Tomorrow, Friday November 25th 2011 sees a partial eclipse of the sun in the southern most parts of this wonderous planet. If you are fortunate enough to be in TASMANIA or the SOUTHERN ISLAND OF NEW ZEALAND tomorrow, you will see the phenomonen just before dusk. In Tasmania, a partial solar eclipse will be observable using safe solar viewing techniques between approximately 6.32pm and 7.06pm Australian Eastern Daylight Savings Time, Maximum eclipse is at 6.49 pm.
The best places to view will be Antarctica & The southern Tip of South America.
If you see it please let us know what it was like!
Solar eclipses occur when the Moon briefly passes directly between the Earth and the Sun. If you happen to be on the right part of the Earth’s surface, (with safe viewing techniques) you will be able to see part or all of the Sun blocked from view. You can either have total solar eclipses (where all of the Sun is blocked from view) or a partial solar eclipse (where only part of the Sun is blocked from view). The ideal place to view Friday’s partial solar eclipse would be Antarctica where almost all of the Sun will be blocked from view. Further information about the eclipse can be found on NASA’s Eclipse Website.You may also like our previous post TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE HEART
As an aside, there will be a total lunar eclipse visible on the night of 10/11 December 2011 across Australia. See Nightsky for further info
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