Solar eclipse

[restless.dreams]

Anyone else planning to watch the solar eclipse on April 8, 2024? It should be an amazing sight to witness.

 

[sserafim]

Does that make you blind? If yes, then hell no

 

[restless.dreams]

Does that make you blind? If yes, then hell no

Only if you look directly at the sun! You can get special glasses that make it safe to watch.

 

[Agon321]

Knowing life, I will forget about it.

 

[Praestat_Mori]

If I wasn't broke I'd be there ... it'd be the 6th total eclipse in my life to see live.

 

[Meteora]

Thank you for sharing this. I didn t know it will happen. Might watch it. Is it visible from every country/place on earth?

 

[derpyderpins]

Does that make you blind? If yes, then hell no

If blind, could I get disability and play my guitar all day? JK but I can't help myself.

 

[Praestat_Mori]

Thank you for sharing this. I didn t know it will happen. Might watch it. Is it visible from every country/place on earth?

No. It's only visible as total eclipse when you are at a place inside the shadow path. That's a "line" of about 150-200km width. Away from that center line you see it as partial solar eclipse. It's a fairly long one with a duration of 4m28s.

Solar eclipse of April 8, 2024 - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[Meteora]

No. It's only visible as total eclipse when you are at a place inside the shadow path. That's a "line" of about 150-200km width. Away from that center line you see it as partial solar eclipse. It's a fairly long one with a duration of 4m28s.

Solar eclipse of April 8, 2024 - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Ah... so not visible for us Europeans.

 

[winamp]

haven't heard about this one very exciting !

will mark it on my calendar because the last solar eclipse was not visible to me due to clouds passing by

I can't believe that was in 2017 but at least I got to see a Harvest Moon it was huge(felt very close), yellow, and beautiful I recommend everyone to see one of those as well

 

[Praestat_Mori]

It should be an amazing sight to witness.

The solar eclipse is the major event but there's also a bright comet this time. The periodic comet 12P/Pons-Brooks will be near Jupiter and can probably be seen without optical aids during the eclipse. The following planets are visible during the eclipse: Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn.