# I just learned about the annular solar eclipse of October 14, 2023, which will be passing right over my house **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 17, 2022, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-learned-about-the-annular-solar-eclipse-of-october-14-2023-which-will-be-passing-right-over-my-house/962945 "2022-04-17T06:50:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2023, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-learned-about-the-annular-solar-eclipse-of-october-14-2023-which-will-be-passing-right-over-my-house/962945/101 "2023-10-14T15:20:10Z")
Staying with relatives near Eugene, OR. Took a chance and wrote up real early and drove out to the high desert south of Bend. There are clouds, but it’s not solid, so my son and I _will_ get to see it. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2023, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-learned-about-the-annular-solar-eclipse-of-october-14-2023-which-will-be-passing-right-over-my-house/962945/102 "2023-10-14T15:51:58Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > Would have been nice to have my eclipse glasses which I ordered for the April 8 total eclipse, but they won’t be here til Monday. Oh well, the weather forecast basically says “cloudy, clearing after the eclipse is over”. 😉 The weather forecast was wrong as usual. The clouds dissipated earlier than predicted, and the sky is nice and clear roughly half an hour before the eclipse begins, so now I’m pissed that I don’t have my eclipse glasses! I also have a small Meade Maksutov-Cassegrain telescope for which I could have gotten a sun filter, but sadly the telescope has fallen victim to the compactness of the Maksutov-Cassegrain design, namely, I have not seen it since my last move and I literally do not know where it is, except somewhere among many unpacked moving boxes in the basement. ---
**Author:** ![ASL\_v2.0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asl_v2.0/32/3525_2.png) [@ASL\_v2.0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASL_v2.0)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2023, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-learned-about-the-annular-solar-eclipse-of-october-14-2023-which-will-be-passing-right-over-my-house/962945/103 "2023-10-14T16:04:27Z")
That picture by itself is amazing. Anyway, the sky is clear in Odessa and I will be watching from the parking lot of a Hampton Inn. Probably won’t be able to produce a picture, though, unless I have very good luck using my eclipse glasses as a makeshift filter. ---
**Author:** ![Section\_Maker\_Jupe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/section_maker_jupe/32/1424_2.png) [@Section\_Maker\_Jupe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Section_Maker_Jupe)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2023, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-learned-about-the-annular-solar-eclipse-of-october-14-2023-which-will-be-passing-right-over-my-house/962945/104 "2023-10-14T16:06:11Z")
Dont forget about natures pinhole cameras!! All small spaces caused by tree branches and leaves will cast a shadow/image of the sickle shaped sun. Its fascinating to see all the images on walls and the ground. Good luck! (Im not sure about a complete elcipse though, Ive never been through one) ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2023, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-learned-about-the-annular-solar-eclipse-of-october-14-2023-which-will-be-passing-right-over-my-house/962945/105 "2023-10-14T16:12:12Z")
From Monument Valley — [![](https://i.imgur.com/ZI118u5.jpg) ](https://i.imgur.com/ZI118u5.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2023, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-learned-about-the-annular-solar-eclipse-of-october-14-2023-which-will-be-passing-right-over-my-house/962945/106 "2023-10-14T16:17:53Z")
Yesterday the forecast was 50% cloud cover until 10am, but I woke up to clear skies in Santa Fe. Pretty cool to see it from my front porch. ---
**Author:** ![ASL\_v2.0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asl_v2.0/32/3525_2.png) [@ASL\_v2.0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASL_v2.0)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2023, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-learned-about-the-annular-solar-eclipse-of-october-14-2023-which-will-be-passing-right-over-my-house/962945/107 "2023-10-14T16:21:14Z")
Hey, congratulations. Should be at maximum here in 25 minutes… ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2023, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-learned-about-the-annular-solar-eclipse-of-october-14-2023-which-will-be-passing-right-over-my-house/962945/108 "2023-10-14T16:44:02Z")
It makes you realize how good our eyes/brains are at adjusting to different light levels. We had 90% obscuration here, but if you had asked me to guess I would have said it was maybe 50% dimmer. I think it’s quite possible I would not even have noticed the ambient dimming if I hadn’t been aware of what was happening. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2023, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-learned-about-the-annular-solar-eclipse-of-october-14-2023-which-will-be-passing-right-over-my-house/962945/109 "2023-10-14T16:47:56Z")
From San Jose using a Pixel 2 with a “Solar Snap” lens filter: [![Google Photos](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pw/ADCreHeT9Ltc0Jy_YElSTSyOmOTkFIhIhssgwan9Ehzw3XKQQgDew28Bdb3_dtv-Pnd-Trn49boOFYJEa_YtH96TBM2V0nYShAvIyVDW9Y04nffUIfOiQe2C=w600-h315-p-k "New item by Dave Carter") ](https://photos.app.goo.gl/L96PMjttFauiHqTK9) ---
**Author:** ![ASL\_v2.0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asl_v2.0/32/3525_2.png) [@ASL\_v2.0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASL_v2.0)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2023, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-learned-about-the-annular-solar-eclipse-of-october-14-2023-which-will-be-passing-right-over-my-house/962945/110 "2023-10-14T16:57:26Z")
Well, I actually did manage to get a couple clear pictures, but on my old school camera camera (with an SD card), and won’t be able to upload right away. I am several hours from my computer… ---
**Author:** ![Coriolanus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/coriolanus/32/18769_2.png) [@Coriolanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coriolanus)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2023, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-learned-about-the-annular-solar-eclipse-of-october-14-2023-which-will-be-passing-right-over-my-house/962945/111 "2023-10-14T17:00:09Z")
The NASA feed had a few minutes of the eclipse from Odessa, TX and they must have had the hydrogen-alpha filter on as we could clearly see quite a number of prominences including a big one at about 2-O’clock. Hope all of you in the path could see some of it. ---
**Author:** ![Coriolanus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/coriolanus/32/18769_2.png) [@Coriolanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coriolanus)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2023, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-learned-about-the-annular-solar-eclipse-of-october-14-2023-which-will-be-passing-right-over-my-house/962945/112 "2023-10-14T17:29:42Z")
> [@ASL\_v2.0](#): > > old school camera camera (with an SD card), On my way home from the 1999 Europe eclipse I held my canister of 35mm film in my hand as I approached the gates at Bucharest and Amsterdam Schipol airports and asked the attendants if I could hand the film off to them rather than have it pass through the X-ray machine - like I was some kind of professional photographer - and they complied! Also, wow, to see the image of my Celestron scope in a camera case as it went through the x-ray monitor - solar filters, eye-pieces and a 16" aluminum tube attached to a box of wires (it’s one of the alt-azimuth auto-tracking kinds). I haven’t flown with the scope since then and I’m pretty sure that nowadays I’d have to open everything up and demonstrate that it’s just a telescope with servo motors. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2023, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-learned-about-the-annular-solar-eclipse-of-october-14-2023-which-will-be-passing-right-over-my-house/962945/113 "2023-10-14T17:34:57Z")
Eclipse almost over. The wife and I at Monument Valley. [![](https://i.imgur.com/nxfNn7M.jpg) ](https://i.imgur.com/nxfNn7M.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2023, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-learned-about-the-annular-solar-eclipse-of-october-14-2023-which-will-be-passing-right-over-my-house/962945/114 "2023-10-14T18:14:37Z")
And… you guessed ti… the OP misses another one. Probably it was my last chance, too. But I think the sun will be coming out any moment now. There were about 90 seconds of visibility, a few minutes before maximum. [![Imgur](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53257995184_a993b0fb1e_b.jpg "Eclipse IIb Fixed") ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/78538399@N00/53257995184/) ---
**Author:** ![Folly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folly/32/3219_2.png) [@Folly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folly)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2023, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-learned-about-the-annular-solar-eclipse-of-october-14-2023-which-will-be-passing-right-over-my-house/962945/115 "2023-10-14T18:17:18Z")
Complete cloud cover here in Chicago for our partial eclipse. ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2023, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-learned-about-the-annular-solar-eclipse-of-october-14-2023-which-will-be-passing-right-over-my-house/962945/116 "2023-10-14T18:27:21Z")
At least you have next April coming up. Are you planning to head downstate for it? ---
**Author:** ![Twoflower](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/twoflower/32/22_2.png) [@Twoflower](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Twoflower)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2023, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-learned-about-the-annular-solar-eclipse-of-october-14-2023-which-will-be-passing-right-over-my-house/962945/117 "2023-10-14T18:57:46Z")
The nature’s pinhole camera effect on my porch in Ashland Oregon [![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pw/ADCreHen_YoCLrVO_577Avl4ydeWclqL7PGjKDk9anWoOsABXl26ojDhukFav3o1105ic3SbPa__OQW93tRtjeLAizN4JShsDAp0CkWLYO-JuKnhYkTLorOs9e2vDeIb3R0etJB6M1-Wl9Kj4E-hbL8I0hR5_XSLxmU0ert8OXtOSm9u0vUA74wJ5OOLyewlPZoMls9fqs4ZbnnMvCxgDAdVdG7wE_EJNkQ3xDSvOOKBqEjBv0MIajSHoWuh1c2SQUocaWi7l5Jwc5RPfrHW8afacGRm-_u5sppFQfHFrzLT0Jewkiolm1cfjbE9xr1ijGDwfXjTek194FblT2ckLB-jD1cO8kPEcwrHxpK3Sny7wP9-ut4KCjhA9cN2RDtM0LtLJhF6RpuIeZSktoRcrqm_PAl4krJe-I1fKgDal7I0sP1G1w41ppXdMVgynFyFd2DELDgN-jZeO2jaAfAe-hG7J1n3uun4Bf-2rLYH5y5dMlbyHFErXq_9J_mwuTaKUXXUv5R7LmQGtUworghx1Lo5lHxC2AgMPKkSMJtVLJAWQXPn62Ye4AFYWww522NI7rTFX4PBdaZ8ELQR7gQ6wV_Lt2vLgzUKvr7EJIIvWbTENXr4kmWx48rLx812JY_mcn1U78fBcar5h9cRervrzBb0QO5R51PiUasYJS1Yza1e89v-BLsnuvvZQ6cB0QJSnbSP-uRSh-bgO_mKrD9yDSlKGLp3_CunP8s4KAZaZiMaa-K94Gz5kQWbqySI64mhiuBGlquG7A4d2E2XamyM71reEi6HLhSoOD_hFvd50op513tICL2STX2Rr8fMnoaVNK0VW8JbJPHmBT216ex_w-OYtcolOd0geEa2VStgOkpN5YKwFv5IJGdNoxgN6f4c0_t3vKZDjllp_dAImHrAjtXZuhZrHYV4f9YFG0jWy14_uZj0skzAX0C8B2Z-SWORvg=w1976-h1482-s-no?authuser=0) ](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pw/ADCreHen_YoCLrVO_577Avl4ydeWclqL7PGjKDk9anWoOsABXl26ojDhukFav3o1105ic3SbPa__OQW93tRtjeLAizN4JShsDAp0CkWLYO-JuKnhYkTLorOs9e2vDeIb3R0etJB6M1-Wl9Kj4E-hbL8I0hR5_XSLxmU0ert8OXtOSm9u0vUA74wJ5OOLyewlPZoMls9fqs4ZbnnMvCxgDAdVdG7wE_EJNkQ3xDSvOOKBqEjBv0MIajSHoWuh1c2SQUocaWi7l5Jwc5RPfrHW8afacGRm-_u5sppFQfHFrzLT0Jewkiolm1cfjbE9xr1ijGDwfXjTek194FblT2ckLB-jD1cO8kPEcwrHxpK3Sny7wP9-ut4KCjhA9cN2RDtM0LtLJhF6RpuIeZSktoRcrqm_PAl4krJe-I1fKgDal7I0sP1G1w41ppXdMVgynFyFd2DELDgN-jZeO2jaAfAe-hG7J1n3uun4Bf-2rLYH5y5dMlbyHFErXq_9J_mwuTaKUXXUv5R7LmQGtUworghx1Lo5lHxC2AgMPKkSMJtVLJAWQXPn62Ye4AFYWww522NI7rTFX4PBdaZ8ELQR7gQ6wV_Lt2vLgzUKvr7EJIIvWbTENXr4kmWx48rLx812JY_mcn1U78fBcar5h9cRervrzBb0QO5R51PiUasYJS1Yza1e89v-BLsnuvvZQ6cB0QJSnbSP-uRSh-bgO_mKrD9yDSlKGLp3_CunP8s4KAZaZiMaa-K94Gz5kQWbqySI64mhiuBGlquG7A4d2E2XamyM71reEi6HLhSoOD_hFvd50op513tICL2STX2Rr8fMnoaVNK0VW8JbJPHmBT216ex_w-OYtcolOd0geEa2VStgOkpN5YKwFv5IJGdNoxgN6f4c0_t3vKZDjllp_dAImHrAjtXZuhZrHYV4f9YFG0jWy14_uZj0skzAX0C8B2Z-SWORvg=w1976-h1482-s-no?authuser=0) ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2023, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-learned-about-the-annular-solar-eclipse-of-october-14-2023-which-will-be-passing-right-over-my-house/962945/118 "2023-10-14T19:15:27Z")
Had to hop in the car and drive to see the full annular period because a blanket of thicker clouds rolled in. Thanks to whoever recommended mobility when viewing. Still had to glimpse it through clouds, but we still saw it. [![](https://i.imgur.io/RzOgsjt_d.webp) ](https://i.imgur.io/RzOgsjt_d.webp) ---
**Author:** ![aurora\_maire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aurora_maire/32/328_2.png) [@aurora\_maire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aurora_maire)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2023, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-learned-about-the-annular-solar-eclipse-of-october-14-2023-which-will-be-passing-right-over-my-house/962945/119 "2023-10-14T19:30:48Z")
Nice! We just had a partial here in Memphis. I’m planning to drive to the Jonesboro AR area for the total in April. I’ve never seen one. ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2023, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-learned-about-the-annular-solar-eclipse-of-october-14-2023-which-will-be-passing-right-over-my-house/962945/120 "2023-10-14T19:31:47Z")
> [@garygnu](#): > > Had to hop in the car and drive to see the full annular period because a blanket of thicker clouds rolled in. Thanks to whoever recommended mobility when viewing. > Still had to glimpse it through clouds, but we still saw it. Nice shot, where were you? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-learned-about-the-annular-solar-eclipse-of-october-14-2023-which-will-be-passing-right-over-my-house/962945.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-learned-about-the-annular-solar-eclipse-of-october-14-2023-which-will-be-passing-right-over-my-house/962945.md?page=7)