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    TSE 2017 -- what are you doing?

    Hey y'all

    Jimi Lowrey, John Hoey, Paul and Debbie Alsing and myself are boondocking in a national forest north of John Day, OR to catch the eclipse.

    What's everyone doing?

    Clear skies and happy eclipse viewing!
    Akarsh
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    I'm in Spain near Madrid and will set up a solar telescope to try and observe a tiny partial eclipse just before sunset. Enjoy the total eclipse!

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    We came to Valentine NE (site of the Nebraska Star Party) to do some deep sky observing and use it as a launching pad towards clear weather. Weather is looking iffy along the I80 corridor in NE so we may be moving westward towards Casper in Wyoming.

    Anyone near Casper to give a traffic report?
    Clear Dark Skies,
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    Backyard, with a white-filtered C5+. It was nice! Two groups of spots eclipsed. We had about 77% eclipsed by area.
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    Missed it completely as it was past midnight when it occurred. lol
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