For those astro fans who do not get the chance to go China to witness the longest total solar eclipse in 21st century… You still can see a partial eclipse in Malaysia. However, don’t expect too much. The total coverage is not that fantastic compare to the partial solar eclipse during last January (on the 1st day of CNY). This time, only 8-17% of total coverage depends on the location… So basically, you won’t feel anything during the eclipse take place.
On Wednesday, 2009 July 22, a total eclipse of the Sun is visible from within a narrow corridor that traverses half of Earth. The path of the Moon’s umbral shadow begins in India and crosses through Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Myanmar and China. After leaving mainland Asia, the path crosses Japan’s Ryukyu Islands and curves southeast through the Pacific Ocean where the maximum duration of totality reaches6 min 39 s. A partial eclipse is seen within the much broader path of the Moon’s penumbral shadow, which includes most of eastern Asia, Indonesia, and the Pacific Ocean.
Above are some infomation about sun eclipse.
In the morning,we (especially lower six students) joined the teacher to check out the sun eclipse.
Actually most of us(L61 and L63) curi curi go down and joined them..haha...
Weel,L62 was already in the physic' laboratory.
Tan Kim Siang and En. Chan also joined in too.Hahaha...
We took a look just for few minutes only,like 6 minutes only i think....
And it slowly disappear...
We use the telescope(um,the big one,not sure what it called)...
And the paper-maded"black glasses"??(not sure what it called again XD)to see.
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