KSP Eclipises

[wumpus]

I remember a Scott Manley video (collaboration station, if I recall) when Scott mentions he is launching during an eclipse.  I thought that was pretty cool, but rare enough not to care about.  Then I looked at today's xkcd comic and realized that for stock KSP (where *everything* is on the elliptic, and KSC is on the Equator), eclipses should happen at KSC every month.

Anybody seen an eclipse at KSC?  Is my physics wrong?  Does anybody make a point at launching during an eclipse?

[purpleivan]

Yep... seen plenty at KSC and even more in orbit.

It actually becomes humdrum after a while, it can even be a bit annoying... about to take a nice screenshot, but there's a big black blob on the planet below, or you wonder why your supply of solar power suddenly disappeared

 

Edited August 21, 2017 by purpleivan

[kraden]

I had an entire tourist trip die on the way back from Mun because Kerbin eclipsed Kerbol and I ran out of power (I was using Kerbalism which requires electricity to run heaters or air conditioning).

Edited August 21, 2017 by kraden

[EpicSpaceTroll139]

Yep. There is an eclipse somewhere on Kerbin every orbit of the Mun (- 1 per year), since the Mun's orbit is perfectly equatorial. I've gotten used to the in-game ones by now.  I haven't ever really made a point of launching during an eclipse, but it has happened on occasion.

(off topic)

Unfortunately I have my first day of class for the semester right during the time that there will be the greatest coverage (of the real eclipse) in my area. Though it is a physics class, so I'm kind of hoping the professor will say "come! Let's watch physics in action!" and take us outside with eclipse glasses to see it.

Update:

good news: professor did exactly what I hoped

Bad news: weather said no just as we were about 5 minutes from max coverage

Edited August 21, 2017 by EpicSpaceTroll139
Yay and aww

[klesh]

I still have a screenshot from Day 1 of playing this game where I saw an eclipse at KSC and was all excited.

[kraden]

@EpicSpaceTroll139 I feel you, I'll be starting work at that time. 

[regex]

Eclipses are pretty mundane in stock.

[Harry Rhodan]

For the last couple of years there has been at least one eclipse thread every month.

[purpleivan]

2 hours ago, Harry Rhodan said:

For the last couple of years there has been at least one eclipse thread every month.

I still remember when I saw my first eclipse thread...