#umbraphile

[moonfarerart]

(via "Owl Solar Eclipse Watcher, Umbraphile Total Solar Eclipse Glasses Art" Throw Pillow for Sale by Moonfarer)

[amphiptere-art]

Have my pile of eclipse words.

Total solar eclipse, Annular Solar Eclipse, Partial solar eclipse, Hybrid Solar Eclipse, Total Lunar eclipse, Penumbral Lunar Eclipse, Partial Lunar Eclipse. Totality, Ring of fire, diamond ring, Shadow bands, Prominences, Corona, Occultation, Obscuration, Aphelion, Chromosphere, Antumbra, Annularity, Baily’s beads, Eclipse magnitude, Eclipse season, Ecliptic, Penumbra, Photosphere, Prominence, Saros, Sunspot cycle, Sunspots, Umbra, Umbraphile, Syzygy, Annulus, Ring of fire, Path of totality, Blood Moon, super Blood Moon, eclipsing binary star, Rahu, Tcikabis, Batara Kala, bakunawa, Apep, jawzahr, Minokawa, Fʋni Lusa, tiangou, Sköll and Hati, eclipser, ekleipsis, ekleipein, ek-leipein.

[spacenutspod]

A surprise appearance of a new comet made the April 8th total solar eclipse all the more memorable. Any dedicated ‘umbraphile’ will tell you: no two eclipses are exactly the same. Weather, solar activity, and the just plain expeditionary nature of reaching and standing in the shadow of the Moon for those brief moments during totality assures a unique experience, every time out. The same can be said for catching a brief glimpse of what’s going on near the Sun, from prominences and the pearly white corona to the configuration of bright planets… and just maybe, a new comet. The Discovery While many planned to try and spy periodic Comet 12P Pons-Brooks during totality, astronomer Karl Battams at the U.S. Naval Observatory alerted us to another possibility. A new sungrazing comet, spotted just hours prior. The Kreutz family comet was seen by Worachate Boonplod in the field of view of the joint NASA/ESA Solar Heliospheric Observatory’s (SOHO) LASCO C3 and C2 imagers. These are equipped with Sun-covering coronagraphs that allow it to see the near solar environment. The mission was launched over a quarter of a century ago in 1995. SOHO was deployed to the sunward L1 Earth-Sun Lagrange point nearly a million miles distant. SOHO has since proven itself to be a crucial workhorse in solar heliophysics. Doomed SOHO-5008 (lower left). Credit: NASA/ESA/SOHO The comet soon received the formal designation of SOHO-5008. That’s right: SOHO has led to the discovery of over 5,000 comets in its career. Most of these discoveries were thanks to the efforts of dedicated online sleuths, scouring recent LASCO images. At the time, the doom’d comet was a faint object, located only a few degrees from the Sun. The icy interloper was a tough target to nab during the fleeting minutes of totality, but at least two dedicated astrophotographers managed to catch it. Lin Zixuan saw it imaging from northern New Hampshire. Petr Horálek from the Institute of Physics in Opava Czechia (Czech Republic) was imaging from Mexico as he caught the object. Like so many other sungrazers, the comet met its demise shortly after discovery (less than 12 hours, in fact), like a sundiving spaceship at a Disaster Area concert right out of Douglas Adam’s Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. A Brief History of Sungrazers This sort of SOHO versus comet, versus eclipse discovery has only occurred twice: once in 2008 and again in 2020). SOHO wasn’t designed per se to find comets, but its prolific nature as a comet hunter has become an essential part of the legacy of the mission. SOHO has defined whole new families of Kreutz, Marsden and Kracht sungrazing comets. And to think, prior to the mission, only sixteen sungrazing comets were even known of. One similar case was the Great Comet of 1948, which was also discovered by stunned observers during a total solar eclipse. Another was C/1965 Ikeya-Seki, which went on to become one of the truly great comets of the 20th century. More recently, C/2011 W3 Lovejoy surprised everyone by surviving its perihelion passage 140,000 kilometers from the surface of the Sun. Just one year later, however, 2012 S1 ISON didn’t. It was a thrilling celestial spectacle, with an added treat. The post There Was a Doomed Comet Near the Sun During the Eclipse appeared first on Universe Today.

[andronetalks]

Doomed comet spotted near the sun during the April 8 total solar eclipse

Phys Org by David Dickinson, Universe Today April 22, 2024 A surprise appearance of a new comet made the April 8 total solar eclipse all the more memorable. Any dedicated “umbraphile” will tell you: no two eclipses are exactly the same. Weather, solar activity, and the just plain expeditionary nature of reaching and standing in the shadow of the moon for those brief moments during totality…

[spellucci]

Eclipse Day

Monday, April 8, 2024

Eclipse day dawned with early rain and heavy fog. The birds had been singing enthusiastically since 3:00am. So much for birds being quiet when it is dark.

Tim comes back from the casino with news that the weather reports are looking good. We hang out in the parking lot with the other RV owners, drink coffee, admire each other’s RVs, and discuss the best place to watch.

We head to a small parking lot for a fishing boat access to the river next to the casino and make food for Dora.

Backpacks full of eclipse-watching equipment, we climb up the grassy levee with chairs and a folding table. We settle in and watch the river roll by.

Andy announces he sees the first bite out of the sun. We hastily unpack the eclipse gear, don our eclipse glasses and start taking photos.

As we approach totality, Andy Jr. — Tim’s nephew from Kansas and his wife Shante arrive. Andy Sr had been vectoring them in. They had been caught in traffic, but arrived just as it was starting to get cold.

While we are waiting on the levee, the transportation industry carries on around us.

On one side of the levee, two huge barges approached each other from opposite directions.

On the other side, a freight train passes below us.

We get ready for totality as the sun shrinks to a sliver.

The lights come on in the casino parking lot.

Totality! The Diamond Ring! We had never seen it before — the last sliver of sun shining between the mountains on the moon. It only lasts a second. We didn’t try to take a picture, but Andy took a fabulous shot with superior equipment than a smartphone.

“What’s that orange dot? Do you see it?” We all did. Jeanne grabbed her hand monocular and said “I think it’s a solar flare!” Actually, it was a prominence, but close enough. Flares disconnect from the sun and some head toward earth causing auroras and problems with the electric grid. Prominences are giant spouts of plasma that shoot out from the sun like loopy filaments, but stay connected.

The sun has an 11 year cycle of activity and this year is the peak of its cycle. During the 2017 eclipse, the sun was still in the low activity part of its cycle so we didn’t see any activity.

The night lights in the casino parking lot turn on. Swarms of midges swirl around Tim. The sky is twilight dark.

Andy Jr has brought a white sheet to spread on the ground that now has shimmering bands of light that appear to squirm like snacks in a moire pattern. Because the light from the sun is down to a single point, it has strange properties of parallel lines of light.

Suddenly, the we see the diamond ring again — the first bit of sunlight as the moon shadow depart. I hastily aim my camera upriver and catch the last bit of the moon shadow departing, heading northeast. I wish good viewing my friends up north. It is suddenly bright out and there are golden sunrise colors over the Mississippi River.

Most of the people on the levee leave with the moon “show’s over”, but we linger. The three families don’t see each other often and we are all so excited and awestruck. Finally we pack up and head down to the parking lot. We all have different plans and places to go.

We take a last group photo to memorialize the day. Andy calls us the “Umbraphiles” — shadow lovers. Andy, Andy, and Shante head for a BBQ restaurant to charge their truck. We head east for a town with better cell service because Tim has a Zoom meeting.

The traffic was light leaving Cape Girardeau north into Illinois. Our arrival time in Paducah, KY was 5:22. As we approached the Ohio River crossing, the time went up and up. Google Maps algorithm did its trick of packing the side roads. Jeanne fell for the shortcut. We were stuck on a side road a half mile from the bridge for over 2 hours.

Tim cooked dinner, then started his Zoom call. We arrived in Paducah at 7:53. The parking lot at the Paducah Cracker Barrel was crowded with RVs, but still had spaces in the RV parking area. We gratefully settled for the night.

[ao3feed-akkayan]

by Itcalledfood

I kinda wish we didn’t fall in love.

Well I wish I didn’t fall in love with you, nobody would have thought I would do so. Falling in love with you.

I hate most of the things you do. I hate that you know what you want to be. I hate how understanding and caring you. I hate that you care about me as much as my friends if not more.

I hate that I love you so much, I w̶o̶u̶l̶d̶ d̶i̶e̶ will live for you.

Words: 2098, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English

Fandoms: คาธ | The Eclipse (TV 2022)

Rating: Not Rated

Warnings: Major Character Death

Categories: M/M

Characters: Wat (The Eclipse), Namo (The Eclipse), Akk (The Eclipse), Ayan (The Eclipse), Kan (The Eclipse), Thua (The Eclipse), Chadok (The Eclipse), Dika (The Eclipse), Mes (The Eclipse), The World Remembers Gang (The Eclipse), Sani (The Eclipse), Waree (The Eclipse), Singto the Dog (The Eclipse)

Relationships: Namo/Wat (The Eclipse), Akk/Ayan (The Eclipse), Chadok/Dika (The Eclipse), Kan/Thua (The Eclipse)

Additional Tags: Fluff, Angst, Hurt No Comfort, Anxiety, Mental Health Issues, Comedy

[rhondacoleman]

“It's very ... it almost is like a bit of a dreadful feeling. It's like, "Whoa, wait a minute. What's happening to my planet?" ... It's a topsy-turvy world. It's not like night. It's not like day. It's not like twilight. It's like nothing you've ever felt before.” From “Tales from the Shadow of the Moon”, Vox.com, by by Brian Resnick and Joss Fong

https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2017/8/10/16114762/total-solar-eclipse-chasers-2017

[ambystroma-blog]

DRIVING SEVERAL HOURS AND FREEZING OVERNIGHT TO SEE THE TOTAL ECLIPSE?? 1017/10 WORTH IT

[moonfarerart]

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[worldofpollux]

"The Umbraphiles": ink and watercolor piece. #illustration #drawing #watercolor #umbraphile #shadowhunters #clarinetist #trumpeter #drummer #trompetista #clarinetista #baterista #jazzband

[disaronnus]

On the Move: Eclipse Hunting 2017

Like many others, I will be traveling the next several days and in hunt of experiencing an eclipse totality here in the US.

Five years ago, a very, very dear friend, who is an umbraphile and has hunted eclipses all over the world, handed me an envelope and said: “Aug 21, 2017. This is where you are going to be.” I was like: ????. I had no idea what they were talking about, much less what was in that envelope (a pair of eclipse-viewing shades)...

Well dear friend, I am off...and your pair of eclipse shades (unexpired) is tucked away in my backpack, awaiting its moment of glory.

I’m just slightly appalled that 5 years has gone by so quickly. I remember thinking: “5 years, pffffff, who knews where I’ll be by then.” 

Here we go.

[zenloks]

Drawing Calamity Armors - Day 14 Umbraphile

[backcreekacademy]

dancing in the moonlight to pink floyd's dark side of the moon with my son/sun 🌙 . . . #solareclipse #pathoftotality #totaleclipse #nashville #son #sun #sonshine #totalsolareclipse #celestial #freespirit #wildandfree #wildandfreebros #wildandfreechildren #pinkfloyd #darksideofthemoon #umbraphile #umbrafileforlife #thebrosfamfun #thebrosumbrafilelife (at Bells Bend Park)

[sexandbicycles]

A representative from each of my worlds were with me when I saw the #eclipse. My family, my rave fam, my performer fam, and my #adventurebuddy. The only thing missing was #chuknessmonster. Photos by @rahkster #lucky #oregoneclipse #symbiosis #umbraphile #totaleclipse #oftheheart (at Big Summit Prairie)

[spazlandon]

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Timelapse of totality from Idaho. I think this might be the last of my eclipse post (maybe) #timelapse #totality #totaleclipse #eclipse2017 #greatamericaneclipse #idahome #idaho #idahogram #solareclipse #umbraphile #shadow #moon

[andystechgarage]

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This was the peak of the #eclipse for us... It was really cool to keep track of the #solarspots on the bottom right of the crescent. These have been there the entire morning and we got to see them covered little by little by the #moon Fantastic event for the kids and special thanks to Rockland Astronomy Club for extending the invitation and for making all the gear available by inviting people with great experience in the field of #astronomy Now, let's book our trip to #Samoa for the #solareclipse2019 . #solareclipse #solareclipse2017 #totaleclipse #totalsolareclipse #totalsolareclipse2017 #learning #learningbydoing #learningthroughplay #playfullearning #stem #stemlearning #stemedu #stemeducation #stemandy #stematg #stemeva #andystem #evastem #atgstem #umbra #umbraphile #umbraphiles (at Sanfordville Elementary School)