# Solar Eclipse – Oct. 23rd **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 22, 2014, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/solar-eclipse-oct-23rd/702105 "2014-10-22T03:24:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2014, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/solar-eclipse-oct-23rd/702105/1 "2014-10-22T03:24:08Z")
[Partial solar eclipse this Thursday.](http://www.slate.com/blogs/bad_astronomy.html) Can’t wait to share this one with my son. Anyone else anticipating this one? Visible to most of North America all day. It’ll start early morning, then reach its peak pretty much before sunset for most of America. Should be pretty decent and a nice teaser before the total eclipse that’ll hit NA come August of 2017. ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2014, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/solar-eclipse-oct-23rd/702105/2 "2014-10-22T12:51:49Z")
Details of visibility [here](http://astro.ukho.gov.uk/eclipse/0422014/). ---
**Author:** ![Bumbershoot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbershoot/32/3428_2.png) [@Bumbershoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbershoot)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2014, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/solar-eclipse-oct-23rd/702105/3 "2014-10-22T13:36:44Z")
I’m looking forward to it. The forecast is for clear skies here in New Mexico. I still have some eclipse glasses that I bought a few years ago. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2014, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/solar-eclipse-oct-23rd/702105/4 "2014-10-22T14:12:48Z")
I think it’s September of 2017 there will be a total solar eclipse visible over much of North America. It will go from northwest to southeast, and the path of totality will run through Lincoln, NE and Kansas City. So I won’t have far to drive to see a major event like this. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2014, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/solar-eclipse-oct-23rd/702105/5 "2014-10-22T16:00:13Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > I think it’s September of 2017 there will be a total solar eclipse visible over much of North America. It will go from northwest to southeast, and the path of totality will run through Lincoln, NE and Kansas City. So I won’t have far to drive to see a major event like this. That one’s on [Aug. 21, 2017.](http://www.eclipse2017.org/2017/path_through_the_US.htm) I can’t wait. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2014, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/solar-eclipse-oct-23rd/702105/6 "2014-10-22T16:25:36Z")
It will be in mid eclipse during sunset here, and 100% sunny skies are forecast. I took the afternoon off and even got some solar filters for my binoculars and telescope. Can’t wait for the 2017 one tho. And the 2024 one too… ---
**Author:** ![h.sapiens](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e0b2c6/32.png) [@h.sapiens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/h.sapiens)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2014, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/solar-eclipse-oct-23rd/702105/7 "2014-10-22T17:18:13Z")
It looks like there’s a good chance of clouds here on Thursday. Oh, well, I guess I’ll have to consider myself lucky to have seen a bit of the recent lunar eclipse. ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2014, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/solar-eclipse-oct-23rd/702105/8 "2014-10-22T17:55:41Z")
So from everything I’m clicking on, I WON’T be able to see it here in Charlotte? Or is someone better at reading these things than I am and I’m wrong ---
**Author:** ![Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freddy_the_Pig)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2014, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/solar-eclipse-oct-23rd/702105/9 "2014-10-22T18:55:11Z")
> [@Sir\_T-Cups](#): > > So from everything I’m clicking on, I WON’T be able to see it here in Charlotte? Or is someone better at reading these things than I am and I’m wrong You’ll see it, but you won’t see _much_ of it because the sun will set shortly after the eclipse begins. Here in Chicago, the sun will also set during the eclipse, but the eclipse will be past its midpoint, so we’ll see the best part. (If it’s clear, which it probably won’t be, especially near the horizon where clouds tend to bunch up.) ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2014, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/solar-eclipse-oct-23rd/702105/10 "2014-10-23T05:37:48Z")
> [@John\_DiFool](#): > > It will be in mid eclipse during sunset here, and 100% sunny skies are forecast. > [@h.sapiens](#): > > It looks like there’s a good chance of clouds here on Thursday. I hope you know where you are, because we don’t. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2014, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/solar-eclipse-oct-23rd/702105/11 "2014-10-23T15:17:05Z")
It’s partly cloudy here today (and yes, my Location info is accurate), but looks like we’ll catch it at peak just before it drops below the horizon. I built a pinhole viewer out of a cardboard box this morning. My kid was all excited. ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2014, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/solar-eclipse-oct-23rd/702105/12 "2014-10-23T17:00:14Z")
Overcast and rainy right now - hope it clears for the eclipse Brian ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2014, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/solar-eclipse-oct-23rd/702105/13 "2014-10-23T17:55:15Z")
Looks like here in the Northeast, we won’t see much if any of it – and that’s not even counting the overcase and rain. ---
**Author:** ![Iggy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iggy/32/3364_2.png) [@Iggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iggy)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2014, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/solar-eclipse-oct-23rd/702105/14 "2014-10-23T18:10:56Z")
Mrs Iggy goes in for outpatient eye surgery this afternoon. They are working on both eyes. Saying she is nervous is an understatement. I told her to have faith… if everything is turning dark it is just the eclipse. The sun will return. After re-assuring her I checked what time the eclipse starts in her hometown. It doesn’t. It’s not visible from her location. And looks like I will just barely miss out as well. We’re right on the border. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2014, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/solar-eclipse-oct-23rd/702105/15 "2014-10-23T18:24:17Z")
> [@Iggy](#): > > Mrs Iggy goes in for outpatient eye surgery this afternoon. They are working on both eyes. Saying she is nervous is an understatement. > > I told her to have faith… if everything is turning dark it is just the eclipse. The sun will return. > > After re-assuring her I checked what time the eclipse starts in her hometown. It doesn’t. It’s not visible from her location. > > And looks like I will just barely miss out as well. We’re right on the border. 🆒 Canadian or Mexican? ---
**Author:** ![Iggy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iggy/32/3364_2.png) [@Iggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iggy)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2014, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/solar-eclipse-oct-23rd/702105/16 "2014-10-23T19:46:22Z")
She - Colombia, totally out of the eclipse zone Me - Cayman Islands, right on the border of where even a part of the eclipse will be visible. ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2014, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/solar-eclipse-oct-23rd/702105/17 "2014-10-23T19:50:37Z")
Looking forward to a good view from here in LA, just before I’m permanently blinded. ---
**Author:** ![Bumbershoot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbershoot/32/3428_2.png) [@Bumbershoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbershoot)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2014, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/solar-eclipse-oct-23rd/702105/18 "2014-10-23T21:52:29Z")
Clear skies here in New Mexico; the eclipse started a little while ago. With my eclipse glasses I can also see a huge sunspot, big enough to swallow the Earth several times over. Very cool. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2014, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/solar-eclipse-oct-23rd/702105/19 "2014-10-24T01:27:14Z")
Perfectly clear skies here (NE Florida) until it set-yes, ordered some filters for both my scope and binocs. Eclipse began at 6:15 or so, sun set at 6:47, so I got about 30 min. Right before it vanished, I’d estimate maybe 20% of the sun was covered, in the upper right limb. Pretty durned spectacular-and a huge sunspot in the lower middle to boot. Can’t wait for the 2017 one… > [@panache45](#): > > I hope you know where you are, because we don’t. On my profile. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2014, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/solar-eclipse-oct-23rd/702105/20 "2014-10-24T05:55:23Z")
We lucked out here in Chicago. It was overcast all afternoon, but there was a break in the clouds just after 5:30. I got a good look at the eclipse (with my #14 welders filter) for about 5 minutes, then the break closed.