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About 200 years before christopher columbus was even born. wolf? >> its a lot, a lot of time weve waited for this moment right now, david. you see whats going on. you see 99 years since the eclipse, a total eclipse has gone all across the united states. >> reporter: thats right. >> the last time a total eclipse but not all across the united states? >> a number of great ones. saw a great one in march 1970. it came up the east coast and went right across nantucket island. and that was my first tot...

>> reporter: why come all of this way? why come all this way? >> a wonderful university is here and weve come, of course, to see a total eclipse. >> reporter: how many eclipses have you seen? >> this is my first total eclip eclipse. >> reporter: really? youre the president of the astronomy club. im amazed. why is this so important? >> because it was accessible. we only had to travel 5,000 miles. [ laughter ] >> reporter: said with typical irish understatement. have a great time. how far off do y...