Talk:1868: Eclipse Flights - Revision history

172.71.158.231 at 06:14, 8 May 2023

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D5xtgr at 02:49, 7 June 2020

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Dontknow at 23:56, 11 September 2017

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141.101.88.88 at 20:33, 27 July 2017

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162.158.166.53: was trying to reply

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was trying to reply

162.158.166.53: comic is wrong

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comic is wrong

162.158.255.118 at 22:03, 26 July 2017

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141.101.105.12 at 21:54, 26 July 2017

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	The airplane depicted is probably a Boeing 737-700. A 737 is recognisable by the "kinked" leading edge to its tail, the presence of blended winglets and a dorsal wifi antenna suggest it is the "Next Generation" series, and the length is most consistent with the -700 variant. [[User:D5xtgr\|D5xtgr]] ([[User talk:D5xtgr\|talk]]) 02:49, 7 June 2020 (UTC)		The airplane depicted is probably a Boeing 737-700. A 737 is recognisable by the "kinked" leading edge to its tail, the presence of blended winglets and a dorsal wifi antenna suggest it is the "Next Generation" series, and the length is most consistent with the -700 variant. [[User:D5xtgr\|D5xtgr]] ([[User talk:D5xtgr\|talk]]) 02:49, 7 June 2020 (UTC)
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		+	The xkcd also referenced the April 20 eclipse this year in a recent comic. [[Special:Contributions/172.71.158.231\|172.71.158.231]] 06:14, 8 May 2023 (UTC)

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	Does anyone feel as though the explanation is finished? [[User:Dontknow\|Dontknow]] ([[User talk:Dontknow\|talk]]) 23:56, 11 September 2017 (UTC)		Does anyone feel as though the explanation is finished? [[User:Dontknow\|Dontknow]] ([[User talk:Dontknow\|talk]]) 23:56, 11 September 2017 (UTC)
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		+	The airplane depicted is probably a Boeing 737-700. A 737 is recognisable by the "kinked" leading edge to its tail, the presence of blended winglets and a dorsal wifi antenna suggest it is the "Next Generation" series, and the length is most consistent with the -700 variant. [[User:D5xtgr\|D5xtgr]] ([[User talk:D5xtgr\|talk]]) 02:49, 7 June 2020 (UTC)

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	I've been looking around, and couldn't find a site to give me flight information for that specific day, and overlaid on a flight path of the eclipse. Anyone have any luck? [[Special:Contributions/162.158.255.118\|162.158.255.118]] 22:03, 26 July 2017 (UTC)		I've been looking around, and couldn't find a site to give me flight information for that specific day, and overlaid on a flight path of the eclipse. Anyone have any luck? [[Special:Contributions/162.158.255.118\|162.158.255.118]] 22:03, 26 July 2017 (UTC)
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		+	Does anyone feel as though the explanation is finished? [[User:Dontknow\|Dontknow]] ([[User talk:Dontknow\|talk]]) 23:56, 11 September 2017 (UTC)

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 :I also suggest that fact be included into the explanation, because the comic showing a sharp shadow transition is factually completely incorrect. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.166.53|162.158.166.53]] 04:45, 27 July 2017 (UTC)
 ::It's not wrong, it's just a schematic map of the path of totality. There is in fact a sharp distinction between regions that see a total eclipse and the neighbouring regions where it's only a partial eclipse. This graph clearly shows this, instead of the darkness of the shadow created by the eclipse (in which case the central path would've been pitch black). [[Special:Contributions/141.101.88.88|141.101.88.88]] 20:33, 27 July 2017 (UTC)
 I've been looking around, and couldn't find a site to give me flight information for that specific day, and overlaid on a flight path of the eclipse. Anyone have any luck? [[Special:Contributions/162.158.255.118|162.158.255.118]] 22:03, 26 July 2017 (UTC)

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 ::''While we often sketch the penumbra as uniform, in reality the penumbra shades gradually from the completely dark umbra out towards the edges. The reason is simple: as you move outwards away from the edge of the umbra, you will see an increasing fraction of the Sun peeking out from behind the Moon. There is a very nice Mir image of the 1999 Aug 11 eclipse shadow showing what I mean.''
 :I also suggest that fact be included into the explanation, because the comic showing a sharp shadow transition is factually completely incorrect. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.166.53|162.158.166.53]] 04:45, 27 July 2017 (UTC)
 I've been looking around, and couldn't find a site to give me flight information for that specific day, and overlaid on a flight path of the eclipse. Anyone have any luck? [[Special:Contributions/162.158.255.118|162.158.255.118]] 22:03, 26 July 2017 (UTC)

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 This could use an image. Could someone more versed in this website's inner workings add one please? E.g. http://www.slate.com/content/dam/slate/blogs/bad_astronomy/2015/03/23/sims_schneider_eclipse_mar202015.jpg.CROP.original-original.jpg
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 I've been looking around, and couldn't find a site to give me flight information for that specific day, and overlaid on a flight path of the eclipse. Anyone have any luck? [[Special:Contributions/162.158.255.118|162.158.255.118]] 22:03, 26 July 2017 (UTC)

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	I've been looking around, and couldn't find a site to give me flight information for that specific day, and overlaid on a flight path of the eclipse. Anyone have any luck? [[Special:Contributions/162.158.255.118\|162.158.255.118]] 22:03, 26 July 2017 (UTC)		I've been looking around, and couldn't find a site to give me flight information for that specific day, and overlaid on a flight path of the eclipse. Anyone have any luck? [[Special:Contributions/162.158.255.118\|162.158.255.118]] 22:03, 26 July 2017 (UTC)
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		+	I strongly suggest [http://www.astronomy.ohio-state.edu/~pogge/Ast161/Images/mir1999.jpg this image of a total eclipse shadow taken from the Mir space station.] I found it on [http://www.astronomy.ohio-state.edu/~pogge/Ast161/Unit2/eclipses.html this introductory astronomy lecture notes page] linked from this excerpt:
		+	:''While we often sketch the penumbra as uniform, in reality the penumbra shades gradually from the completely dark umbra out towards the edges. The reason is simple: as you move outwards away from the edge of the umbra, you will see an increasing fraction of the Sun peeking out from behind the Moon. There is a very nice Mir image of the 1999 Aug 11 eclipse shadow showing what I mean.''
		+	I strongly suggest that fact be included into the explanation, because the comic showing a sharp shadow transition is factually completely incorrect. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.166.53\|162.158.166.53]] 04:45, 27 July 2017 (UTC)

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	This could use an image. Could someone more versed in this website's inner workings add one please? E.g. http://www.slate.com/content/dam/slate/blogs/bad_astronomy/2015/03/23/sims_schneider_eclipse_mar202015.jpg.CROP.original-original.jpg		This could use an image. Could someone more versed in this website's inner workings add one please? E.g. http://www.slate.com/content/dam/slate/blogs/bad_astronomy/2015/03/23/sims_schneider_eclipse_mar202015.jpg.CROP.original-original.jpg
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		+	I've been looking around, and couldn't find a site to give me flight information for that specific day, and overlaid on a flight path of the eclipse. Anyone have any luck? [[Special:Contributions/162.158.255.118\|162.158.255.118]] 22:03, 26 July 2017 (UTC)

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		+	This could use an image. Could someone more versed in this website's inner workings add one please? E.g. http://www.slate.com/content/dam/slate/blogs/bad_astronomy/2015/03/23/sims_schneider_eclipse_mar202015.jpg.CROP.original-original.jpg
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