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Glimpses of a rare celestial event..solar Ecplise
The next solar eclipse -- a partial one -- will occur on January 26 next year but the phenomenon will be marginally visible from eastern and southernIndia.
India will witness a partial eclipse of the Sun beginning in the northeast of India on Friday.
It will begin at 4:03 pm in Delhi. It will last for about two hours with maximum impact at 5.02 pm. In the rest of the country, the partial eclipse will be visible a few minutes later.
However, some parts of the world will witness a rare total solar eclipse -- when the moon will pass directly between the earth and the sun.
The eclipse will begin in Arctic Canada and sweep across Greenland, western Siberia, Mongolia and central China.
Viewers all across the globe can see the eclipse as it happens on NASA TV and by logging on to www.nasa.gov. The US space agency has made arrangements to telecast live images of the rare celestial event.
Image: Indians will miss this sight -- A total solar eclipse
August 01, 2008
According to Nehru Planetarium director Rathnasree, the maximum obscuration of the sun will occur at Sibsagar in Assam..
The biggest and last phase of the eclipse will be visible from most parts of the country, except Nagaland and Mizoram, where it ends after sunset, she said.
The southern parts of India will see between 20 to 40 per cent of the sun's diameter while the northern parts of the country will see between 40 to 70 per cent of the sun's diameter.
Image: A combo photograph of the partial solar eclipse.
August 01, 2008
People must also avoid watching the eclipse through sunglasses, single or multiple layers, smoked glass, colour film or black-and-white film that contains no silver or photographic negatives with images on them.
The Nehru Planetarium, in collaboration with the Amateur Astronomers Association, Delhi will be conducting public sky-watch for the eclipse from the Jantar Mantar, the planetarium and the India Gate area.
Image: A multiple exposure photograph shows the progress of a total solar eclipse. The sequence begins at the upper left.
India will witness a partial eclipse of the Sun beginning in the northeast of India on Friday.
It will begin at 4:03 pm in Delhi. It will last for about two hours with maximum impact at 5.02 pm. In the rest of the country, the partial eclipse will be visible a few minutes later.
However, some parts of the world will witness a rare total solar eclipse -- when the moon will pass directly between the earth and the sun.
The eclipse will begin in Arctic Canada and sweep across Greenland, western Siberia, Mongolia and central China.
Viewers all across the globe can see the eclipse as it happens on NASA TV and by logging on to www.nasa.gov. The US space agency has made arrangements to telecast live images of the rare celestial event.
Image: Indians will miss this sight -- A total solar eclipse
August 01, 2008
According to Nehru Planetarium director Rathnasree, the maximum obscuration of the sun will occur at Sibsagar in Assam..
The biggest and last phase of the eclipse will be visible from most parts of the country, except Nagaland and Mizoram, where it ends after sunset, she said.
The southern parts of India will see between 20 to 40 per cent of the sun's diameter while the northern parts of the country will see between 40 to 70 per cent of the sun's diameter.
Image: A combo photograph of the partial solar eclipse.
August 01, 2008
People must also avoid watching the eclipse through sunglasses, single or multiple layers, smoked glass, colour film or black-and-white film that contains no silver or photographic negatives with images on them.
The Nehru Planetarium, in collaboration with the Amateur Astronomers Association, Delhi will be conducting public sky-watch for the eclipse from the Jantar Mantar, the planetarium and the India Gate area.
Image: A multiple exposure photograph shows the progress of a total solar eclipse. The sequence begins at the upper left.
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