[PLUG-TALK] Linux Clinic Eclipse Edition - Live from Fujiyama

[Keith Lofstrom]

Early announcement, so we can coordinate with Free Geek - Sunday
May 20 will be a rare annular eclipse, starting over China,
moving over Japan and the Northern Pacific, and making landfall
over Crescent City.  It will only be partial, 87%, from Portland,
but still quite a show.

Panasonic will be live streaming the full annular eclipse from 
the top of Fujiyama in Japan, and I propose that we show it on
the big screen in the classroom where we hold the clinic.  Or
I can bring my screen and projector and setup elsewhere in the
building.

http://panasonic.net/eclipselive/

Rose City Astronomers will be observing it from OMSI's parking
lot - hopefully there will not be clouds in the way.  I hope
we can close the clinic a little early to go over there and
continue watching.  The times for the eclipse:

Fujiyama   35.3609°N  138.7335°E  Magnitude 0.964 
Annular Duration 4m58s 

                 pm, PDT   Altitude  Azimuth
Start Partial    2:18:25   18.8°      78.1°
Start Annular    3:30:43   33.4°      87.7°
Maximum          3:33:12   33.9°      88.1°
End Annular      3:35:41   34.4°      88.4° (east)
End Partial      5:00:27   51.6°     102.3°

OMSI       45.5076°N  122.6637°W  Magnitude 0.873

                 pm, PDT   Altitude  Azimuth
Start Partial    5:04:07   35.7°     262.9°
Maximum          6:21:04   22.2°     276.7° (west)
End Partial      7:29:27   10.6°     288.2°

If we are clouded in, perhaps there is somewhere on the
West coast that will be doing live streaming and we can
watch that.  It's kinda cool to think we can be watching
the same event start Monday morning across the Pacific,
then continue to watch it Sunday evening in Portland.



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