The Gun Counter

Here's a website with good details of Sunday's solar eclipse. Pick your state for detailed info and graphic representations of what can be seen.

http://shadowandsubstance.com/

It will occur before/during sunset, and be visible mostly from west of the Missippippi. I'd thought of driving down to Albuquerque to watch from the centerline, but decided against it. I did see a similar eclipse from near El Paso, TX in May 1994. It was very cool.

The eclipse turned out pretty good from here in the Springs--it clouded up this afternoon, but then cleared somewhat. I put a solar filter on the 5" Mak scope on a camera tripod, since I'd need to move the scope to dodge trees, neighboring houses and such. I wound up out by the street, and several passersby got to take a look. Did have to fight some clouds that came and went, then the sun/moon pair set behind a big cloud just before maximum eclipse. Several sunspot groups were visible on the face of the sun until the moon covered them up. Pretty cool.

We stood on the porch, and not having any fancy equipment, held up some binoculars and projected the light on a piece of paper. Not a particularly good view, but my wife's younger brothers were able to see it without blinding themselves, so it's all good.