Solar Eclipse Cairns 14 Nov 2012 trip - Page 2

CoombellKid · #21 28-12-2009, 12:24 PM

Glen,

That was going to be my next Q: Croc's

Are you planning on observing from Mt Carbine?

Cheers,CS

glenc (Glen) · #22 28-12-2009, 12:35 PM

If it's fine I will observe from Mt Carbine but I might have to drive east or west to find a hole in the clouds.

glenc (Glen) · #23 28-12-2009, 12:41 PM

This map shows Rex Lookout, Oak Beach and Yule Point. http://www.derm.qld.gov.au/register/p01159ar.pdf

CoombellKid · #24 28-12-2009, 01:02 PM

How are you traveling up there.... car? fly and get renta car?

Maybe you have a good point go inland a few kms so you can travel east/west if needed.

Cheers,CS

Arthur Alchin (Arthur Alchin) · #25 28-12-2009, 02:09 PM

Is that "The last solar eclipse" that mankind will see????? Dec 2012 is the end of mankind as we know it according to the Mayans. Something like: Ka-BOOM (or similar) :-)

HolyWars · #26 29-12-2009, 12:23 AM

Am considering going....it would be a good birthday present afterall 14/11/85

circumpolar (Matt) · #27 29-12-2009, 06:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by glenc

Rex Lookout look nice. Good elevation so you can see the shadow coming across the ocean.
Looks like there is not much parking at the site though. Maybe about 50 cars

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Google Earth lat/long.
copy/paste: 16.64636S, 145.56561E

glenc (Glen) · #28 29-12-2009, 06:53 AM

Will the shadow come across the ocean?

CoombellKid · #29 29-12-2009, 06:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Arthur Alchin

Is that "The last solar eclipse" that mankind will see????? Dec 2012 is the end of mankind as we know it according to the Mayans. Something like: Ka-BOOM (or similar) :-)

The Mayan's never made that prediction.

Cheers,CS

Analog6 (Odille) · #30 29-12-2009, 01:59 PM

Liz, as I said in one of my earlier posts, many places are booked out already. Mt Carbine has only one cabin left for the eclipse. The first place I wanted is totally booked by a tour group from Japan.

Re Oak Beach - that is why initially I hoped the boathouse place would be OK, it is right on the centre line. But, bear in mind that high tide will be about an hour after the eclipse, at 2.8m on Oak Beach, so it will be up pretty high for the eclipse. The water comes right up and covers the beach, apparently.

Joe Cali did a site survey (link here and in my original post) and says the road is narrow, there are not many pull off spots and it will be high tide. This has been confirmed on the SEML (Solar eclipse mailing list on yahoo) email list I am on.

I wanted to get a group together so we could pool knowledge. Can anyone who definitely want to be notified of arrangements (which I am doing by email) PM or email me (email is enabled) and I will add you to the list. Obviously nothing much will happen until closer to the date but I will update in February once I manage to contact the van park just north of the centre line.

I'm really excited, this will be my 3rd and longest yet total eclipse, really keen to get some good photos.

jjjnettie (Jeanette) · #31 29-12-2009, 02:01 PM

They've been taking booking for a year or so now.

mswhin63 (Malcolm) · #32 30-12-2009, 02:06 AM

I am frantic now trying to organise the care of our kids before I make some bookings. It would be the first eclipse I have seen since I was in primary school.

Octane (Humayun) · #33 30-12-2009, 02:48 AM

Odille,

Count me in, please.

Regards,
Humayun

circumpolar (Matt) · #34 30-12-2009, 05:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by glenc

Will the shadow come across the ocean?

What I ment is you'll see the landscape darkening in the distance quite dramaticly near totality. I've seen documentaries showing this.
Elevation helps if you can get it.

SteveInNZ · #35 30-12-2009, 06:48 AM

It looks to me as though the bigger issue will be securing a suitable viewing site. Totality is just 14 degrees above the horizon and the partial phases lower than that. I really don't want something or someone blocking my camera at crunch time.
It's likely that the accessible viewing sites will be occupied from the night before and the morning of the eclipse isn't a good time to be searching for a new site. IMHO, somewhere to sleep is secondary to somewhere to view from.

Steve.

glenc (Glen) · #36 30-12-2009, 08:23 AM

I think the shadow will come overland from the west.

Shep · #37 30-12-2009, 11:59 AM

I've never seen a solar eclipse before and im still really green with astronomy so I have a question about the centre line of this. Will the viewing be considerably better from the centre line or will it be the same within the radius?

that_guy (Tony) · #38 30-12-2009, 04:57 PM

by 2012, i hope i can drive and have a license to go up to cairns... and hopefully have a car...

glenc (Glen) · #39 31-12-2009, 03:02 AM

Sarah, you get more time on the center line, 2 mins 8 secs on the Qld coast.
Near the edge you get about 30 secs. Cairns will get 2m 4s.

Liz · #40 31-12-2009, 08:57 AM

Some info from http://www.nas.org.au/2012_total_solar_eclipse.htm
Will be a nice early start for us

The path of the total eclipse begins close to Tor Rock in Arnhem Land, where the total eclipse will already last for 1 minute 40 seconds, and be visible over a path 126 km wide. The eclipse then moves off southeast, crossing Arnhem Land and entering the Gulf of Carpentaria; the centreline hits the coast at about Cape Grey. It hits land again close to Wallaby Island, and moves on towards Cairns, with the centreline hitting the coast between Cairns and Port Douglas at 20:39 UT. At this point the eclipse duration is about 2 minutes and 4 seconds on the centreline, and the path of totality is 143 km wide. The eclipse - which will last two minutes - will occur just after sunrise at 6.39am after which it will move out across unpopulated areas of the South Pacific.
The projected sunrise for Cairns on 13 November 2012 is a little before 5 am
Below are links showing the path...
Path of totality
http://xjubier.free.fr/en/site_pages/solar_eclipses/TSE_2012_GoogleMapFull.html
http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEgoogle/SEgoogle2001/SE2012Nov13Tgoogle.html
http://www.shindles.co.uk/eclipse2012t/index.htm
site showing weather for the area ...
http://eclipser.ca/