several holes in an index card. Let the sun be projected
through the holes onto the ground or a sidewalk or anything else.
Or use anything else with round holes, such as a metal colander we own.
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