[ATMoB-discuss] This Monday's partial solar eclipse and a visit to the Beijing Planetarium

[Bruce Berger]

As luck would have it, I'll still be in Beijing for the 3/19/07 02:30 UT
partial solar eclipse, which will start at 09:30 here and last almost 2
hours. I have a simple digital camera with me - no filters. What kind of
advice can the group offer about photographing the event? I'm in the 40%
zone. I'm hoping for what is a rare day of clear skies here, but if the air
has its usual tinge of smog then that may be filter enough.

While I have your attention, I visited the Bei Jing Tian Wen Guan
(Planetarium) last Saturday and posted some pictures here - 
http://atmob.org/gallery/showgallery.php?id=53. I also went to the Beijing
Ancient Observatory, supposed the oldest in the world, but we got there too
late to be admitted. I took some photos from outside, but plan to return
there today (Saturday) and will post some pictures in a new gallery then.

Bruce Berger