@@allisoncarlin3124 I took an intro quantum physics class in college, but that was a long time ago. I always gravitated (no pun intended) to space physics and astronomy, but I admit I have watched quite a few episodes of PBS Space Time on the topics over the past few years. (Plus I've read a smattering of pop-science type articles about it.). So I'd say I find it interesting, but I only have a high level knowledge of it.
I wasn't sure if an old welding mask would work. I know they block UV, but I wasn't 100% sure if it was sufficient, or if they blocked enough IR. According to one article I found, they said if it's shade level #12 and less than 3 years old it's ok. (I guess to make sure the filtering hasn't deteriorated?).
I'm in the path but, who knows what the weather will be that day. I'm in Ohio. I already bought a multipack of the certified glasses. I hope everyone stays safe.
Hopefully it will be clear for you! I'm not actually on the center line, but I'm less than 200 miles from it, so I was planning on driving to it. (I didn't even try to get a hotel ahead of time, as I assumed I could just drive.) I expect once we get down to about a week out, the weather forecast will get to the point where we have a little idea of how things will be. That's basically what I ended up doing in 2017.
I bought a ten pack of the certified glasses and hopefully it will be clear but, not going to be disappointed as it will be shown on media later. I just remember as a child my mom saying we had to come in the house and not look at the sun in the early 60's. Yes, I'm old but that was something I remembered from my childhood. @@erewhon42
Am I missing something? The sun and moon travel east to west along on the same path so how can there be a shadow running in a somewhat north and south path as is the prediction for the April eclipse? Doesn't seem right to me.
That's a good question! Here's a hopefully not too long of an explanation. The sun's path across the sky defines the ecliptic, which is the plane of earth's orbit around the sun. Now, the earth is tilted relative to that. 23.4 degrees, specifically. That's what gives us seasons. (When north pole is tipped towards sun at max, it's summer solstice in northern hemisphere.) This eclipse will be just after the spring equinox. At that point, the earth's tilt is neither towards or away from the sun. If you were looking towards earth from the sun, it would be tilted either to the left or right. I'm guessing to the right. So if something were at the plane of the ecliptic, casting a shadow on the earth, if it were moving faster than earth's rotation, the shadow would go diagonally across latitude lines. And if the eclipse happens in the fall, it would go the other diagonal direction. Which is exactly what happened this past October. Now to make things a little more complicated, the moon's orbital plane isn't on the ecliptic, or over earth's equator, but closer to the ecliptic. So things are more complicated than the above. But that's the general idea.
@@erewhon42 Thanks for the info. Yes you are right, it's complicated and I'm still befuddled by it but I know it is going to happen as predicted just the same. Heavenly moving bodies can get puzzling sometimes. I will just sit back and enjoy it. Have a good day sir!...lol!!
The Earth is tilted relative to the orbital plane, the Moon also crosses the ecliptic at an angle during the eclipse. All these angles can add up in all kinds of unusual ways on a map. If you look at the path of the 2026 eclipse, you will see that it pretty much runs straight "down" (in latitude) from Iceland to Spain.
@@ArtUniverse Oh yeah that's an interesting one. I've seen some weird paths when the eclipse path gets to a high latitude. But that's an interesting one!
Thank you so much for all this information!
Thanks! I'm glad it was helpful.
I have used vintage 60mm refractors and binoculars for projection views of the sun.
Nice! I would personally be a little careful with binoculars because of possible heat build up. Then again, a lot of them are probably not air tight.
@@erewhon42 I destroyed a pair of binoculars watching a Venus transit some years ago, but they were cheap binoculars and it was worth it! lol
@@robertsonsid That sounds like a fair trade off for a Venus transit!
This is a great video!
thank you!
Do you have any thoughts on String Theory or Quantum Physics? I find it hard to find people interested in this sort of thing.
@@allisoncarlin3124 I took an intro quantum physics class in college, but that was a long time ago. I always gravitated (no pun intended) to space physics and astronomy, but I admit I have watched quite a few episodes of PBS Space Time on the topics over the past few years. (Plus I've read a smattering of pop-science type articles about it.). So I'd say I find it interesting, but I only have a high level knowledge of it.
I can't wait!!! 😁
Same here. It's going to be great!
Old welder's mask. Perfect.
I wasn't sure if an old welding mask would work. I know they block UV, but I wasn't 100% sure if it was sufficient, or if they blocked enough IR. According to one article I found, they said if it's shade level #12 and less than 3 years old it's ok. (I guess to make sure the filtering hasn't deteriorated?).
"all my eclipses live in texas" made me laugh harder than it should have 😂
Thanks! It just popped in my head while doing the video. :)
I'm in the path but, who knows what the weather will be that day. I'm in Ohio. I already bought a multipack of the certified glasses. I hope everyone stays safe.
Hopefully it will be clear for you!
I'm not actually on the center line, but I'm less than 200 miles from it, so I was planning on driving to it. (I didn't even try to get a hotel ahead of time, as I assumed I could just drive.)
I expect once we get down to about a week out, the weather forecast will get to the point where we have a little idea of how things will be. That's basically what I ended up doing in 2017.
I bought a ten pack of the certified glasses and hopefully it will be clear but, not going to be disappointed as it will be shown on media later. I just remember as a child my mom saying we had to come in the house and not look at the sun in the early 60's. Yes, I'm old but that was something I remembered from my childhood. @@erewhon42
Am I missing something? The sun and moon travel east to west along on the same path so how can there be a shadow running in a somewhat north and south path as is the prediction for the April eclipse? Doesn't seem right to me.
That's a good question! Here's a hopefully not too long of an explanation.
The sun's path across the sky defines the ecliptic, which is the plane of earth's orbit around the sun. Now, the earth is tilted relative to that. 23.4 degrees, specifically. That's what gives us seasons. (When north pole is tipped towards sun at max, it's summer solstice in northern hemisphere.)
This eclipse will be just after the spring equinox. At that point, the earth's tilt is neither towards or away from the sun. If you were looking towards earth from the sun, it would be tilted either to the left or right. I'm guessing to the right.
So if something were at the plane of the ecliptic, casting a shadow on the earth, if it were moving faster than earth's rotation, the shadow would go diagonally across latitude lines.
And if the eclipse happens in the fall, it would go the other diagonal direction. Which is exactly what happened this past October.
Now to make things a little more complicated, the moon's orbital plane isn't on the ecliptic, or over earth's equator, but closer to the ecliptic. So things are more complicated than the above. But that's the general idea.
@@erewhon42 Thanks for the info. Yes you are right, it's complicated and I'm still befuddled by it but I know it is going to happen as predicted just the same. Heavenly moving bodies can get puzzling sometimes. I will just sit back and enjoy it. Have a good day sir!...lol!!
@@superbeehemi No problem. As yes it's complicated!
The Earth is tilted relative to the orbital plane, the Moon also crosses the ecliptic at an angle during the eclipse. All these angles can add up in all kinds of unusual ways on a map. If you look at the path of the 2026 eclipse, you will see that it pretty much runs straight "down" (in latitude) from Iceland to Spain.
@@ArtUniverse Oh yeah that's an interesting one. I've seen some weird paths when the eclipse path gets to a high latitude. But that's an interesting one!