Looking quite good here in Perth , its 11am so here is hoping .
I have my Istar/Lunt wedge ready and a few people are coming around for a look ,,, fingers crossed .
As Brian said, Perth seems in the clear. There was some high cloud coming in from the S/SW earlier but that seems to be clearing up. At the moment its nice and sunny. I will be observing with a borrowed PST and will take plenty of photos. Hope the weather is good elsewhere.
Do you need special glasses for this partial eclipse? I didn't think you needed them for solar eclipses but someone just told me you do.
Sorry for the dumb question.
Yes you do!
You always need solar viewing glasses to look at the sun even during an eclipse. The only exception to this is for the brief period during a total eclipse when the moon is completely in front of the sun.
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Originally Posted by icytailmark
of course sydney is clouded over just like the lunar eclipse and the venus transit. Im not holding my breath in seeing the 2028 solar eclipse.
I agree Sydney has missed out on many recent astro events but I had quite good views of the transit of Venus from Sydney, sure there was patchy cloud but also plenty of clear gaps.
NW Tas is having a lovely heavy downpour, and the clouds are so thick the planes are bouncing off them. It's not about to improve apparently.
Shame because I was very keen on trying out a particular foreground too :-)
Southern Tassie slowly submerging under rain... which means it may very well be fine and sunny in 30 minutes!!
Still a half chance in Sydney for views through the high cloud rolling in, but it's marginal. Am hoping to get a view in an hour from the city. Maybe better chances NE? Adelaides cleared on the satellite, even a very small chance for areas west of about Geelong, depending on the speed of the back edge of the front and the showers behind. Very very low chance for Melbourne about sunset, but only if the sky is clear behind the front...
Lots of low cloud and some high stuff too, might be lucky with this one but only a slight partial here in Mackay. Heading out to shoal point waters estate there is a gap in the ranges that nearly go to the horizon. Pics at 6.00, hopefully. Good luck all.
