[HCARC] 2024 Total Eclipse Web Pages

[w4wj at aol.com]

Hello all...
 
As I mentioned at Thursday's meeting here are two
web sites you might find interesting regarding the
2024 Total Eclipse which will be passing right thru
our beautiful Texas Hill Country.
 
http://xjubier.free.fr/en/site_pages/SolarEclipsesGoogleMaps.html
 
This is an all inclusive page showing several types of
solar eclipses.  You can locate the April 2024 eclipse
in the Total or Hybrid Solar Eclipse section.  Scroll
down and double click on the April 2024 listing.
This will open up the map for that day, with the
path coming up from Mexico and passing thru
the Texas Hill Country on its way to the Northeast.
 
You can easily Zoom and move the map in position.
As you get near a familiar location, mark it with your
cursor and double click to reveal the solar eclipse
information for that point on the earth.
 
There is a wealth of information included for that
particular point on the earth including LAT and LON,
starting times of each phase of the eclipse and the 
visual Azimuth and Elevation look angles.
 
You will notice that the path width is 120 miles,
meaning a much longer time in totality.  I will have
4 minutes 25 seconds to enjoy the spectacle at my
QTH west of Fredericksburg.
 
You can close the box, or double click on another 
location to move the box.
 
http://stevenmorse.org/nearest/distance.php
 
This is a page that you can use for distance 
calculations, given LAT and LON values.
 
For example, I determined that the middle line
of the eclipse will pass within 2.224 miles of
my QTH, bearing 318 degrees, @ 18:34:56.
 
Some of you will be a lot closer to the center line
and will have another second or so of totality.  
As I mentioned, at the meeting, the middle line almost 
cuts the VFD building at Terra Linda in half!!  ;-)
 
So, who in the club will be on the line??
 
Have fun...  Get your cameras and lounge chairs
ready for April 8, 2024 between 1700 and 2000 GMT,
for the fun!!
 
73
Don
W4WJ