... In the special year of IYA 2009, on Wednesday 22 July 2009, a total eclipse of the Sun is visible from Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Myanmar and China. ... Since the weather conditions in this region on July 22 are very hard to forecast, the Chinese Astronomical Society , the host of IYA 2009 in China, is organising a large scale live broadcast program for the eclipse event. ... Tuesday, 21 July 2009 21:17 . International Year of Astronomy, Ireland National Node . ...

... Eclipsed Moonlight . ... A celestial prelude to today's solstice, the June 15 total lunar eclipse was one of the longest in recent years. ... Last Roll Out of a NASA Space Shuttle . ... Thunderstorms almost spoiled this view of the spectacular June 15 total lunar eclipse. ... Eclipsed Moon in the Milky Way . ... On June 15, the totally eclipsed Moon was very dark, with the Moon itself positioned on the sky toward the center of our Milky Way Galaxy. ... The Universe Nearby . ... First page ] Prev. ...

adapted from Observe: Eclipses, published in 1979 by the Astronomical League and "Safe Solar Filters," by B. Ralph Chou, Sky and Telescope, August 1981) . ... Tape TWO pieces of film together into a sandwich, and tape this over the opening in the cardboard. ... The cardboard frame will act as a shade from the bright Sun, while you safely observe through the film sandwich. ... Undeveloped film is not safe. ... tape . ... At the end of one of the tubes, tape the aluminum foil, and make a tiny pinhole. ...

... In particular, members of the project regularly organize events dedicated to various interesting astronomical phenomena and events - solar and lunar eclipses, transit of Venus, etc. On November 3rd a team of astronomers will venture deep into Turkana National Park, Kenya and attempt to broadcast the magic of a total solar eclipse to the world. ... Solar eclipse . A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between the Sun and Earth, and the Moon fully or partially blocks the Sun from our view. ...

... 2008 August 5 . A Total Solar Eclipse Over China . ... Explanation: What's that black dot over the Sun? The Moon. ... The total solar eclipse was visible over a thin swath of Earth extending from northern Canada to China. As shown above, many sky enthusiasts gathered to witness the total or partial solar eclipse, which lasted only a few minutes. ... The next total solar eclipse will occur next July and be visible in parts of India and China. ... About APOD | ...

Educator's Guide to Eclipses . ... In a solar eclipse you observe the Sun (using only safe methods, of course). ... In a lunar eclipse you observe the Moon. ... Because of the geometry described below, you can only view a solar eclipse when the Sun is up, and the Moon is nowhere to be seen. ... Eclipses occur when the Sun, Earth and Moon line up. ... In a solar eclipse the Moon passes directly in front of the Sun. ... In a lunar eclipse the Moon moves into Earth's shadow. ...

EIGHTH CREW REQUIRED RESOURCES FIFTH RUSSIAN VISITING CREW SERVANTES SSM PROJECT IMAGE VIDEO . ... PROGRESS M1-11 CARGO VEHICLE . ... Designers inspection of the Progress M1-11 cargo vehicle was completed in the spacecraft processing facility. Payload shroud roll on to the Progress M1-11 spacecraft was completed. ... UNIVERSAL SPACE PLATFORM | ... IMAGE | ...

Hipparchus (and possibly Aristarchus before him) also derived the Moon's distance from the duration of a lunar eclipse . Because the Earth casts a much larger shadow than the Moon, such an eclipse usually darkens the entire Moon, for several hours. ... If the Sun is assumed to be very distant, and if the Moon crosses the middle of the shadow (if not, corrections must be made), the width of the shadow is expected to be about 2r , twice the Earth's radius r . ... Last updated 4 February 1999 Moon. ...

This is the homepage of Andrew Fruchter, an astronomer on the staff of the Space Telescope Science Institute . ... Here you can look at an HST images of the optical counterparts of gamma-ray bursts and their host galaxies. ... Therefore, substantial information on the fine scale structure of objects can be obtained by offsetting the pointing of the telescope between exposures and then combining these "dithered" exposures into a single image. ...