"The Apollo 13 mission carried four 70MM Hasselblad cameras, of which two were used, and returned with 5 magazines of film. A total of 584 exposures were taken during the mission: 95 on black & white film and 489 on color film."
https://apollospace.com/images/apollo-missions/apollo-13/
A routine Space Mission... Apollo 13. Commander Tom Hanks in charge.
We are off to the The Moon, then it all goes HORRIBLY, HORRIBLY WRONG! A main bus B undervolt is not the worst worry.
The main realisation is that the whole Mission is aborted...
But, TBH, an awful place. Why would any sane person want to go there? 🙂
We are off to the The Moon, then it all goes HORRIBLY, HORRIBLY WRONG! A main bus B undervolt is not the worst worry.
The main realisation is that the whole Mission is aborted...
But, TBH, an awful place. Why would any sane person want to go there? 🙂
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Interesting Astronomical events on Tuesday 25 Oct morning, about 10 to 11 AM!
https://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/map/2022-october-25
It seems a bite-sized chunk is about to be bitten out of The Sun! Our friends in Sweden and Norway may see more.
But do not stare directly at The Sun. It may damage your eyesight.
Best Regards from Steve in Portsmouth, UK.
🙂
https://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/map/2022-october-25
It seems a bite-sized chunk is about to be bitten out of The Sun! Our friends in Sweden and Norway may see more.
But do not stare directly at The Sun. It may damage your eyesight.
Best Regards from Steve in Portsmouth, UK.
🙂
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Did you know that The word eclipse comes from ekleipsis, the ancient Greek word for being abandoned?
In the far north of Scotland, kilted crofters will be out banging pots and pans to scare away the demon trying to eat the Sun.
In the far north of Scotland, kilted crofters will be out banging pots and pans to scare away the demon trying to eat the Sun.
Not many people know this, but system7 came TOP in Latin and Greek at Secondary School!
And that without understanding a word of it. "Veni, Vidi, Vici! ". I just looked confident and bluffed it!
I look forward to seeing pictures of this minor Eclipse from Scotland:
Can't wait! 😀
And that without understanding a word of it. "Veni, Vidi, Vici! ". I just looked confident and bluffed it!
I look forward to seeing pictures of this minor Eclipse from Scotland:
Can't wait! 😀
Considering that our weather is as predictable as an eclipse, I can tell you now that pictures will be the same as on previous occasions! 🌦️
A rather large Image there, Galu...
My Scientific Investigations reveal that Scotland might be a good place to observe this minor wonder:
https://www.ventusky.com/
Personally, I will probably sleep through it.
My Scientific Investigations reveal that Scotland might be a good place to observe this minor wonder:
https://www.ventusky.com/
Personally, I will probably sleep through it.
The eclipse maximum in the UK is about 11AM BST. Presumably similar times in Northern Europe.
Probably safest to glimse it through thick cloud so as not to damage your eyes. Bit worried about this...
I just looked up UK partial solar eclipses. We get one every two years or so.
I do remember the one on May 20, 1966 which I glimpsed out of the school window in Whitchurch, Shropshire during an otherwise dull class.
Probably safest to glimse it through thick cloud so as not to damage your eyes. Bit worried about this...
I just looked up UK partial solar eclipses. We get one every two years or so.
I do remember the one on May 20, 1966 which I glimpsed out of the school window in Whitchurch, Shropshire during an otherwise dull class.
Got it! I ended up punching a 2mm hole in a piece of cardboard and putting a cardboard screen about a foot behind it. A pinhole camera.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/63371349
I could see a chunk missing from a round disk. All too bright to look at directly through some of the clouds.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/63371349
I could see a chunk missing from a round disk. All too bright to look at directly through some of the clouds.
Well, what do you know, the sun is shining brightly and I managed to observe the partial eclipse using my pinhole in the side of a corn flakes packet method. Although the image it produced was tiny, I could see that the demon had bitten a chunk out of the Sun!
Well done, TNT. You saw a really big bite at your latitude!
My corn flakes box pinhole camera image is rubbish, but I'm attaching a photo of it here as proof of my observation.
At least you can see that the Sun is not a complete circle! 😉
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Very well done TNT and Galu, we did some real Cosmology/Astronomy for a change!
Wasn't much of a chunk taken out in Portsmouth, UK. I made a special cardboard eclipse box last time, if you remember, but it was too cloudy.
The way to do this is to use a small 30mm x 30 Telescope on a tripod with an improvised blocking screen, according to Patrick Moore, the famous old astronomer. And project onto a screen behind the eyepiece.
LIDL were selling such a toy telescope recently for about £20. I was tempted. Maybe next time.
I did this years ago to see sunspots. It works.
Wasn't much of a chunk taken out in Portsmouth, UK. I made a special cardboard eclipse box last time, if you remember, but it was too cloudy.
The way to do this is to use a small 30mm x 30 Telescope on a tripod with an improvised blocking screen, according to Patrick Moore, the famous old astronomer. And project onto a screen behind the eyepiece.
LIDL were selling such a toy telescope recently for about £20. I was tempted. Maybe next time.
I did this years ago to see sunspots. It works.
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