... 2014 April 26 . Southern Annular Eclipse . ... Explanation: It's eclipse season , and on April 29 around 06:00 UT the shadow of the new Moon will reach out and touch planet Earth, though only just . Still, if you're standing on the continent of Antarctica within a few hundred kilometers of 79 degrees 38.7 minutes South latitude and 131 degrees 15.6 minutes East longitude you could see an annular solar eclipse with the Sun just above the horizon. ... About APOD | ...

Southern Annular Eclipse . ... Still, if you're standing on the continent of Antarctica within a few hundred kilometers of 79 degrees 38.7 minutes South latitude and 131 degrees 15.6 minutes East longitude you could see an annular solar eclipse with the Sun just above the horizon. ... At its maximum it could look something like this "ring of fire" image from last May's annular solar eclipse, captured by a webcast team operating near Coen, Australia. ... NASA Official: Jay Norris. ...

... Australia?s 2002 Total Eclipse of the Sun . ... A total eclipse of the Sun is arguably the most awesome sight in all of nature. Day is suddenly replaced with an eerie twilight and the Sun?s brilliant disk is blocked by the dark Moon. ... This incredible spectacle is visible once every year or two when the Moon?s small dark umbral shadow races across our planet?s surface. The ensuing path of totality is typically about 150 kilometers wide but can stretch halfway around the globe. ...

Astronomy Discussion Forums . ... Total Lunar Eclipse May 15-16 . ... Post Message | ... A total Lunar Eclipse. On the night of May 15-16 the Earth will come between the Sun and the Moon casting a shadow that will slowly cover the Moon. ... The last total Eclipse was on a day where it snowed 10? all day. ... www.astronomy.net . About Astronomy Net | ... Forum posts are Copyright their authors as specified in the heading above the post. "dbHTML," "AstroGuide," "ASTRONOMY.NET" & "VA.NET" . ...

Having studied the solar corona and its radio emissions sunspot cycles ago, I was keen to verify its existence optically during the total solar eclipse of Wednesday, 4 December 2002, the first on Australian soil since 1976. The moon's shadow was to travel from the south-Atlantic west of The Congo, across southern Africa, the Indian Ocean and into the Great Australian Bight, finally making Australian landfall at Ceduna, South Australia (SA). ... The favoured site to observe the eclipse was Ceduna. ...

... April 25, 18 01.6 21.21 Moon enters umbra . ... Т? Т? ТА Т? Т? 18 00Т ? 5673Т? 2.095Т? 64.2Т? - Т? - Т?20 20Т ? 3670Т? 1.354Т? 7.2Т? 0.005Т? 0.996 10Т ? 5416Т? 2.000Т? 61.9Т? - Т? 0.110 Т? 30Т ? 3725Т? 1.375Т? 1.9Т? - Т? 0.968 20Т ? 5169Т? 1.909Т? 59.3Т? - Т? 0.235 Т? 40Т ? 3810Т? 1.406Т? 356.9Т? - Т? 0.925 30Т ? 4933Т? 1.822Т? 56.5Т? - Т? 0.355 Т? 50Т ? 3923Т? 1.447Т? 352.1Т? - Т? 0.867 40Т ? 4710Т? 1.739Т? 53.4Т? - Т? 0.469 Т? Т? Т? Т? Т? Т? 50Т ? 4502Т? 1.662Т? 50.0Т? - Т? 0.575 Т?21 ...

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The corona (Sun's atmosphere) as photographed from Manavgat, Antalya, Turkey by John McFarland. The second diamond ring effect, signalling the end of totality as photographed from Manavgat, Antalya, Turkey by John McFarland. The recent solar eclipse, visible as a partial eclipse from Northern Ireland, was total across parts of Turkey. The Irish Federation of Astronomical Societies (IFAS) organised a trip to Turkey to view totality on 2006 March 29. ... Last Revised: 2006 April 11th . ...

... Bad Astronomy . ... Bitesize Astronomy . ... Have you ever looked at pictures of Saturn's rings and noticed what look like gaps in the rings? ... Gian Domenico Cassini discovered a large gap in Saturn's rings in 1675. Later, an astronomer named Encke discovered a smaller gap near the edge of the rings. ... It was found long ago that an orbit in the Cassini Division, as the large gap is named, has a period almost exactly one-half that of one of Saturn's moons named Mimas. ... 2008 Phil Plait. ...

... First Contact Moon begins to move over Sun from West Starts at ~5:44:45 AM (about 10 minutes after sunrise) Must observe sun with filter! Good time to check and adjust mount tracking and alignment Watch for sunspots 6/21/ 2001 - Zambia ( Mario Motta ) First Contact Crescent images of Sun Natural pin-holes such as leaves on trees Pin-holes in cardboard Mario Motta Watch sky and environment Gradually darkens Temperature drops 8/11/1999 Hungary (Eric Pauer) ~1 min Before Second ...

Astronotes Armagh Planetarium's Stellar Blog! ... Space Flight . ... Posted on December 5, 2014 | 4 Comments The December skies mark my favourite time of the year for stargazing. ... Continue Reading.. Posted on June 10, 2014 | ... Posted on April 30, 2014 | ... 2 Comments The year 2014 could see the first 3D printer brought into space, the first fare-paying passengers leave Planet Earth on the Virgin Galactic and the first test mission of a [ ] . ... Posted on October 28, 2013 | ...

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. ...

... 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. ...

... Home Gallery Astrophotography Urban Lunar Eclipses . ... Beyond New York City . ... Observing Resources for Amateur Astronomers - Part 1: Beginning Observers . ... A History of the First Forty Years of the Amateur Astronomers Association . ... Several lunar eclipses have been visible from the New York area as these photographs from AAA members show. ... Penumbral lunar eclipse, New York City . ... 2016 Amateur Astronomers Association of New York Designed by Press Customizr Powered by . ...

... S/ 1981 S 15 174000 S/ 1981 S 16 220000 S/ 1981 S 17 231000 S/ 1981 S 18 185000 S/ 1981 S 19 186000 S/ 1995 S 1 137450 S/ 1995 S 2 139700 S/ 1995 S 3 141050 S/ 1995 S 4 146450 S/ 1995 S 5 140060 S/ 1995 S 6 139910 S/ 1995 S 7 139440 The first two groups are derived from analysis of Voyager 2 data reported in IAUC 6162 ; the third group is from HST observations during the May 1995 ring ... S/1995 S 3 orbits just outside the F ring and is apparently a shepherd moon . ... New Moons ....

Spring has sprung at JSC National Aeronautics and Space Administration Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center SPACE CENTER ROUNDUP Volume 45 · Number 4 APRIL 2006 Roundup NASA/Blair JSC2006E08803 NASA/Blair JSC2006E08806 Space Cen ter Roun d up The Roundup is an official publication of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas, and is published by the Public Affairs Office for all Space Center employees. ... NASA S81-30492 Roundup 03 ...

... Solar Eclipses in 2009 : . There are two eclipses of the Sun (an annular eclipse on January 26 and a total eclipse on July 21-22 ) in 2009. ... Annular Solar Eclipse . ... Annular Eclipse of the Sun on January 26, 2009 . ... Beginning of northern limit of umbra . ... Beginning of center line; central eclipse begins . ... Central eclipse at local apparent noon . ... Total solar eclipse . ... An annular eclipse occurs when the apparent disk of the Moon is smaller than that of the Sun. ... Umbra: . ...

... This page provides some context for the Heritage release of the HST/ACS 14th anniversary images of what John A. Graham first positively identified as "a peculiar southern ring galaxy". The image data displayed below show the environment around the RN nuclear ring galaxy VV785 (a.k.a. AM0644-741, the Lindsay-Shapley Ring, or Graham's Ring Galaxy) in ground-based radio, IR, and optical wavelengths. ... Above are the SHASSA Continuum (left) and H-alpha images of the field around the ring galaxy. ...

... This year's eclipse is unique in duration. ... Although, at the present time, there are 6 solar observatories belonging to leading space agencies in orbit around the Earth, the eclipse of 22 July, 2009, will only be seen by two of them: the Russian CORONAS-PHOTON satellite equipped with TESIS telescopes and Japan's HINODE satellite fitted with an XRT space telescope. ... TESIS will be the first of the two devices (and the very first on Earth) to witness the solar eclipse. ...