Best/easiest way to see a solar eclipse...

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All this talk today of the solar eclipse I thought I'd look up when the next on in England will be. Turns out not for another 80yrs!

I wouldn't mind seeing one before I pop my cloggs, so anyone suggest a site listing total eclipses such that I could maybe plan a holiday around one?
 
Zogger said:
The next total one is in 2090. There is a 75% in 2011 and >80% in 2015 according to wikipedia..

see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...The_twenty_first_century_.282001_-_2090_AD.29

and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_solar_eclipses_in_the_21st_century
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I suspect even an 80%, although odd for its 'dusky feeling', wouldn't be as impressive as a full one... Hence my interest in seeing if a family holiday could be combined with seeing one :)

Would be cool building a sand castle on a beach somewhere, and then 6 minutes later being in totality :)
 
Unfortunately many of them are either in completely inaccessible parts of the world (ie. ocenas, antarctica etc) or places it would be very difficult to get to.

I am already planning for the one that goes straight across the USA in 2017.

Take me that long to save up for it anyway.
 
Save up and go to Tokyo in 2012 (Annular), or go to Northern Australia, which has an eclipse in both 2012 (Total) and 2013 (Annular), I'll be going to the 2013 one :D
 
hanmer said:
Save up and go to Tokyo in 2012 (Annular), or go to Northern Australia, which has an eclipse in both 2012 (Total) and 2013 (Annular), I'll be going to the 2013 one :D
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We've got a friend in Syndney :)

How can some eclipses been annular? Surely it's not that clockwork!?
 
NeilFawcett said:
We've got a friend in Syndney :)

How can some eclipses been annular? Surely it's not that clockwork!?
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Annular not Annual :) The moon won't completely obscure the sun so you will see a ring around it.

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20 Mar 2015 - Total Solar Eclipse
(Saros 120, umbral mag. 1.045, max. eclipse 09:46 UT
total: 09:09:32 UT to 10:21:20 UT)
A total eclipse will be visible in the vicinity of the British Isles in the morning; it will be visible from the Faroes, but not from the UK. The path crosses between Scotland and Iceland, over the Faroe islands, and into the Arctic. A 90% partial eclipse will be seen in north-west Scotland.

This is from the same Saros series as the eclipse of Jan 24 1925, and is the last-but-one total eclipse in its Saros series. The next eclipse in the triple-Saros series is a partial eclipse, on Apr 21, 2069.

Neil - didn't you see the one in 1999?
 
NeilFawcett said:
Do you remember all the talk that the roads would be grid locked so not to travel down to the south coast? So I didn't... And the roads were fine...

So I just saw the partial!
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Went to Brixham to make sure I was in the path of totality in 1999. Too much cloud cover though and it just went a bit dark without the real stunning visuals. Shame. Funniest bit of the day was the thousands of people on the beach applauding when it went dark.
 
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