August 2017

[pne]

Vaguely considering going to Hopkinsville KY in August 2017 to watch the total solar eclipse from there.

Comments

[leighbug]

That is an awesome reason for coming to the US!

[arthur-sc-king.livejournal.com]

I take it this is the next total solar visible in NA? Sweet! I'm there!

[pne.livejournal.com]

I take it this is the next total solar visible in NA?

Yep; see this map (http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEatlas/SEatlas3/SEatlas2001.GIF) for the tracks of eclipses in the next decade or so. (There'll be an annular solar eclipse visible in NA in 2012, but 2017 is the next total one.)

Sweet! I'm there!

And if you don't want to travel all the way to Kentucky for the point of greatest eclipse, consider Salem, Oregon (1'55") (or Stayton, Oregon, for five seconds more, about 2'00"); greatest eclipse is 2'40", so you're only missing 40 seconds but should still see a great show (depending on weather).

See this interactive map of the eclipse track (http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEgoogle/SEgoogle2001/SE2017Aug21Tgoogle.html); click on places and it'll tell you the duration of the eclipse, when it starts and ends, etc. (You'll have to convert times from UTC, though.)

[allegrox.livejournal.com]

I'm actually not veyy far from Kentucky, so I'll probably be able to see it here in Indiana.

[pne.livejournal.com]

Well, you'll be able to see a partial eclipse for sure, but the path of totality doesn't pass through any part of Indiana.

Have a look at http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEgoogle/SEgoogle2001/SE2017Aug21Tgoogle.html (I found the "Large map" checkbox especially helpful), if you're curious; there's a Google Maps map that you can play around with that shows the path of totality.

You can also click anywhere and get told the circumstances of the eclipse, so you could also click on your own home town and see when the partial eclipse will arrive there, for example.