Neil wrote:


Col wrote:
"Martin Rowley" m
wrote in message ...
Obviously depends upon the weather!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/6411991.stm

Might be problems in latter stages across much of southern Britain,
and NI & parts of Scotland might also be problematical, depending
upon how much high/medium cloud gets thrown forward across the upper
ridge axis.


I didn't know whether to laugh or cry at this bit:

"He added that it was totally safe to observe and no protective filters
were needed because the Moon would actually be less bright than
during a normal full moon."

In fairness, my 8 year old son was a little concerned because he had
been warned about looking directly at the sun during last years (?)
partial eclipse. He assumed that any eclipse was dangerous to look at.


Comparison of visual magnitudes with the sun indicate that
the sun is some 465000 times brighter.


MH




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