Annular Solar Eclipse 2010

Gents,

Anyone planning to attend the longest annular eclipse of the millenium in Jan/2010?

I am slowly making plans ... airline tickets are just over 400 euro.

Anthony.

Hmmm..
400 euro to which country?
I've never seen an Annulur Eclipse.
Have you?
What is it like?
Do you still get to see the corona?
Bottom line - is it worth it!

Barberskum wrote:

Hmmm..

I know!

400 euro to which country?

Athens-Cairo-Nairobi-Cairo-Athens ... 417 euro with all of the taxes included using Egypt Air.

I've never seen an Annulur Eclipse.
Have you?

First time for me as well.

What is it like?

We have 11+ minutes of annularity for this one. Also, for Kenya, sunrise will include a partially eclipsed sun which is perfect for some great pics!

Do you still get to see the corona?

There are people who have pursued an extended exposure in order to capture the corona. Also, Baily's beads are another target during annular eclipses.

Bottom line - is it worth it!

(1) trip to Kenya
(2) 80-85% of success due to the weather
(3) dirt-cheap airline tickets
(4) accomodation only 52 euro per night
(5) National Park (with wildlife) only 8 km south of Nairobi
(6) longest annular eclipse of the millemium!
(7) much better alternative than TSE2010 for MANY reasons
( opportunity to also witness an annular eclipse

Anthony.

noo nooooo, for gods sake, moderators please delete this thread,
i'm trying to save money not spend it, ahhhhhhh: blink:

Dave,

What better excuse not to spend money on Xmas presents for the relatives?!

"I blew it all on my eclipse trip next month. Sorry! Next year, I promise."

Anthony.

yea, picture it, christmas 2010 presents are all ornamanets from Kenya. :laugh:

ok, so whats involved in getting into Kenya, visas? innoculations? bribes or what ?
Can you just book a flight and land there with no problems ?
I'm gonna look into flights to see if its viable form here.
If its cheap enough then I'm going.!