The Guardian has all the info:

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/apr/14/total-solar-eclipse-hybrid-australia-when-and-where-you-can-see-it

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Wow, what is that?

Jovial Monk wrote on Apr 14^th, 2023 at 7:11pm:

Wow, what is that?

The Perth Mint's 2oz silver coin commemorating the eclipse.

Nice!

I have a doctor's appointment booked about half an hour before the partial eclipse in my region. Carl D suggested that there was not going to be a display of any more than 30% solar eclipse in my area. But, it might be enough to see what kind of effect this will have on the sunlight reaching my town.

There is another eclipse later this year—at least in the US.

I present the video from Dr Strong—you can find out if we get any of it here or not.


https://youtu.be/tqokJmeJBTI

Unfortunately, the October 14th solar eclipse won't be visible from anywhere in Australia, it will be about the middle of the night here and the Sun and Moon will be on the opposite side of the Earth from us.

If we could see it from here there still wouldn't be any eclipse visible, this screenshot from Stellarium shows how close the Moon would get to passing in front of the Sun (I had to remove the ground to see it, of course).

This view is from Perth at about 1:30am and I played around with also looking at it from other parts of Australia - Hobart, Sydney and Darwin and the view is almost the same for all of them.

(The Moon is moving roughly from left to right in relation to the Sun in this image)

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I was sure that was the case but thought I would post that anyway just in case.

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The eclipse next week

Is this next week or was that last week ?

Carl D wrote on Apr 17^th, 2023 at 8:13am:

Unfortunately, the October 14th solar eclipse won't be visible from anywhere in Australia, it will be about the middle of the night here and the Sun and Moon will be on the opposite side of the Earth from us. If we could see it from here there still wouldn't be any eclipse visible, this screenshot from Stellarium shows how close the Moon would get to passing in front of the Sun (I had to remove the ground to see it, of course). This view is from Perth at about 1:30am and I played around with also looking at it from other parts of Australia - Hobart, Sydney and Darwin and the view is almost the same for all of them. (The Moon is moving roughly from left to right in relation to the Sun in this image)

Times like this we need to go back to the flat earth system.

Dnarever wrote on Apr 17^th, 2023 at 9:51am:

Quote: The eclipse next week Is this next week or was that last week ?

This Thursday, April 20th. Solar eclipse is visible from most of Australia. Total eclipse in Exmouth, WA. Partial for the rest of the country.

Next one is October 14th which won't be visible from Australia due to it being in the middle of the night for us (and the Moon isn't going to pass in front of the Sun - even by a small amount - as seen from here even if we could see it).

From here in Perth at 11am this Thursday.

Atmosphere removed in the second image.

The Moon is moving roughly from top to bottom in relation to the Sun.

Might make myself a pinhole camera to view it... and the weather is going to be perfect, sunny and 27 degrees forecast.

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I won’t bother looking, such a tiny bit of the sun covered up, can’t see the corona, etc.

I have a relative living in Exmouth, she reckons the place will be inundated with visitors for the event.

THAT is a sure bet!

Won't be as good as the June 20th 1974 eclipse was from here in Perth.

I was 16 years old at the time working in an office in St. Georges Terrace in the city and I remember this eclipse vividly.

It was very dark outside at and around the time of maximum eclipse.

Attached images were at 1:15pm June 20th 1974 in Perth at maximum eclipse. Moon was moving roughly from left to right in relation to the Sun.

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Is that a CME from almost the south pole of the sun?

Jovial Monk wrote on Apr 17^th, 2023 at 10:49am:

Is that a CME from almost the south pole of the sun?

Looks like it although I don't believe the images of the Sun's corona or sunspots are 'real time' images in Stellarium, today or in 1974.

I'm pretty sure they're just 'effects' which they've added to show what they look like.

Yeah, very likely.

Well, the "big" day has arrived. Solar Eclipse day.  8-)

Here's sunrise in Perth this morning (right now actually - 6:45am).

I've removed the atmosphere from the image otherwise the Moon cannot be seen, the Moon is moving roughly from top to bottom in relation to the Sun.

Partial eclipse starts at 10am (Perth time) and ends at 12:45pm (Perth time). Maximum eclipse is at 11am (Perth time).

I'll have a look outside at around 11am to see how "dark" it gets here, probably won't be much different to a slightly cloudy day.

The orange line in the image is the Ecliptic, by the way.

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Pity we won’t see much.

11am here in Perth and it's about the time of maximum eclipse.

It is noticeably dimmer outside and the sky is a slightly deeper blue than usual.

I did try to make a pinhole camera to view the eclipse, it did sort of work but the image was tiny. However, I did see the part of the Moon covering the Sun with it.

I was going to attach another Stellarium image to show the eclipse as it looks from here right now but I already did that on Monday.

Edit: 11:21 is the 'official' time of maximum eclipse here in Perth (right now) but it doesn't really look any dimmer outside than it did at 11.

Carl D wrote on Apr 20^th, 2023 at 1:02pm:

11am here in Perth and it's about the time of maximum eclipse. It is noticeably dimmer outside and the sky is a slightly deeper blue than usual. I did try to make a pinhole camera to view the eclipse, it did sort of work but the image was tiny. However, I did see the part of the Moon covering the Sun with it. I was going to attach another Stellarium image to show the eclipse as it looks from here right now but I already did that on Monday. Edit: 11:21 is the 'official' time of maximum eclipse here in Perth (right now) but it doesn't really look any dimmer outside than it did at 11.

It looked a bit darker than normal when I went outside, with a strange yellow tint to the sky.

I noticed a lot of birds were on the ground, walking around slowly and not making any noise - looks like it confused them a bit.

It's a lot brighter now Greg even though the Moon is still 'covering' about a quarter of the Sun (probably a bit less than that actually).

This was a few minutes ago (12:18pm Perth time).

The Moon will have completely 'cleared' the Sun at 12:45pm Perth time.

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Jovial Monk wrote on Apr 20^th, 2023 at 9:09am:

Pity we won’t see much.

I was at the doctors about 15 minutes before the eclipse was to start. By the time I got over town for another appointment, there was no real change to the sky. I got to the shopping centre to do some business. Then I went out and drove home. By 2:30, the sunlight seemed to have dimmed a little. As if it was a little cloudy, but the sun was shining still. I will watch the news tonight to see what the story was like for Exmouth.

The Guardian has photos:

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2023/apr/20/total-solar-eclipse-2023-live-updates-april-20-today-hybrid-when-what-time-is-how-to-view-watch-in-australia-india-indonesia-vietnam-singapore-exmouth-latest-news

Well, as the sun sets here in Perth (5:46pm) it's time for my final Stellarium image.

The Moon is moving to the right and slightly upwards in relation to the Sun in this image.

The atmosphere has been removed, of course.

There may be a very thin crescent Moon visible this time tomorrow but it will probably be lost in the light of the Sun even after the Sun sets because of the angle that the Moon is moving against the background of stars in relation to the horizon but there should definitely be a crescent Moon visible after sunset on Saturday evening.

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