Solar eclipse to plunge Britain into darkness - March 20th

markweatherill · 26 Feb 2015 at 08:25

THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD DO SOMETHING ABOUT THESE PEOPLE COMING OVER HERE AND FORCING US TO HAVE SOLAR ECLIPSES

NooBish AbbZ · 26 Feb 2015 at 08:26

Remember watching the last one in Cornwall. Will hopefully get to see this one

Terminal_Boy · 26 Feb 2015 at 08:27

OldCoals said:
Where can I find a virgin and a goat?

I already have a very sharp knife.

Will a virgin goat do in a pinch?

TheMightyTen · 26 Feb 2015 at 08:40

More importantly Stargazing Live is back to go out in conjunction with the event! (hence it not being shown in January as usual), us blokes can all get our yearly Cox fix :eek:

Cosimo · 26 Feb 2015 at 08:41

Dates for the diary:

Stargazing Live returns to BBC on 18-20 March.

Solar Eclipse partially visible in the UK on March 20th from 08:15 UT (GMT):

More:

http://astro.ukho.gov.uk/eclipse/0112015/

Eclipse Calculator:

http://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/in/uk/london

Safety Code:

http://www.britastro.org/eclipsesafety

snips86x · 26 Feb 2015 at 08:43

Hades said:
Can't wait. I still remember standing outside my work building in 1999 watching the last total eclipse. It really brings home that we're standing on a rock moving through space with other large rocks

I remember that too!

Washout · 26 Feb 2015 at 08:46

So the 100% eclipse will happen out over the north sea somewhere. Its like it's doing its best to avoid land there!

porushinobu · 26 Feb 2015 at 08:48

Washout said:
So the 100% eclipse will happen out over the north sea somewhere. Its like it's doing its best to avoid land there!

I would avoid the UK too if I had a choice

platypus · 26 Feb 2015 at 08:48

07:45, awesome I'll be cycling to work!

bulletv1 · 26 Feb 2015 at 08:49

Looking forward to it. I remember looking at it through my dads welding glasses in '99

porushinobu · 26 Feb 2015 at 08:51

platypus said:
07:45, awesome I'll be cycling to work!

I should be too

Cosimo · 26 Feb 2015 at 09:06

Washout said:
So the 100% eclipse will happen out over the north sea somewhere. Its like it's doing its best to avoid land there!

You could go to Svalbard or the Faroe Islands where it will be total.

porushinobu · 26 Feb 2015 at 09:10

this is probably the one time where the highlands might get something better for once

adolf hamster · 26 Feb 2015 at 09:34

a chance of blackouts? the sun itself is going to be blotted out and they're worried about lightbulbs failing?

remember the last one, full eclipse, was something else to see

The_Abyss · 26 Feb 2015 at 09:47

I'll go into work a couple of hours late and look for somewhere interesting to take some photos with a low-ish early morning sun. Fingers crossed for a clear sky.

Spook187 · 26 Feb 2015 at 09:51

ElliorR said:
God must be angry at us for some reason.

Your in the wrong thread mate, the rest of the buffoons are here.

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18657579

SickAsAParrot · 26 Feb 2015 at 10:39

I'll be on my way to work, may stick the GoPro on the roof on timelapse see if it picks anything up.

mrk · 26 Feb 2015 at 10:46

Why would it cause blackouts? Solar cells store energy in batteries anyway and the partial eclipse is only lasting 2 hours?

Going to get the camera ready and book a half day to go find a nice vantage point either way.

gjrc · 26 Feb 2015 at 10:50

mrk said:
Why would it cause blackouts? Solar cells store energy in batteries anyway and the partial eclipse is only lasting 2 hours?

Going to get the camera ready and book a half day to go find a nice vantage point either way.

the large commercial PV arrays don't store the energy in batteries, the power is fed directly into the grid. using batteries on large commercial projects would make them uneconomical.

DJMK4 · 26 Feb 2015 at 11:13

Time to get the blackout glasses out