Solar Eclipse' and other celestial events!

[Killerdude8]

Today whilst launching a manned mission to Minmus, I noticed something oddly familiar and different about the sun, It was a Solar Eclipse!

Has anyone else ever experienced a Solar Eclipse, or any other rare celestial event?

[Dusty926]

In KSP, they aren't all that uncommon.

[Beeman]

I've seen a screenshot of one before, I think it just happens in peoples' games and they take note but don't really talk much about it. Maybe. Or maybe I just haven't seen people talking about such things XD

Either way, I do quite like that those events happen. Makes the universe feel just a bit more real. I don't think I've seen one in my game just yet, though. Then again, It's probably happened and I didn't notice 'cause I don't go looking for them >_>

[rodion]

That's a fantastic find. I've seen other people post various interesting transits of various bodies but that is certainly the nicest eclipse I've seen. I think the only notable thing I've seen is a transit of Minmus over the Mun when I was on Kerbin escape, via the cupola module, but I don't think I took a screenshot because I was time warping.

[omegamatrixhh]

You won't think they're so nice when you try to steer your unmanned probe to no avail, only to find, after many button mashes, that the eclipse prevented your solar panels from charging your battery.

[Tiozao]

You won't think they're so nice when you try to steer your unmanned probe to no avail, only to find, after many button mashes, that the eclipse prevented your solar panels from charging your battery.

Happened with me during launch, I've lost my ship

[pxi]

I've only seen one.

[AmpsterMan]

They Happen in KSP very often because Earth, Mun, and Sun are all on the same Orbital Plane.

[Akinesis]

They are very common because all the celestial bodies are so small, so the orbits are very quick. But it's great when it happens, first or thirtieth time.

I remember when I first saw one - I made a folder full of screenshots

[kodemunkey]

I've have Kerbin eclipse the sun on the Mun and i had a probe around Jool scanning Laythe for kethane that stopped working for about 50 minutes due to Jool getting in the way of the sun.

[TheDarkStar]

From the Mun, Kerbin causes an eclipse every Munth. From Kerbin, the Mun causes an eclipse a bit less often than once per day.

[gslarmour]

I finally got up the courage (and had the time) to commit to a mission to the Mun and on my transfer orbit, I noticed that the Mun had occluded Kerbol. It was a pretty awesome sight.

[Lohan2008]

I was fortunate to watch Kerbal eclipse the Sun while mining on the Mun

It was great.

[Ittiz]

Due to the inclinations being 0 degrees eclipses are very common. The only eclipse I've seen so far was when I landed a lander on a peak of eternal light on the south pole of the Mun. Although the light wasn't quite eternal because Kerbin would eclipse the sun once a Mun day.

[LeFudge]

Just witnessed one yesterday

[deadshot462]

Don't look directly at it or you'll get permanent eye damage.

But yeah, nice to catch those every now and then. They're very impressive when watching the Jool moons eclipse the sun.

[Anton P. Nym]

You won't think they're so nice when you try to steer your unmanned probe to no avail, only to find, after many button mashes, that the eclipse prevented your solar panels from charging your battery.

I feel your pain.

-- Steve

[thereaverofdarkness]

I've probably missed plenty of them, but I did catch one recently when I was trying to figure out why my batteries weren't recharging.

[magnemoe]

You won't think they're so nice when you try to steer your unmanned probe to no avail, only to find, after many button mashes, that the eclipse prevented your solar panels from charging your battery.

You can get eclipses very far away I once got one outside Minmus orbit, weirder you could see the sun but not Kerbin. I just noticed it as I was converting kethane, run out of power and the solar panels told it was blocked by Kerbin.

And they can be a bit dangerous, had one during an trip to Mun, I was a bit lucky in the accident, I was able to burn so much I managed to get into Mun orbit and could circulate at the next Pe. Had I not I might get slingshot into solar orbit, note that the small engines don't give electricity then burning and you need power to rotate.

[Jacob01]

I've only noticed one while in space, I can't seem to get the camera at the right angle when I think they're going to happen back on Kerbin.

[Hav0c13]

Just saw one today right as I finished constructing my new Kerbin Space Station. It was the first I saw and it was cool.

[Crown]

It's fascinating that a computer rendered solar eclipse can impress us so much.

[wasmic]

I've had I think two mun solar eclipses, and an Eve transit. I obviously forgot to screencap the Eve transit.

EDIT: I'd just really wish that solar eclipses actually darkened the terrain, as if it was night. I've also had kerbin go in front of the sun while on the mun. That happen once every mun day (that would be one kerbin munth, right?)

[SpaceSphereOfDeath]

I've seen 50ish eclipses of various body's, I've seen Moho transit from dres (using that old,old telescope mod)

And even seen a gilly transit from eve.

I still want to see a eve and Moho transit