Weather was great! Here are some initial images. Winery owners and their staff were wonderful hosts for the 200 attendees.
On Monday, 8 April, the path of a total eclipse crosses the central United States, including our home in Indiana.
Please do not settle for just being close to the path of totality! See this link: 99% is NOT total!
“Seeing a partial eclipse bears the same relation to seeing a total eclipse as kissing a man does to marrying him.” – Annie Dillard
Weather forecasts are poor along much of the eclipse totality path. We will be at Owen Valley Winery. The central Indiana forecast has improved.
Fred Espenak’s excellent information site
Our current plan is to set up equipment in Owen County, Indiana. We will NOT be set up at home. The venue is the Owen Valley Winery. The winery is planning an event for the eclipse. The event requires tickets for attendance. If you are interested, please see this link: Solar Eclipse in the Vineyards of Southern Indiana . This is a wonderful property with great wine and food.
This is, of course, dependent on weather. If forecasts for Indiana are poor, we will head south as far as necessary for clear skies. This post will be updated in the days prior to the eclipse.
Here are some resources for the eclipse:
Eclipse seasons: Why the lunar eclipse on March 25 occurs 2 weeks before the total solar eclipse on April 8Interactive Pan/Zoom map
How to give yourself the best chance of clear skies for April 8’s solar eclipse
Historical cloud cover for 8 April. Clixk the image for an explanation.
Weather was perfect. Here are a few initial images. Had some exposure issues during the annular period. Will work with post processing to improve the annular images.
Clear skies expected. We will be at 6,500′ in the mountains east of Fillmore, UT. No mobile service at the location precludes a live stream. Location images below.
We are in Caliente, NV, headed for Fillmore, UT. Weather prospects in the Fillmore area for Saturday appear to be excellent. Scouting for an ideal viewing location will be done in the next two days. A live stream of the eclipse may be possible, depending on mobile connectivity at the viewing site. At the very least, initial images will be posted by Sunday evening.
This post will be updated.
The PDF linked below contains a summary of both upcoming eclipses for central Indiana.
The next twelve months bring us two eclipses in the United States. On Saturday, 14 October, the path of an annular eclipse crosses the United States. We will be in Utah in the path of annularity.
Resources:
On Monday, 8 April, the path of a total eclipse crosses the central United States, including our home in Indiana. Depending on weather, we will be at home or somewhere south along the path of totality.
Resources:
Image set, as thumbnails.
Weather was perfect. No traffic issues approaching and departing our site from the north. Some folks coming from the south had some traffic issues. Here are some initial images – more will be coming in the next few days. We are headed for Indianapolis on Tuesday morning.
Many thanks to the rancher, Gene, that owned our viewing site. Hospitality provided was wonderful.
Thanks also to Gary, KN4AQ, Jeff, AC4ZO, and the few other folks at our viewing location. The company from all helped make the day extra special.
We are back home as of 1649 EDT on Wednesday with no issues on the return. I will be gathering all imagery and video over the next couple of days and will post a selection here.
Weather forecast for our primary site in eastern WY is good. This site is north of Torrington, WY just east of WY 159 and on the eclipse center line. We are currently engaged in prep work for the eclipse.
We were at the site on Saturday for equipment testing.
Here are several useful eclipse information links.
Total Solar Eclipse Complete Coverage
Total Solar Eclipse 2017: When, Where and How to See It (Safely)
Maps and other info
Map with animations
Overview Map
Good detailed info
Preparing to head west on 15 August. Our destination is the Nebraska / Wyoming border area. Details and pictures of the exact viewing location will be here a day or two prior to the eclipse. A good interactive map of the eclipse path is here: Eclipse Path Map
See here for eclipse local times at selected locations.
The full still image gallery is at this link.
Here is a video file created from the series of large still images that were taken.
The trip was GREAT. Thanks to all that watched! We may be contacted at frankh (at) iquest.net or you can just leave a comment here.
This is the location of the eclipse viewing site:
35.78214 N, 108.5743W – this is along road BiA-9 a bit east of US 491 and about 1 mile north of the center line. Eclipse times here are:
Start of partial eclipse: 8:26:53 PM EDT
Start of annular eclipse: 9:33:11 PM EDT
End of annular eclipse: 9:37:39 PM EDT
The sun sets during the partial eclipse about 30 minutes later.
Frank & K.C.
