20th March 2015 Solar Eclipse Ride

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  • Anyone up for doing something for the upcoming Solar Eclipse.
    WARNING 8:20am start of the eclipse so will be an earlyish start
    20th March lets ride to a high point and watch it all unfold. Where is the highest point in London ? Needs an easterly / southerly view, clear line of sight to the horizon. 119 to 154 degrees on the compass needs to be visible.

    Here is a video of what we should expect to see given a clear sky. All times and details are given on this page.

    http://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/in/uk/london?iso=20150320

  • weather dependant
    don't think it'd be much fun if rainy and overcast

  • Primrose Hill?

  • @hairnetnic ?

  • point one of his telescopes directly at the heart of the sun and see what we can melt

  • definitely be in to this.

  • I am just going to walk up the hill to Ally Pally (which is over my back fence).
    Meet you there?

  • Primrose Hill was the first place which sprang to mind.

    Beckton Alp?

  • Thanks for the heads up. Remember seeing one of these on Brighton beach a few years ago. Really strange and fantastic. seem to remember someone using a colander to project the crescent shapes on the floor.

  • All the birds quit cheeping too.

  • Possibly but that is quite early in the morning...

    If someone wants to stump up for some Mylar I could rig a solar scope.

  • This is a goodun from a SE perspective: https://goo.gl/maps/94Xfe (Stave Hill)

  • Primrose Hill sounds ideal and is on my way to work about that time

  • I'm just checking whether Simon at the Widescreen Centre has any of the Baader film in stock. Foolishly I sold the Thousand Oaks filter I had for my C8.

  • Most things in London are ruined by something or other so this comes as no surprise really

  • cheer up mike

  • Try reading the article properly, Grumpelstiltskin... London's famous London will be fine.

  • lol
    The last one was a bit of a damp squib if I remember

  • not down in cornwall it wasn't ;-)

  • Primose Hill works for me too, although it would be closer to 9 that I'd arrive.

  • Looking forward to this going to be in Inverness on Friday so might see 95%+ eclipse.

  • When the birds stop cheeping proper eerie...

  • me too, got absolutely no memory of the last one (14 yrs ago)..

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