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It'll be 2017 before you know it. I witnessed a total eclipse in 1999, I was in the south east of Hungary at the time. It was impressive. In 2017, the moons shadow will go through the States. Who's living in the total eclipse strip?

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Looks like I will be about 400 miles west of the actual arc based on the map.

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A good 7-8 hour drive and I'm there. Time to start planning a road trip.

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It will be well worth the effort, John.

The one I saw back in '99 was one of the most impressive events in my life.

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I don't recall ever seeing a total eclipse. We had an annular eclipse some years ago that was most awesome.

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Believe me when I say that a full eclipse is a hundred times more awesome.

Take your kids there, and I'm sure they will remember it for the rest of their lives.

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I will try to do that.

This past weekend found us on the west side of the state, so we went down to the fairly dark shores of Lake Michigan Thursday night to take in the Perseid meteor shower. It was pretty cool, but what struck me is how many satellites one can see under low light pollution conditions. I probably saw 8-10 in the hour and a half we lay there staring up.

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Satellite spotting is cool!!

A few years back, the ISS would fly directly over the Netherlands every day just after dark. I would look up its position on a NASA page and step in the back yard just minutes before. Sometimes it was so clear that I could see it up to 90 seconds after being exactly above me (it was always flying exactly east as NL was at its maximum lattitude). Given the fact the thing flies at 8 km per second, I was still able to see a man made flying object that was flying over Poland

Did you know the real time ISS position can be found on this very site?

You can see many satellites going over the poles, too.

A few years back I went to the woods with a friend, around midnight, to do some satellite spotting. It was so dark I had to hold on to the van. We literally couldn't see a thing. We saw 5 or 6 satellites within half an hour though.

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Mr. Bill alerted me to a flyover of the ISS some months ago. It was a very clear night, and we watched it from one horizon to the other. It was way cool, and my first satellite spotting experience (this last Thursday being my second).

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I checked out the Perseids meteor shower as well this year. It was a perfectly clear night sky, with no moon. Great for viewing, even in the suburbs where I live. Unfortunately, the 'rate' of meteors that I saw was somewhat less than what I viewed last year. In two hours last year, I probably counted 60-70 meteors....most with long white or orange tails, and of the more spectacular variety. This year, I probably saw 10 good ones....and 10 fairly small meteors, in an hour. There were long stretches 10 minutes or more....where none were visible. Last year, I rarely went more than a few minutes....without seeing a meteor.

So, still worth checking out this year....but not as spectacular as last year, for me.

As for satellites, yes...the night sky is filled with them. Pretty cool to see, for sure.

That's going to be about 4 hours north east of me.

Of couse in 2017, my oldest will be 25 and the twins will be 22...

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Could you show that to me again... slower?

OK so either you take them there, or you let them take you.

Either way.. go! You won't regret it. A 99% eclipse is nothing like a total eclipse. I'll never forget mine.

We'll have one in Amsterdam somewhere in the 29th century...

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