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Re:Solar eclipse this weekend in Northern California (map) by jackfoxy on Wednesday May 16, 2012 @06:19PM (#3984351)
I just realized the track of the eclipse would be so much more effective if it were an overlay of Google or Bing maps. Anyone have such a thing handy?
Re:Solar eclipse this weekend in Northern California (map) by djcapelis on Wednesday May 16, 2012 @06:39PM (#3984424)
Re:Solar eclipse this weekend in Northern California (map) by jackfoxy on Wednesday May 16, 2012 @08:16PM (#3984749)
Thanks a bunch!

It even let's me get the critical numbers for Sugarloaf Mountain:

Lat.: 40.9114° N

Long.: 122.4462° W

Annular Solar Eclipse

Duration of Annularity: 4m44.4s

Magnitude: 0.967

Event Date Time (UT) Alt Azi

Start of partial eclipse (C1) : 2012/05/21 00:10:57.9 034.6° 267.5°

Start of annular eclipse (C2) : 2012/05/21 01:25:45.6 020.6° 279.4°

Maximum eclipse : 2012/05/21 01:28:07.9 020.1° 279.8°

End of annular eclipse (C3) : 2012/05/21 01:30:30.1 019.7° 280.1°

End of partial eclipse (C4) : 2012/05/21 02:36:03.7 007.8° 290.1°