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Here comes a great opportunity to watch a total solar eclipse once again. This time, its going to happen on 22nd July 2009. The best time to watch the solar eclipse is morning.

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Links to google maps of the July 22, 2009 solar eclipse.

http://tech.sina.com.cn/d/focus/2009eclipse/index.shtml

http://www.xlrw.co.cc/2009/07/eclipse-2009/

http://openapis.appspot.com/eclipse/index.html

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The longest solar eclipse of the century will occur over Asia next week. Local residents can watch it on the big screen at the McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Centre in Concord Tuesday.
The broadcast will stream live from Shanghai, China. The estimated start time is at 7:26 p.m., and should last approximately 6 minutes and 39 seconds.

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Worldwide audience will be able to watch the longest solar eclipse in China in this century through TV, Internet and mobile phones on July 22, said the Chinese Academy of Sciences(CAS) National Astronomical Observatories (NAOC) here Friday.
Four stations for live broadcasting will be set up in Chongqing, Wuhan, Hangzhou and Shanghai cities, where the total eclipse can be observed, said Hao Jinxin, NAOC deputy director.
Six stations will be set up in Beijing, Kunming, Urumqi, Taipei and Hong Kong where partial eclipse can be seen, he said.

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Isfahan's Kowsar observatory is set to provide live online coverage of the longest total solar eclipse of the 21st century.
According to the IT department of Isfahan's Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organisation, those interested in watching the eclipse can register at universealive.com or isfahancht.ir.

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A guidebook for observing the July 22 solar eclipse written by three Chinese teenagers has been commended by Jay Pasachoff, head of the Solar Eclipse Working Group of the International Astronomical Union (IAU).

"They provided detailed information for astronomical researchers and lovers all over the world" - Jay Pasachoff, who visited the students' school in Hangzhou, capital of east China's Zhejiang Province, Tuesday.

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More than 500 amateur astronomers from overseas have booked their hotels in Haiyan County in east China's Zhejiang Province to see a total solar eclipse this month, Zhu Jin, chief of the Beijing Planetarium, revealed on Tuesday.

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An obscure village in the eastern Indian state of Bihar has suddenly shot into limelight as the best place in India to watch a total solar eclipse on 22 July. Amarnath Tewary travels to Taregna to discover the excitement among locals.
In Taregna, a science teacher is busy teaching her students about solar eclipses and how they can be viewed safely.
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Total Solar Eclipse of 2009 July 22
Maximum duration of totality: 6 min 39 s.

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Live web coverage of the 2009 eclipse.


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