This Friday, the Moon will stand for a few minutes between the Sun and Earth, causing the first solar eclipse of the year. During 2 minutes and 47 seconds, remote archipelagos of islands Faroe Autonomous Region of the Kingdom of Denmark, and Svalbard, which is part of the Kingdom of Norway, see how our star is filled entirely by the silhouette of the moon. ( Follow the live stream here from Faroe Islands )
Will the only total eclipse of 2015, but for the September 13 expect another, which will partial. Hiding begin south of Greenland and end almost at the North Pole. In parts of Europe, northern and eastern Asia, and North and West Africa, will be partial, ie it will look how the moon covers part of the Sun.
The Colombian Santiago Vargas astrophysicist, research professor at the Astronomical Observatory of the National University, explains that the eclipses are given by the movements of the solar system, including Earth around the Sun and the Moon around the Earth . “Given these celestial motions there are moments from time to time when the Moon passes between the Sun and Earth,” he adds.
In South America you can not see because the rotation of the Earth itself, which marks the day and night, will on this side of the world on the opposite side to the sun. Only until October 14, 2023, Bogotá will have a solar eclipse visible , but will not be total but partial, ie the moon covers the sun. ( See here, cities and years, when will the next eclipses )
On this date and be in a position away from the Earth, in some places of the planet’s eclipse will be annular disk of the moon take comfort just a very thin line light that will highlight the circular figure del Sol.
But if you have no problem early and has wireless Internet, be encouraged to follow the transmissions from different points that will where you can appreciate the eclipse, including the Faroe Islands. They will start from 3:30 a. m. Colombian time.
A special eclipse
This year, the total solar eclipse will be special because it will happen hours before the equinox, the time the Sun crosses the imaginary line that divides the earth into two halves and makes the day and night are the same length. According to experts, in Colombia will occur at 5:46 p. m.
In addition, given during the lunar perigee, the point of our satellite closer to Earth. According to astrophysicist Vargas, this will produce an effect that will see the largest moon solar disc and a strip of totality (places on Earth where the total eclipse was observed) wider.
They talk about ‘Supermoon’, only this will not shine, as it is in the stage of New Moon, which only let you see his shadow.
For astronomers, the eclipse is the . opportunity to study details of the Sun “ When the solar disc cover can study the weaker radiation coming from the outside of the star: the crown ,” said Vargas. This has a temperature of millions of degrees and is where some of the explosive events of the solar atmosphere, that at some point they disrupt communications and even power grids on Earth occur.
If you are in any of the points where you will see this eclipse, so be it partially, Note that you should not look at the Sun directly , even if completely clogged. Neither use negative, sunglasses or welding glasses, as they are not suitable instruments to look at astro King.
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