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RE: Annular Solar Eclipse of January 15 2010

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Annular Solar Eclipse 2010 - 15th Jan

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People in the UAE can witness the Moon obscuring up to 34 per cent of the Sun from 9.15am to 12.29pm tomorrow, according to the Dubai Astronomy Group, which is organising a viewing at the New World Private School in Tawar.
The eclipse will be most complete - and the Sun almost totally obscured - at 11.06am local time over the Indian Ocean, where it will last 11 minutes, eight seconds. There will not be another solar eclipse that long until December 23, 3043, an astronomer said.
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American astronomer chasing his 50th solar eclipse

He has not missed any major eclipse in five decades. Jay Pasachoff, a 66-year-old American astronomer, travels across the globe chasing the best views of solar eclipses. Sure enough, he is in India to capture on camera the annual solar eclipse Friday - it will be his 50th.
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The Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC) here, an unit of ISRO, has made elaborate arrangements including launch of sounding rockets to gather data for a comprehensive analysis of the annular solar eclipse, which will occur on January 15.
The atmospheric-ionospheric parameters to be conducted in India would be one of the most comprehensive scientific campaigns ever attempted during a solar eclipse anywhere in the world, a VSSC release said here on Wednesday.
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Partial Solar Eclipse visible from South Africa on 15th of January

This coming Friday the 15th of January between about 7 AM to 8 AM those finding themselves in the central to northern parts of South Africa would be able to see the first solar eclipse of 2010. Solar eclipses occur when the moon is between the sun and the earth, obstructing some of the sunlight and casting a shadow on the earth's surface. Those finding themselves in the middle of this shadow will see a total or annular eclipse. As viewed from South Africa though it will only appear as an partial eclipse. Those in the southern parts of South Africa will NOT see the eclipse at all.
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Ed ~ A rare press release from SALT

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An Eclipse of the Sun is one of those spectacular displays of nature one must watch in your lifetime. Eclipses have fascinated humans through recorded history.
The next Solar Eclipse to cross Sri Lanka on 2010 January 15th is an Annular and visible in Northern Sri Lanka. The northern territory was not accessible to public until recently due to civil war in Sri Lanka.
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