Talk:Solar eclipse of August 1, 2008

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Western North America and europe?

Seems a little odd and not in accord with the graphic, is it really eastern north america? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 202.63.58.240 (talk • contribs) 5 May 2006

would someone reference this to a saros series? —Preceding unsigned comment added by SiriusAlphaCMa (talk • contribs) 5 May 2006

Can we have
A link to a definition of central eclipse. Rich Farmbrough 08:36 29 August 2006 (GMT).
 * Done. CielProfond (talk) 07:39, 1 August 2008 (UTC)

General eclipse question
Generally, if willing to travel, where geographically is the best place to view an (this) eclipse? Obviously a dry place probably has a good change of clear skies. But, is it best to be in the middle of the path (in this case Russia, rather than N. Canada or S. China)? Daytime light pollution? Any other considerations? -alexgenaud

Eclipse weather predictions are rarely easy, but currently the average cloudcover for the eclipse path shows a 70 percent chance of clear skies (the highest along the path) in the area around Hami or Yiwu, China. Other areas of north China, eastern Mongolia and southern Russia are looking at 55 to 65 percent or so. Novosibirsk is in the 55-60 percent range. A good site to look at is http://home.cc.umanitoba.ca/~jander/ CapeCanaveral321 (talk) 02:29, 15 July 2008 (UTC)


 * When watching the live webcast of the eclipse via NASA TV this morning, they commented on how being in China, in the middle of an open desert, was a very good way to observe not only the eclipse itself, but also the general effect of a 360 degree "sunset" effect on the whole horizon. They seemed very excited about being able to see that.  Apparently, the one commentator had seen total eclipses before, but never in an environment that open.  Might be something to consider for July 22, 2009 if the path fallls across terrain like that.
 * Medleystudios72 (talk) 15:15, 1 August 2008 (UTC)

Removed advertisement links
I removed some external links that seem to only have a commercial intent. Although slightly doubtful, I kept the link to http://www.clocktower.demon.co.uk/eclipse2008t/index.htm despite its promoting a travel bureau near the bottom, because the rest of the page is actually very informative. – gpvos (talk) 21:35, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

Countries
Which countries will the eclipse include? How about Israel? Yonidebest Ω Talk ‏ 13:47, 31 May 2008 (UTC)

I saw ıt ın turkey —Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.184.42.94 (talk) 10:56, 7 August 2008 (UTC)

Total eclipse not visible from India
I removed India from the list of countries that will experience total eclipse, as the total eclipse corridor will not pass through it. Cosmos72 (talk) 09:33, 1 August 2008 (UTC)

"India The eclipse began in far western India(mumbai), at about 16:45 . But it was visible only for around 10 mins as the sky was covered with rain clouds and the sun was in a mood to play hide and seek."

On a related note, I've cut the above unsourced statement for tone ("hide and seek") and 10 minutes of totality as dubious (other countries listed as lasting no more than 2 minutes 27 seconds. Jon (talk) 13:14, 1 August 2008 (UTC)


 * I believe they said on NASA TV this morning that the total eclipse to happen next year, July 22, 2009, will pass through India. Perhaps that was a source of some confusion?
 * Medleystudios72 (talk) 15:17, 1 August 2008 (UTC)

shadow anomaly sighted in East Tennessee
I saw what appeared to be a shadow in the refraction of light during sunset last night!

it was also abnormally dull and dark alot sooner than usual too, will try to extrapolate photos from my phone later. Murakumo-Elite (talk) 18:08, 2 August 2008 (UTC)


 * Well that couldn't have been form the elicipse itself; according to the article the general eclipse started after 0800 UTC and ended before 1200 UTC which equates in the Summer to between 4 AM & 8 AM local time in most of East Tennesee. (Local sunrise would have been in that range not sunset). As to it being so dark, most likely the new moon. Jon (talk) 13:10, 4 August 2008 (UTC)
 * According to https://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/map/2008-august-1, the partial eclipse was only in two US states: Maine and Alaska. So it couldn't be seen in Tennessee. -- Brateevsky ( talk to me ) 19:31, 5 February 2020 (UTC)

In the image...
The east coast of North America is really, really screwed up. Can this be fixed? Zazaban (talk) 06:54, 3 August 2008 (UTC)

Gallery
Extraordinary as an eclipse is to experience, small still photos fail entirely to capture the phenomenon, and are totally non-specific. In short, when you have seen one orangey/red disc with a black disc superimposed on it, you've seen them all. I would argue that the range and ever increasing number of amateur photos in the gallery in this article add nothing of encyclopaedic value. I would be inclined to say let's have one pic of the annular effect, one of a slither of crescent, and one to illustrate partiality, but I could easily be moved by the argument that there is no way of knowing whether these pictures are actually of the 01/08/2008 eclipse, or an earlier one. Kevin McE (talk) 17:53, 3 August 2008 (UTC)

What is gamma and magnitude of a total solar eclipse?
TomyDuby (talk) 20:46, 7 August 2008 (UTC)

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