“Ring of Fire” Solar Eclipse Today. Watch Online.
“Ring of Fire” Solar Eclipse Today. Watch Online.
Skywatcher Joel Dykstra sent this photo of the solar eclipse taken on May 20, 2012. He writes: “Here are some eclipse pictures I took from my backyard in Roswell, NM with a Pentax K100 D digital SLR and some older manual telephoto lenses. I did not use any filters or special devices. These were taken between 6:45-7:30 mountain time.” / JOEL DYKSTRA
The moon will block part of the sun today (May 9) to create a potentially amazing “ring of fire” and you can watch the celestial sight live online.
The “ring of fire” solar eclipse — known as an annular solar eclipse – will be viewable (weather permitting) over certain areas of Australia and islands in the Southern Pacific Ocean where the local time will be Friday (May 10). If you don’t happen to live in those parts of the world, however, you can still catch the cosmic show.
The online Slooh Space Camera will host a free webcast featuring live views of the eclipse today, beginning at 5:30 p.m. EDT (2130 GMT). You can watch it live on SPACE.com, courtesy of Slooh. [See Spectacular Photos of a 'Ring of Fire' Solar Eclipse]
“The precise line up, or syzygy, of the sun, moon and Earth have intrigued primitive cultures for millennia,” Bob Berman, contributing editor and monthly columnist for Astronomy Magazine, said in a statement. “Here are the two most important and influential celestial bodies, so far as life on Earth is concerned, and on that day we can actually watch their clockwork motions. We observe firsthand as the Moon orbits around us at 2,250 miles per hour, showing off its speed as it centrally crosses the disk of the sun. It’s pretty dramatic.”
Source http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-205_162-57583668/ring-of-fire-solar-eclipse-today-how-to-watch-live/
Published on May 9, 2013
Watch Todays Eclipse Online at the link below,
http://www.ccssc.org/webcast/eclipse2…
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