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General Discussion / Re: Eclipse 2024

« Last post by LunarOrbit on April 02, 2024, 04:02:21 PM »

I am looking forward to the eclipse, especially since the path is only a 3 hours drive. However, the predictions are not good (Cleveland, 65% cloud cover). Still, the reason we chose Cleveland is because of the "Lake Erie bubble" which can produce clear skies near the lake even though it is cloudy inland. (Beyond that, I do not know the science behind it and whether it will help with the type of clouds predicted.)

Good luck to everyone else that is attempting to see it.

John

The weather forecast has improved slightly here in Hamilton, Ontario. It was predicting rain... now it says it will be partly cloudy. I'm hoping it continues to improve.

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General Discussion / Re: Eclipse 2024

« Last post by PDI on April 02, 2024, 12:51:13 PM »

I am looking forward to the eclipse, especially since the path is only a 3 hours drive. However, the predictions are not good (Cleveland, 65% cloud cover). Still, the reason we chose Cleveland is because of the "Lake Erie bubble" which can produce clear skies near the lake even though it is cloudy inland. (Beyond that, I do not know the science behind it and whether it will help with the type of clouds predicted.)

Good luck to everyone else that is attempting to see it.

John

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General Discussion / Re: Eclipse 2024

« Last post by Obviousman on April 01, 2024, 09:40:14 PM »

I'm on my way to visit my daughter in TX.  Was planning on viewing the eclipse, but the forecast is for cloudy weather.  I will not be driving to search for clear skies that day.

If you listen to the Skeptics Guide to the Universe, that might be the infamous 'Bob Effect'.

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General Discussion / Re: Eclipse 2024

« Last post by LunarOrbit on April 01, 2024, 02:48:47 PM »

I'm on my way to visit my daughter in TX.  Was planning on viewing the eclipse, but the forecast is for cloudy weather.  I will not be driving to search for clear skies that day.

It looks like I'll probably be getting rain that day... but I'm hoping for a miracle. I would have expected clear skies in Texas, so I hope you get them too.

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General Discussion / Re: Eclipse 2024

« Last post by Ranb on April 01, 2024, 02:37:53 PM »

I'm on my way to visit my daughter in TX.  Was planning on viewing the eclipse, but the forecast is for cloudy weather.  I will not be driving to search for clear skies that day.

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General Discussion / Eclipse 2024

« Last post by LunarOrbit on April 01, 2024, 02:18:15 PM »

Is anyone else as excited for the April 8 eclipse as I am? If the weather cooperates I'm going to try to livestream the view from my telescope on YouTube. I've never tried anything like that before, so if the weather doesn't doom it to fail, my inexperience will. 

I have a Celestron NexStar 127SLT with a solar filter and a USB camera that replaces the eyepiece. I won't be viewing the eclipse through the telescope directly, even with the filter. I'm a total novice with the telescope, but this is too rare of an opportunity to miss.

I've also created a website that will provide links to as many YouTube livestreams as I can find in one place. Here's a sneak peek...

https://totaleclipse.live

Feel free to share any other livestreams that I'm missing. I'm sure there will be more and they just haven't been scheduled on YouTube yet.

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The Hoax Theory / Re: Saturn V Third Stage - Not enough room

« Last post by cjameshuff on March 30, 2024, 01:32:24 PM »

Yes, that is literally how most rocket stages work. How much space does he imagine the lines and everything else take up when compared to the volume of fuel?

Reminds me of some of the loudmouths saying that Starship was nothing more than a mockup because "it's just a hollow shell". These people seem to get their ideas of what "real spacecraft" are like from Star Wars, like they're supposed to be full of random bits of machinery and some little fuel tanks stuffed in some corner.

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General Discussion / Re: Apollo 11 video feed delay?

« Last post by Obviousman on March 27, 2024, 04:53:05 PM »

Dwight will have all the answers you need.

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General Discussion / Re: Apollo 11 video feed delay?

« Last post by Bryanpoprobson on March 27, 2024, 11:10:36 AM »

Sorta.  He replies as if open to admitting to being wrong about fakery, remains civil, and at least partly admits when debunked. 

I am defending the impossibility of faking artificial lighting in the Apollo visual record.  He is mostly arguing how all photographic evidence can be faked one way or another.

He finds the video and 16mm footage more compelling to argue with, than any still images, since the camera and things move around, conceding that they cannot be post-composited.  For the moment, he is ignoring what I consider the most compelling visual recording- 16mm Apollo 15 footage of EVA 2 (also EVA 3), between Station 6 and 6a-

  It cannot be miniature since uncut footage has astronauts walk in front of camera, and shows miles of evenly lit terrain with sharp, unidirectional shadows, where it is impossible to use or hide lights.  I will return to that.

But after days of debate on this frame-rate point (among others), he has retreated to claiming NASA is at least lying about a live feed, but not that it proves anything one way or the other.  But I know that if you dont debunk a particular detail they gather all wagons around that last hill.  So I was looking for a bit more definitive info on the A11 feed delay.

This is 16mm footage and therefore any astronaut coms was added and sync’d as best possible.

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The Hoax Theory / Re: Saturn V Third Stage - Not enough room

« Last post by benparry on March 26, 2024, 05:45:32 AM »

Many thanks Gents for you're answers. As usual the answer is deceptively simple.