I looked up the astronomical situation after the eclipse, (online at
heavens-above.com). The Sun was nearly on top of bright star Regulus in
constellation Leo. I don't think we were seeing Regulus - probably hidden
in corona. Below to the left of the Sun was very likely Mercury. I didn't
look around much to see other stars, as the corona held my wide-eyed
attention.
Priscilla Sokolowski
On Mon, Aug 21, 2017 at 4:33 PM, Tim Rodenkirk <timrodenkirk@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
I saw stars and maybe a planet for sure although I was mostly focused on
the sun. Not enough time to figure out what constellation I was looking at
behind and around the sun. I passed my bins around so we could all check
out the corona with them which was really cool but the two minutes went by
way to quick although it is a few minutes (including just before and after
totality) you'll never forget.
Tim
On Monday, August 21, 2017, Tom Crabtree <tc@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Lars, it was Feb. 26, 1979. I was in Salem at the time and noted birds,
mainly robins, doing their morning songs as we emerged from the darkness.
Here in Bend we were at 99.7% totality, but it was amazing how light it
can
be with only .3% of the sunlight coming through. Was it dark enough to
see
stars in the path of totality?
Tom Crabtree, Bend
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