22-7-2009 Partial Eclipse in HK

[willis]

Dear all,
I am not able to go to China and observe the total eclipse in 22-7-2009. But I will do the Partial Eclipse observation in HK. Anyone can suggest me some observing spots and reminders? Many thanks!

[egret34]

If the weather is acceptable,i will go to Shek O.

[PTS]

Dear all,
I am not able to go to China and observe the total eclipse in 22-7-2009. But I will do the Partial Eclipse observation in HK. Anyone can suggest me some observing spots and reminders? Many thanks!

Hi Willis,
As the eclipse starts in the morning, find a place where the eastern sky is open, such as Shek O, Plover Cove main dam, or simply Star Avenue!

If you like to "gain" a few more seconds of eclipse, go as north as possible, haha, just to be closer to the totality path.


PTS

[willis]

Thanks all!
If the weather is good, I will setup several equipments. It would be nice if I can park my car & setup righ the way. My tentative equipments are three scopes, 1 DSLR, 1 DC, 1 Webcam, 1 DV etc.
Willis

[David]

Thanks all!
If the weather is good, I will setup several equipments. It would be nice if I can park my car & setup righ the way. My tentative equipments are three scopes, 1 DSLR, 1 DC, 1 Webcam, 1 DV etc.
Willis

That's A LOT OF equipment for shooting partial eclipse! You are preparing for your next total eclipse

[willis]

Thanks all!
If the weather is good, I will setup several equipments. It would be nice if I can park my car & setup righ the way. My tentative equipments are three scopes, 1 DSLR, 1 DC, 1 Webcam, 1 DV etc.
Willis

That's A LOT OF equipment for shooting partial eclipse! You are preparing for your next total eclipse

But I'll miss the longest total eclipse in my life!

[PTS]

Thanks all!
If the weather is good, I will setup several equipments. It would be nice if I can park my car & setup righ the way. My tentative equipments are three scopes, 1 DSLR, 1 DC, 1 Webcam, 1 DV etc.
Willis

Willis,
No problem. You have plenty of time for the partial eclipse...
For us the totality chasers, we simply cannot afford to operate so many equipment during the few LONG minutes of totality.
Even for my "ambitious" project for 2 experiments (objective grating spectrum of the corona and polarization imaging), I have to carefully schedule all my exposures and operation procedures.

pts

[henryplh]

平日石澳有車去到嗎??
星期三我想去石澳睇呢...

[funoooo]

平日石澳有車去到嗎??
星期三我想去石澳睇呢...

好似有一程巴士入石澳。但要成半個鐘至45 分鐘車程。

[梅西爾]

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