Alright, this is for sharing of your observation experience. Or, if you are arranging gatherings, star-gazing expeditions or just want some company to go observing together, you can shout it out here.
icewhitecafe
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by icewhitecafe Fri Jul 17, 2009 12:52 pm
[font=Arial]Channel U will simulcast live from CCTV from 8am-11am!
VinSnr
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by VinSnr Sat Jul 18, 2009 1:24 am
icewhitecafe wrote: [font=Arial]Channel U will simulcast live from CCTV from 8am-11am!
I am taking leave!!!
Airconvent
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by Airconvent Sat Jul 18, 2009 11:23 pm
mm...what's so significant about this one?
Singapore will only get a partial eclipse ?
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VinSnr
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by VinSnr Sun Jul 19, 2009 1:10 pm
Airconvent wrote: mm...what's so significant about this one?
Singapore will only get a partial eclipse ?
Yes, SG only get partial.
The significant about this one is maybe it crosses some major cities like Shanghai, unlike the previous ones only passes ulu places.
zong
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by zong Sun Jul 19, 2009 7:50 pm
The significance is also that (unless my memory is so bad) this is the longest Total Solar Eclipse of the century. Ok, we could always argue that the difference of about 1min is not much.. haha..
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hunding
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by hunding Mon Jul 20, 2009 1:19 am
VinSnr wrote: The significant about this one is maybe it crosses some major cities like Shanghai, unlike the previous ones only passes ulu places.
Exactly! The next cheap and comfortable opportunities to see solar eclipses will be 2017 (US) and 2026 (Spain).
vangoh
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by vangoh Mon Jul 20, 2009 5:45 pm
It's the longest eclipse of the 21st century. 6 min 39 sec (tho that's somewhere in the Pacific Ocean or near Ryukyu Islands).
But Shanghai will get like 5 minutes of darkness.
vangoh
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by vangoh Mon Jul 20, 2009 6:02 pm
If you don't have Channel U, you can see it "live" and free on Sunstopper.sg (
http://sunstopper.sg ).
They start live feed at 08:50am from Yangshan Island off SHanghai.
Good for those in office (like me) with internet access but no TV. (and cannot take leave.
They also have a version that's live, free and Hi-DEF. So they say here:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/SunStopper/106678246022
Hope this helps.
jermng
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by jermng Mon Jul 20, 2009 6:43 pm
Will we be able to see the shadow at all from Singapore? Even if just a small hint of the moon? What time will it be in SG?
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by guangwei Mon Jul 20, 2009 8:31 pm
The July eclipse will be partially visible in Singapore from 8.41am to 9.44am, peaking at 9.11am!
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