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Solar Eclipse of August 21, 2017

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Used the pinhole in a plastic rod cap to track the partial eclipse we got.


 
Posted : August 23, 2017 10:22 pm
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94 percent wasn't any big deal.


 
Posted : August 23, 2017 10:26 pm
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Leica solar filter on a TS06, diagonal eyepiece with iPhone 7. This was at our +/- 70% totality at 2:44EST


 
Posted : August 24, 2017 9:57 am
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Here is what the eclipse looks like through my beer.

On the roof of Mexiville in Chattanooga

From my phone

The birds thought it was night time. I don't know what they are but they only come out at dusk eating bugs.


 
Posted : August 24, 2017 12:35 pm
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Used a defunct Set2 and a clipboard. Took off for 2 hrs to watch it with Mrs. File and Adopted File. Didn't spend much time with it after the Maximum.


 
Posted : August 24, 2017 8:32 pm

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Fwiw, the Set 2 is the one I bought from Deral Paulk during the benefit auction to raise money for his co-worker Micheal's medical treatment. The zenith angle board was out and unrepairable. I use it as a sporting scope at the range and other misc. stuff. Like eclipses....


 
Posted : August 24, 2017 8:41 pm
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