[time-nuts] Re: Power grid logging during the eclipse?

[Demetrios Matsakis]

Would anybody have data about the eclipse of August 21, 2017?

Also, there have been some annular eclipses.  Most recently on October 14, 2023 but the Wikipedia has a list: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_solar_eclipses_visible_from_the_United_States

> On Apr 10, 2024, at 4:50 PM, Bob Camp via time-nuts <time-nuts at lists.febo.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi
> 
> There are maps that show the path of the eclipse and how long a given point was “in the dark”. 
> Typical numbers for full darkness at center of path came in around 3 to 4 minutes. 
> 
> From the center, you could see the “light edges” of the zone of darkness in all directions. Light
> started to drop a bit before it went completely dark, but that was nowhere near the change that
> the full on total eclipse created. 
> 
> One of *many* sites with information:
> 
> https://eclipsophile.com/2024tse/
> 
> 
> Bob
> 
>> On Apr 10, 2024, at 11:12 AM, Jeremy Nichols via time-nuts <time-nuts at lists.febo.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Does anyone know the size of the Moon’s shadow on the Earth? From satellite
>> views, I get the feeling it could be the size of one or more US a states.
>> That would knock out a lot of solar production and cause a lot of
>> nightlights to illuminate.
>> 
>> Jeremy
>> 
>> 
>> On Wed, Apr 10, 2024 at 7:14 AM Chris Caudle via time-nuts <
>> time-nuts at lists.febo.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> On Monday, April 8, 2024 9:23:47 PM CDT Scott Newell via time-nuts wrote:
>>>> Was anyone logging the eastern US power grid today during the
>>>> eclipse? I've got some pretty simple hardware at home and about 50
>>>> miles away at work. Both are showing a bit of weirdness today around
>>>> 19:00 UTC.
>>> 
>>> I have no idea how much power disruption would be needed to cause that
>>> amount
>>> of change in the power distribution, but I see that there is a few MW of
>>> solar
>>> generation in that general quadrant of the state.  I don't know if the
>>> shadow
>>> traversing the solar generation plants could explain the behavior, but
>>> would
>>> probably be the first easy answer I would look for.
>>> 
>>> --
>>> Chris Caudle
>>> 
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