The eclipse in Israel is the tail of an annular eclipse that will pass over Africa, the Indian Ocean and Asia
The Astronomical Club of Tel Aviv University announced that this coming Friday, January 15, 2010, Israel will see a partial solar eclipse - the eclipse will be visible in the early morning hours and will begin about one minute after sunrise. About an hour later, during the peak of the eclipse, about 11% to 16% (depending on the location in Israel) of the sun's surface will be hidden by the moon. The eclipse can be observed using appropriate equipment or the projection of the image of the sun (see article on the subject: Observation of the sun). The next partial solar eclipse will be visible from Israel on January 4, 2011.
Warning - do not look at the sun without appropriate protection (see: Safety rules for observing the sun), observing the sun without appropriate protective measures can cause irreversible damage to the eye and even blindness.
In fact, what we will see in Israel will be a tiny element in a bigger show: an annular solar eclipse, the longest in the next thousand years. An annular solar eclipse occurs when the sun is relatively close (and indeed in December the earth is closest to the sun) and the moon happens to be two days after its apogee - the furthest point in its orbit. Therefore, the inhabitants of the Maldives and the cases there, equipped with sooty glasses, will be able to watch the ring for over ten minutes.
The circular eclipse will be visible from a path 300 kilometers wide that will stretch from central Africa, the Indian Ocean and central Asia. A partial eclipse could be seen in a wider path that includes Eastern Europe, most of Africa, Asia and Indonesia.
The annular eclipse will begin in the Central African Republic at 05:14 GMT. Because the Moon will reach apogee two days later, the great distance from Earth creates an especially wide halo of circularity. The shadow will pass rapidly through Uganda, Kenya and southern Somalia while in the center of the line the duration of the annular eclipse will increase from 7 to 9 minutes.
In the next two hours, the weak sun will cross the Indian Ocean and turn from an east-southeast direction towards the northeast. The phase of the longest eclipse will arrive at 07:06 when the intensity of the eclipse will reach 91.9%. At this stage, the duration of the annular eclipse will reach 11 minutes and eight seconds, and the diameter of the orbit will be 333 km. The sun will be at a height of 66 degrees above the flat horizon created by the open sea. Such a length will not be repeated for over a thousand years (December 23, 3043).
The center of the track will continue northeast and reach the Maldives at 07:26. The beer mile will last the annular eclipse for 10 minutes and 45 seconds.
The route will pass between the southern tip of India and northern Sri Lanka. In most of these areas it will be possible to watch the ring for 10 minutes and 15 seconds. The shadow will continue to the Bay of Bengal, Burma where the length of the eclipse will decrease and the sun will also descend to a height of 34 degrees. At 08:41 the annular eclipse will reach China, crossing the Himalayas and the provinces of Yunnan and Sichuan. The Moon's shadow will leave Earth's surface at 08:59 over the Shandong Peninsula.
During 3 hours and 45 minutes, the shadow will travel about 12,900 kilometers and cover about 0.87% of the surface of the Earth.
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And let each other already and stop attacking each other (are you the "meteor hunters" of Jules Verne?!).
Regarding the connection between earthquakes and eclipses of lights in general and regarding the earthquake(s) in Haiti (as well as in Iran, on Saturday, and in Greece, on Sun/Mon), I heard Rabbi Mordechai Ganot on the radio (on Tuesday, before the eclipse and before the earthquake The Earth) quotes from his book "A word at his time" in the name of the ancients "when the sun goes out in the tribe, there will be great confusion (anderlamusia, disorder) in the whole world", and he even linked this to the total solar eclipse in Turkey on the eve of Rosh Chodesh Elul 99 (XNUMX') and the earthquake The deadliest one after her, reasoning that it is known that the common forces of gravity of the luminaries affect the tides and the displacements of the Earth's crustal plates, etc.
Oh, I just found out about another earthquake in Haiti... what is "going on" there???
Dyslexic and stupid.
Just a jerk.
You just proved who the fool is here...
I no longer need arguments.
I'll call you a fool because we're talking about partial eclipses here, who cares what you'll see in 300 years? Why are you mixing two things? By the way, did you know that there is one Chinese who lived 256 years? Maybe you are like that too?
Learn reading comprehension and then call yourself an idiot.
It says above: 'The next partial solar eclipse will be visible from Israel on January 4, 2011'.
moron
To anyone who asked:
The next total eclipse in Israel will be seen on August 8, 2241, in the morning hours.
(I didn't find a mention of it anywhere, not even on the website, I just ran a computer program).
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To Omriwin, the differences you show in the defect percentages are due to the differences between the things being measured.
When it comes to 22%, it means the part of the sun's diameter that will be covered, while when it is about 13%, it means the part of the surface of the sun that will be covered (the percentages in question are averages. In the south of the country, the numbers are slightly higher than in the north of the country).
To link the eclipse that will come to the earthquake that was
From what I understood, the solar eclipse in Israel will be at about 6:40 am, and its peak will reach about 7:40, depending on which city you live in.
I can't find it at the moment, I'm sure the figure is mentioned in the news on the website. If I remember correctly it will happen in 2183. I guess by then there will be a million entries in the Hebrew Wikipedia.
Does anyone know when we will see a total solar eclipse in Israel, if at all?
It's really frustrating to get single percentages every time...
So what time does the solar eclipse start and how long will it last?
Or what time does the sun rise?
A partial eclipse is nice, but even in a 99% eclipse there is enough light that it is not possible to look directly at the sun, so there is not much difference between 10% and 30%. By the way, those who will be in the center of the eclipse and will see the moon pass over the sun for 11 minutes, will need viewing equipment.
Anyway thank you for the information.
The forum of the Israeli Astronomical Society states that the eclipse will be 22 percent at its peak.
This is in honor of the launch of the hundred thousandth entry in Wikipedia (15.01.10|09.00 | Tel Aviv University)
When we reach a million - there will be a complete eclipse!