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10-09-2011, 04:48 PM
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I know of a couple of people are going to this cruise because they believe the viewing prospects will be better than the W240
http://www.pocruises.com.au/findacru...ruiseCode=J236
I'm yet to decide.
Cheers Mark
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14-09-2011, 10:54 PM
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I was watching a documentary on Discovery channel earlier this year on the Solar System and apparently the Solar Eclipse is (from what I have heard) an almost totally unique experience in the WHOLE (observable) UNIVERSE. Professional astronomers don't think it happens anywhere else. The size comparison between the sun and moon is about 400x (that is the sun is 400x bigger than the moon.) What makes it unique is that the sun also 400x further away, so the size at relative distance (what we see here on Earth) is almost a perfect fit and every 11? 12? years or so the 2 bodies match up and we get a Solar Eclipse.
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14-09-2011, 11:47 PM
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Not quite Matt. Jupiter has solar eclipses on a regular basis (almost weekly actually), Saturn during the ring plane transits has eclipses too.
An eclipse happens almost 15-18 months somewhere on the earth. Totals can be further apart but regularly somewhere ever two years.
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02-11-2011, 07:50 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Paul Haese
Not quite Matt. Jupiter has solar eclipses on a regular basis (almost weekly actually),.....
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Good point, Paul.
So I can say, come to my place tonight and I'll show you a solar eclipse!
It just happens to be on Jupiter, and involves looking away from the Sun rather than at it!!
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02-11-2011, 01:46 PM
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The ones from Jupiter would be solar occultations wouldn't they? i.e. the moon would be bigger than the sun, so you wouldn't get the unique tight fit that we get here when the moon neatly blocks the sun almost exactly?
I'll have to fire up Universe Sandbox and check it out ;^)
http://universesandbox.com/videos/
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07-11-2011, 06:25 AM
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Eclipse Cloud Cover
I plan to watch this for the next two weeks at eclipse time each morning.
http://www.bom.gov.au/products/IDE00902.loop.shtml
I will compare cloud on the the coast north of Cairns with inland locations.
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22-12-2011, 08:35 PM
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Originally Posted by glenc
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So, what are your conclusions??
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23-12-2011, 10:01 AM
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star-hopper
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Inland looks to be less cloudy.
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15-01-2012, 11:19 PM
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I've booked a place at Trinity Beach. Are any others interested in a pre-eclipse get-together?
When it comes to DSLR photography, would people go for something like an ST80 (400mm f/5) or a 500mm (f/6.3) SCT camera lens on a photo tripod? With an appropriate filter (Baader or maybe Thousand Oaks).
If it was the ST80, would I just need my Manfrotto (190XPROB) or do I have to get the CG5-ASGT out of the cupboard? (SWMBO would think taking the C8 or ED127 and G11 4,000+Km there and back beyond the pale.)
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17-01-2012, 11:49 PM
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Moving to Pandora
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good on ya Andrew im staying at Palm Cove woohoo cant wait
Yes im up for a get together with as many of us as we can either the night before or after or both
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17-01-2012, 11:53 PM
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The 'DRAGON MAN'
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Don't forget that you all have to race back for Snake Valley camp on 16th - 19th November 2012
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18-01-2012, 12:19 AM
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Moving to Pandora
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18-01-2012, 02:09 AM
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The 'DRAGON MAN'
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Nah, it's OK Jen.
Just think, you get to travel thousands of K's to see a spectacular Eclipse for a whole few minutes
Worth it to miss out on a normal old camp a whole 3 hours drive away, lasting only 4 nights and full of the same old people and maybe some new folk.
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18-01-2012, 10:00 PM
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Moving to Pandora
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19-01-2012, 05:20 AM
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Tide
For those observing the eclipse from the beach.
On 14 Nov 2012 low tide in Cairns is at 2:35 am and high tide is at 9:17 am.
http://www.bom.gov.au/oceanography/tides/MAPS/qld.shtml
SkyMapPro gives the following times for the eclipse at Cairns.
Beginning of total phase
Time: 2012 Nov 14 06:38:14
Sun's altitude: 13.6°
End of total phase
Time: 2012 Nov 14 06:40:18
Sun's altitude: 14.1°
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19-01-2012, 05:39 AM
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Cairns Cloud November 2011
http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/dwo/20...4.201111.shtml
On 14 Nov 2011 in Cairns the cloud was four 8ths at 9am.
On the 13th and 15th it was two 8ths.
Last edited by glenc; 19-01-2012 at 11:32 AM.
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22-01-2012, 10:39 AM
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Anna and I have now booked the van in at the Cairns Holiday Park from the 12th - 19th.
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09-02-2012, 09:57 PM
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Originally Posted by xstream
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Memories. We lived in that park for a year - site 79. That was 22 years ago and it looks like a bit has changed but much is the same. We'll have to drop by for old times sake.
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10-02-2012, 07:40 AM
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Sir Post a Lot!
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The family and I will be staying around Cairns for 7 nights now, instead of heading to Uluru.
The budget just couldn't extend that far.
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