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Partial Solar Eclipse - 26 January 2009.
A Partial solar eclipse was witnessed by many people in Bangalore today, An excellent arrangement was made by JN Planetarium, so that general public can see and enjoy the eclipse.
A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between the Sun and the Earth so that the Sun is wholly or partially obscured. This can only happen during a new moon, when the Sun and Moon are in conjunction as seen from the Earth.
The match between the apparent sizes of the Sun and Moon during a total eclipse is a coincidence. The Sun's distance from the Earth is about 400 times the Moon's distance, and the Sun's diameter is about 400 times the Moon's diameter. Because these ratios are approximately the same, the sizes of the Sun and the Moon as seen from Earth appear to be approximately the same
Thanks to JNP and ABAA folks for organizing a nice
eclipse projection. Some of BAS members were involved in observations and explaining the crowd about Eclipse.
Over all it was a fantastic event.
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Hey guys, we were fortunate enough to witness a full solar eclipse here in Chennai. I work at a store that sells canopy bedroom sets and we have a mini observatory on the rooftop. The whole event was awesome!
It's amazing. If only I can witness this big event...
if there is a partial solar eclipse, does it mean that the next coming eclipse will be a full eclipse already? will we be able to survive 2012 in that?
OMG, i remember this day! me and my cousin were in ukraine that time and we even took picture! I still have the pics. we used a welders' mask to see it and take pics. It was pretty cool in my opinion.
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The eclipse will pass from Asia, going over India and Singapore, and will travel southeast across the Pacific Ocean over South America. An eclipse is one of the most interesting lunar/solar phenomena to occur, and it's one of the few a lay person can see without needing fast cash for equipment like a telescope.
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Its actually the first time I have heard of this. A partial Solar eclipse. I used to think that when they sayu solar eclipse, there is such thing as partial solar. thanks for letting me know. I would make further research on this using my iPad and have to make sure I am also bringing my iPad case .
This is awesome and spectacular! I wish I could be there to witness this event. watch free movies
Here in Chennai we witnessed a full Solar Eclipse. I work in a NGO that specializes in drug rehab and Alcohol deaddiction center and we have a mini obsertvatory where we witnessed the full eclipse that lasted for nearly six hours. Perhaps this eclipse is a marker for good things to come in chennai .
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Because these ratios are approximately the same, the sizes of the Sun and the Moon as seen from Earth appear to be approximately the same
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