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[Will Young]

Friday’s Field Report

It’s a Halloween style Friday the 13th here at ESP!

On Thursday afternoon the skies cleared around 2pm and were really nice most of the night. Sunset had that magic in the air as astronomers began uncovering their scopes and powering on their rigs. It’s the kind of thing you have to be here to experience. We did have some dew that set in just before 2am and that seemed to put observing on hold. All in all it was a great evening and both the Lodge field and the Main field were buzzing.

At 3pm today Dan Davis will be doing his afternoon talk at the Lodge, “A Geologist-Stargazer’s View of Tectonics Around the Solar System” followed shortly by dinner.

Now let’s talk a bit about the big day. Saturday morning starts with the eclipse-day registration opening up at 7am and running until 11:15am. Those of you traveling in for the day only will want to stop by the registration building on the Main field and get that solar gear ready for the big show!

I see the eclipse starting around 10:20am with the Sun at 30 degrees. The eclipse will end at 1:26pm. The full annular disk will be visible from right here at the XBar Ranch from 11:46am – 11:51am. It’s going to be a fantastic Saturday at ESP!

Feel free to drop in the comments your plans to watch or photograph the big event! Good luck y’all and let’s have a great weekend!
-Will