Solar Eclipse January 15, 2010

This is tomorrow guys! Solar Eclipses in 2010 are not to be missed, This is an effort to bring eclipses more close to people and better understand the nature of Universe.

Annular Solar Eclipse of January 15 2010

​

The solar eclipse of January 15, 2010 is an annular eclipse of the Sun with a magnitude of 0.9190. A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby totally or partially obscuring Earth's view of the Sun. An annular solar eclipse occurs when the Moon's apparent diameter is smaller than the Sun, causing the sun to look like an annulus (ring), blocking most of the Sun's light. An annular eclipse will appear as partial eclipse over a region thousands of miles wide.

It will be visible as a partial eclipse in much of Africa, Eastern Europe, Middle East and Asia. It will be seen as annular within a narrow stretch of 300 km (190 mi) width across Central Africa, Maldives, South Kerala(India), South Tamil Nadu(India), North Sri Lanka, parts of Burma and parts of China.

The eclipse starts at Uganda, passes through Nairobi, enters Indian ocean where the greatest eclipse is taking place in mid of Ocean for a maximum of 11 Mins and 7.7 seconds.

After that enters Maldives, where it would be the longest on land with 10.8 Min of viewing. This makes the tiny islands of Maldives the best spot for viewing this eclipse from land. The annular Eclipse at Male', the capital city of Maldives starts at 12:20:20 hrs and ends 12:30:06 hrs Maldives local time (GMT+5hrs). This is also the longest duration of any city having an international airport in the eclipse track.

At approx 13.20 hrs IST, the annular solar eclips enters India at Thiruvananthapuram(Trivandrum), Kerala and exits India at Rameswaram, Tamil Nadu. The eclipse is viewable for 10.4 minutes in India. The best place from India is Dhanushkodi in Pamban Island off Tamil Nadu coast. Dhanushkodi is about 18 km South east from Rameshwaram and 18 Km West of Mannar Island in Sri Lanka.

After Rameswaram, enters Sri Lanka at Delft Island, exits at Jaffna in Sri Lanka, cross Bay of Bengal and ends in Burma - China border.

For best viewing of the Eclipse, you need to travel to Maldives, where many International flights land and take off everyday, being a world famous tourist destination. Visa for Maldives is free for 30 days for a tourist entry.

Thiruvananthapuram city, which is the entry point of the eclipse in India, is equipped with telescopes and announced facilities for the public to view the eclipse. Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, situated in Trivandrum, is analysing the atmospheric-ionospheric parameters during the eclipse. Lot of scientists have camped in the city to witness and study the eclipse.

Dhanushkodi, which falls on the central line of the Eclipse is a good place to view the eclipse. The northern most limit of shadow in India is Cuddalore, Neyveli, Erode, Kodaikanal, Madurai. Other best locations in Tamil Nadu: Thoothukudi and Cape Comorin which lies 22 km north of Central line. Only means of reaching Dhanushkodi or kodandaramar temple is by ST bus or Auto from Rameswaram and for Dhanushkodi after road's end it is only by fish carts or 4x4 SUVs. Permission is required for entering Dhanushkodi ruins from the coast guard post as that area is 10 km from Sri Lankan coast. The centre line passes some 2 km east of Kodandaramar Temple. The exact location is between NH end and Dhanushkodi ruins. Dhanushkodi is about 2 km east of the central line. The degree difference is about 0.2 between Central line - Kodandaramar Temple and Dhanushkodi ruins vice versa. Dhanushkodi is about 5 km from Kodandaramar Temple.

And for my fellow countrymen, to those who wants to see the partial eclipse (i'm not talking about the twilight series!), here's some info:

Two weeks after a partial lunar eclipse occurred last New Year’s Day, a partial solar eclipse will be visible in parts of the Philippines on Friday, January 15, even as stargazers will have until this coming Thursday to watch the annual Quadrantid meteor shower.

The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) said this year’s solar eclipse will be the longest since 1992.

“In the Philippines, the event will be observed as a partial solar eclipse," Pagasa said in its astronomical diary, adding the eclipse will be visible from a track that goes across central Africa, the Indian Ocean and eastern Asia. The maximum eclipse occurs in the middle of the Indian Ocean, but the annular phase will still be seen from either Africa or Asia. Pagasa said the eclipse can be seen between 7:45 and 9:45 a.m., depending on one’s location.

An expected schedule of the partial eclipse from Pagasa’s website is as follows:

* Metro Manila, 3:49 to 5:51 p.m., maximum eclipse 4:53 p.m.
* Calayan Island, 3:45 to 5:58 p.m., maximum 4:56 p.m.
* Laoag, 3:45 to 5:57 p.m., maximum 5:55 p.m.
* Tuguegarao, 3:47 to 5:55 p.m., maximum 4:55 p.m.
* Baguio, 3:46 to 5:54 p.m., maximum 4:54 p.m.
* San Fernando, Pampanga, 3:47 to 5:52 p.m., maximum 4:54 p.m.
* Puerto Princesa, Palawan, 3:49 to 5:43 p.m., maximum 4:49 p.m.
* Lucena City, Quezon, 3:50 to 5:49 p.m., maximum 4:53 p.m.
* Legazpi City, Albay, 3:55 to 5:46 p.m., maximum 4:54 p.m.
* Iloilo, 3:56 to 5:42 p.m., maximum 4:52 p.m.
* Cebu, 3:59 to 5:39 p.m., maximum 4:52 p.m.
* Zamboanga, 4:01 to 5:32 p.m., maximum 4:49 p.m.
* Jolo, Sulu, 4 to 5:30 p.m., maximum 4:47 p.m.
* Davao, 4:09 to 5:28 p.m., maximum 4:50 p.m.
* General Santos City, 4:11 to 5:25 p.m., maximum 4:49 p.m.


This is going to be really beautiful

 

can we see that on our archipelago?

o sorry*

 

yes it's 4:53 p.m on manila, i won't miss this.

 

oh thank you

 

Aww, I miss out

Dang Australia...

 

I'm excited! I missed the last solar eclipse.

Hopefully PAG-ASA's right this time : (

 

it's a 50 - 50% zuhr

 

i never saw a real solar eclipse, malaysia just wasnt the right place to look at the sky.

 

I think I saw a solar eclipse once. I can't really remember since I was so young at that time

 

Awwww,
Not gonna be able to see since im in North America

 

Same here.

 

I really envy you guys because you could see heavenly phenomena like meteor showers & eclipses with your own eyes, as I can't :'(

 

i didnt see it the sun was still shining on me while i was playing dota with my friends on the time of the supposed eclipse

 

I SAW IT IN DUBAI! It was on at 9:30 in the morning, I was wondering why it was so dark when I woke up to see it.

 

Poor Australia, we always miss those things!