ubaru
05-19-2012, 03:47 AM
The moon will be crossing the face of the sun this Sunday between 5:30-7:30pm.
See https://spaceweather.com/ for more details
and this cool animation https://shadowandsubstance.com/201205/Californiab.swf
(https://shadowandsubstance.com/201205/Californiab.swf)
We are just barely South of the central path of the eclipse so the sun will be 90% eclipsed.
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<center> Annular Eclipse: The Ring of Fire
Credit & Copyright: Dennis L. Mammana (https://www.dennismammana.com/about.htm)(TWAN (https://www.twanight.org/))
</center> Explanation: Tomorrow, a few lucky people may see a "ring of fire." That's a name for the central view of an annular eclipse (https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap980824.html) of the Sun (https://www.nineplanets.org/sol.html) by the Moon (https://www.nineplanets.org/luna.html). At the peak of this eclipse (https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/OH/OH2009.html), the middle of the Sun will appear to be missing and the dark Moon will appear to be surrounded by the bright Sun. This will only be visible, however, from a path that crosses the southern Indian Ocean (https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEplot/SEplot2001/SE2009Jan26A.GIF). From more populated locations, southern Africa (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Africa) and parts of Australia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia), most of the Moon will only appear to take a bite out the Sun (https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap970903.html). Remember to never look directly at the Sun (https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEhelp/safety.html) even during an eclipse. An annular eclipse (https://www.MrEclipse.com/Special/SEprimer.html) occurs instead of a total eclipse (https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap010706.html) when the Moon (https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap051113.html) is on the far part of its elliptical orbit (https://qbx6.ltu.edu/s_schneider/physlets/main/gravity_ellipse.shtml) around the Earth (https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap020305.html). Pictured above, a spectacular annular eclipse (https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap970827.html) was photographed behind palm trees (https://www.ecoworld.org/Trees/EcoWorld_Trees_Home2.cfm) on 1992 January.
See https://spaceweather.com/ for more details
and this cool animation https://shadowandsubstance.com/201205/Californiab.swf
(https://shadowandsubstance.com/201205/Californiab.swf)
We are just barely South of the central path of the eclipse so the sun will be 90% eclipsed.
17002
<center> Annular Eclipse: The Ring of Fire
Credit & Copyright: Dennis L. Mammana (https://www.dennismammana.com/about.htm)(TWAN (https://www.twanight.org/))
</center> Explanation: Tomorrow, a few lucky people may see a "ring of fire." That's a name for the central view of an annular eclipse (https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap980824.html) of the Sun (https://www.nineplanets.org/sol.html) by the Moon (https://www.nineplanets.org/luna.html). At the peak of this eclipse (https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/OH/OH2009.html), the middle of the Sun will appear to be missing and the dark Moon will appear to be surrounded by the bright Sun. This will only be visible, however, from a path that crosses the southern Indian Ocean (https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEplot/SEplot2001/SE2009Jan26A.GIF). From more populated locations, southern Africa (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Africa) and parts of Australia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia), most of the Moon will only appear to take a bite out the Sun (https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap970903.html). Remember to never look directly at the Sun (https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEhelp/safety.html) even during an eclipse. An annular eclipse (https://www.MrEclipse.com/Special/SEprimer.html) occurs instead of a total eclipse (https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap010706.html) when the Moon (https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap051113.html) is on the far part of its elliptical orbit (https://qbx6.ltu.edu/s_schneider/physlets/main/gravity_ellipse.shtml) around the Earth (https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap020305.html). Pictured above, a spectacular annular eclipse (https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap970827.html) was photographed behind palm trees (https://www.ecoworld.org/Trees/EcoWorld_Trees_Home2.cfm) on 1992 January.