The Solar Eclipse of the Century

[Amantis]

In about...1 hour 15 minutes total darkness will last for 5, maximum 6 minutes. But the weather forecast right now? Absolute shit. Out of all days to be totally overcast, it has to be today! And it was ridiculously sunny every single blooming day with no rain for the last 2 weeks!

Wikipedia path

- Amantis

 

[Renzokuken]

Too bad it's not touching Australia at all

 

[Gimmi]

shit must be serious when it has its own wiki page

 

[Amantis]

Renzo: The one in January did!

Most eclipses have their own pages. This is to be the longest total blackout - the next one which will be just as long will be in 300 years.

- Amantis

 

[Amantis]

Update: This really really sucks. It's pouring rain. Literally. So you can't see anything other than feeling that night has come early. Of all days too!

- Amantis

 

[ST]

So....has this happened yet?

 

[Tyrael]

1) 2132, not 300 years
2) It's the 21st here, so I may still be able to see it!

 

[Amantis]

It's done. And those science bastards calculated the wrong time too. LOL. It happened an hour after the supposed time.

I doubt you'll be able to see it in the States though.

My bad about 300 years. I meant the next eclipse to be seen where I am now (Shanghai) will be seen in 300 years.

- Amantis

 

[Tyrael]

What a pity.

 

[Galatia]

It's done. And those science bastards calculated the wrong time too. LOL. It happened an hour after the supposed time.

The full eclipse happened at 02.35 GMT. How could they possibly calculate it wrong?

 

[Amantis]

The newspapers, magazines, radio, TV etc etc over here kept saying that it will happen "at around 8:30am". But 8:30 came, and there wasn't anything...until I went on some website (I'm not at home at the moment, so I can't dig it up until later) and said that the correct time is supposed to be at 9:30am. And sure enough, shortly after 9:30, we get a dark sky! Rainy, but still dark like night time!

So, I wonder who got it wrong.

- Amantis

 

[TrongaMonga]

That depends, is your timezone GMT +6 or GMT +7?

 

[Amantis]

7 summer, 8 winter. But still, it's a disappointment we can't actually see it because of the damn weather.

Eclipse timetable.

- Amantis

 

[TrongaMonga]

Then it's your news agencies that suck, 2:30 + 7 = 9:30

 

[Amantis]

Given the amount of censorship in the media and internet, you can't blame them for getting the wrong information about half the things grandpa.

- Amantis

 

[TrongaMonga]

It's okay, we don't have censorship in the civilized world, but the news agencies are still utter crap.

 

[MGCImtR]

"...solar eclipse was the longest total solar eclipse of the 21st century" @ Wiki

never trust the opinionated Wikipedia shit. Solar eclipses can happen every 4 years and sometimes per 2 years, depends. There may be other long and even longer...

 

[Galatia]

We can actually calculate the duration of every solar and lunar eclipse well into the future centuries, mr.1mp4c7o|2. And that one was indeed the longest of the century.

@Amantis: How difficult can it be to calculate 02:30 + 7? And what exactly does it have to do with censorship? Is the fact of China's difference from GMT censored??

 

[Amantis]

I have no idea how "difficult" it is, but I assume that because it probably started at 8:30 in India, they would assume that it would reach us at 8:30 too. They least they could have done is given us a time table!

- Amantis

 

[x42bn6]

Whoo, round objects.