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30 Wednesday, August 16, 2017 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon ECLIPSE: Sisters will get about 30 seconds of totality Continued from page 1 Reddish-colored promi- nences may also be seen darting from the limb of the moon. The length of totality will depend on how close an observer is to the shadow’s centerline. In Oregon, the totality phase will begin near Lincoln City on the coast at about 10:15 a.m. and leave the state at 10:27 a.m. The largest town in Central Oregon clos- est to the eclipse’s centerline is Madras. There the duration of totality will be about 2 min- utes and 4 seconds, and begin at around 10:19 a.m. Here in Sisters totality is predicted to last just 30 sec- onds or so, depending where the viewer is situated. Except for world-wide travelers who chase them, viewing a total solar eclipse is usually a once-in-a-lifetime experience. If you are at all interested in this, do all you can to place yourself some- where within the path of total- ity on eclipse day. You won’t regret it. At least a partial eclipse will be seen throughout all of North America (weather permitting.) As always, the night sky offers many worthy sights to the observer — unfortunately frequently obscured by smoke this month. Currently residing in Virgo, big and bright Jupiter is found in the western twilight this month. Mercury is there too, but much lower in the sky— just six degrees above the horizon. It drops out of sight as the month progresses. Slower-moving Saturn is about 30 degrees above the southern horizon at mid- month, well-placed for eve- ning viewing. Its system of rings is fully open, tipped 27 degrees to our line of sight, allowing for the clear- est views. Saturn’s largest moon, Titan, is easily visible through almost any telescope; Tethys, Dione and Rhea can be glimpsed through an instrument with a four-inch or greater objective diameter. The sluggishly slow-mov- ing planet is still seemingly anchored in the constellation of Ophiuchus. Venus is currently playing the role of the Morning Star. Buying or Selling in Sisters? It rises about 2.5 hours before the sun and stands 20 degrees above the eastern horizon an hour before sunup. The bright- est planet spends most of the month in Gemini before cross- ing into Cancer on August 25. On some dark evening in August, an interesting, and fun, exercise might be to see how many of the more con- spicuous summer constel- lations you can find. These would include (alphabeti- cally) Aquila, Cygnus, Lyra, Sagittarius and Scorpius. Also see if you can make out the Summer Triangle. To learn more about our sky during the month of August, come to the Stars Over Sisters Starwatch event on Saturday, August 19 at 8:30 p.m. It will begin with a pre- sentation in the Sisters Park & Recreation District building at 1750 W. McKinney Butte Rd. After the presentation, tele- scopes will be available in the northwest corner of the high school parking lot for viewing the night sky. The event is free. Feds file case against Columbia Sportswear hacker PORTLAND (AP) — Federal prosecutors have filed a charge of computer fraud against a former Columbia Sportswear information tech- nology manager who alleg- edly continued to log in to the company’s computer system for years after he quit. The Oregonian/ OregonLive reported Friday that the charge was filed against Michael Leeper. Leeper worked at the Columbia job for 14 years and quit in 2014 to join a Seattle technology company. Prosecutors claim he con- tinued to access Columbia’s system for more than two years with hopes of commer- cial gain. Columbia filed a civil law- suit against Leeper and current employer, Denali Advanced Integration, in March, say- ing Leeper hacked into their systems hundreds of times. Leeper has denied any wrongdoing and claimed Columbia knew he was access- ing the company’s system. Sam Kaufman, the Portland attorney representing Leeper, declined comment on the criminal case. 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