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[*] posted on 5-19-2012 at 03:23 PM
Annular eclipse event at UABC campus Ensenada


Hi,

Got an e-mail from the public outreach coordinator of the instituto de Astronomia in Ensenada. If anyones in Ensenada tomorrow later in the day they will be having activities (presumably with solar filters and perhaps a few solar scopes) at the UABC campus.

You can read about it here:

http://bufadora.astrosen.unam.mx/indexeda.html

Carlos also told me this for the 5th of June Venus transit:

There will be
even some tv cameras there as we will have simultaneous events
in SPM, Ensenada and Los Cabos in Baja South


could be fun and interesting!

cheers

Mike

[Edited on 5-19-2012 by astrobaja]




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[*] posted on 5-19-2012 at 05:21 PM


I view the event this way. Punch a 1/4" hole in a piece of paper or cardboard. Use a punch to make it perfect. Hold it away from a dark surface so that the sunlight shines through making a perfect little circle. The eclipse will show perfectly. The kids will love it.

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[*] posted on 5-19-2012 at 05:37 PM


Too bad I won't be at SSPM to view this event. I know it will be more fun in Mexico!



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[*] posted on 5-19-2012 at 06:06 PM


I gotta figure out how to make a perfect 1/4" hole. This i am not going to miss. Thank you.



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[*] posted on 5-19-2012 at 10:59 PM


If you can't see it from where you are you can watch it online. They are saying you can even take your own photos online via this website, that's pretty cool!
The website
http://events.slooh.com/
The article I read this in
http://www.space.com/15749-solar-eclipse-online-viewing-may2...
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[*] posted on 5-20-2012 at 07:30 AM


Quote:
Originally posted by DavidE
I gotta figure out how to make a perfect 1/4" hole. This i am not going to miss. Thank you.


Does not need to be 1/4". Can be much smaller. Just push a sharp pencil through a piece of paper. Try to make a neat hole. Hold far enough away from another surface so that a spot of light comes into focus. Watch as the moon passes.
http://www.hartrao.ac.za/other/eclipse2002/pinhole.html

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