New York – The moon will seem Sun out of the sun This weekend during a partial solar eclipse in the northern hemisphere, but be sure to protect your eyes.
The eclipse will be visible on Saturday in Europe, Western Africa, East of North America and North Asia. The sun will be reduced more for the northeast of the United States, Greenland and East Canada.
During a partial Solar eclipseThe moon passes between the sun and the earth. The moon throws a shadow on the earth and only partially blocks the sun, which makes a crescent look like. Unlike Total solar eclipsethere is no whole So, experts say that adequate ocular protection should be used all the time.
“Eclipses are just a play of light and shadow that are played by the sun, the moon and the earth,” said Auriane Egal of the Planetarium in Montreal.
Solar and moon eclipses occur between four and seven times a year, according to NASA. Due to the inclined orbit of the moon around the earth, they tend to come in pairs: a Total lunar eclipse The Red Moon turned in mid -March.
To see the eclipse, look Astronomy websites To see when it starts in your area. The show is placed during dawn for most Americas, late in the morning of Western Europe and Africa and the afternoon for Eastern Europe and Northern Asia.
During the eclipse, the sun will sneak slowly to a crescent, since the moon seems to cover it and the day can be more attenuated.
“He will feel like a particularly cloudy day,” said Juan Carlos Muñoz-Mateos of the European Observatory of the South.
Check the climatic conditions before leaving. The skies clear from the high buildings and the lights of the city are the best, especially in the Americas, where the sun can be rising during the eclipse.
Take the eclipse glasses in advance to detect the view safely through a local science museum or order online from an authorized seller on the website of the American astronomical society.
Spectators can also enjoy the show through indirect forms, such as making a holes projector to use domestic materials. Maintaining a strainer will produce a similar effect. Looking on the floor under a shaded tree can produce growing shadows while sunlight filters through branches and leaves.
Another total lunar eclipse and partial solar eclipse will return in September with the best views of solar eclipse in Antarctica and New Zealand.
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