# Eclipse watchers?

**URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/t/eclipse-watchers/112705
**Category:** Offtopic
**Created:** [April 8, 2024, 11:38pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/eclipse-watchers/112705 "2024-04-08T23:38:45Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
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### Author: ![brainandforce](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/brainandforce/32/211054_2.png) [@brainandforce](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/brainandforce)
#### Post date: [April 8, 2024, 11:38pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/eclipse-watchers/112705/1 "2024-04-08T23:38:46Z")

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I managed to get this photo from Abbott, TX. Did any of you watch it?

 ![eclipse](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/original/3X/9/b/9b87ac2366ac80a4773e23f4980e4e1c88291552.jpeg)

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### Author: ![stevengj](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/stevengj/32/71_2.png) [@stevengj](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/stevengj)
#### Post date: [April 9, 2024, 1:04am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/eclipse-watchers/112705/2 "2024-04-09T01:04:37Z")

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Via telescope in the MIT courtyard (photo about 22min before peak eclipse)

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/original/3X/2/0/20cb0cdc307637a4d6d480c7e148250e1eec87a4.jpeg)  
Peak eclipse at MIT was ≈ 93%:  
 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/original/3X/7/9/798c80ea7298b23ce5ddc6a2c0f996118ef66a24.jpeg)

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### Author: ![PeterSimon](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/petersimon/32/25193_2.png) [@PeterSimon](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/PeterSimon)
#### Post date: [April 9, 2024, 2:31am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/eclipse-watchers/112705/3 "2024-04-09T02:31:27Z")

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From Fort Worth TX via Pixel 8 Pro

 ![PXL_20240408_184011106_exported_51525](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/original/3X/8/a/8aadd80a8c3c82fc8336f50deb399aaaeb484515.jpeg)

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### Author: ![jar1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c0e974/32.png) [@jar1](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/jar1)
#### Post date: [April 9, 2024, 2:35am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/eclipse-watchers/112705/4 "2024-04-09T02:35:41Z")

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I thought these blog posts on finding eclipses were cool.

> **[Predicting solar eclipses with Python](https://erikbern.com/2024/04/07/predicting-solar-eclipses-with-python)**
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> Find every solar eclipse in 2020-2030 and plot the path of totality using Python

> **[Computing the Eclipse: Astronomy in the Wolfram Language](https://writings.stephenwolfram.com/2024/03/computing-the-eclipse-astronomy-in-the-wolfram-language/)**
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> Built-in Wolfram Language function SolarEclipse automatically computes nearly 100 properties about eclipses. For past and future eclipses, find type, magnitude, path, maps, umbra, patterns, geo projections, position, etc.

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### Author: ![Jeff\_Emanuel](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/jeff_emanuel/32/15440_2.png) [@Jeff\_Emanuel](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Jeff_Emanuel)
#### Post date: [April 9, 2024, 6:30pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/eclipse-watchers/112705/5 "2024-04-09T18:30:09Z")

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Only about 65% here

 ![20240408_122617](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/original/3X/7/8/78baafd3a959169b118b8892d2d248455a9dea46.jpeg)

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### Author: ![tbeason](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/tbeason/32/15898_2.png) [@tbeason](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/tbeason)
#### Post date: [April 9, 2024, 6:42pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/eclipse-watchers/112705/6 "2024-04-09T18:42:33Z")

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Cloudy and rainy here… 🌧

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### Author: ![Nathan\_Boyer](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/nathan_boyer/32/14825_2.png) [@Nathan\_Boyer](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Nathan_Boyer)
#### Post date: [April 10, 2024, 1:39pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/eclipse-watchers/112705/7 "2024-04-10T13:39:44Z")

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View from Ohio! (iPhone 15 Pro)

 ![Ohio Eclipse Landscape](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/original/3X/4/f/4f2cd75f34193c8d73ef2952255a50610f618a48.jpeg)  
 ![Ohio Eclipse](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/original/3X/5/d/5d727f8cfb2bc99458ae5ec52609e9475ea0e570.jpeg)

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### Author: ![John\_Gibson](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/john_gibson/32/5321_2.png) [@John\_Gibson](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/John_Gibson)
#### Post date: [April 10, 2024, 2:40pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/eclipse-watchers/112705/8 "2024-04-10T14:40:23Z")

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Got a 80 seconds of totality in Montpelier, VT. Two highlights for me were seeing Venus shining brightly below and a large solar prominence, which to the eye looked like a single spot of sunlight poking through on the lower edge of the moon. I didn’t have the presence of mind to remove the solar filter on my telescope and see it magnified. On the other hand I could have wasted my short bit of totality fiddling with equipment.