A report from the observers, said that the moon will block the sun in a
potentially spectacular solar eclipse this week as a celestial event
that will transform the sun into a cosmic "ring of fire" in the daytime
sky.
The ring-shaped solar eclipse, known as an annular eclipse, will occur
Thursday and Friday (May 9 and 10) Eastern time. Weather permitting, the
eclipse will be visible in certain parts of Australia and the Southern
Pacific Ocean, where the local time will be Friday.
While nearly 95% of the sun will be covered by the moon at the
eclipse's peak, the sky will not be noticeably darker to the naked eye
at any point, explained Williams College officials in Williamstown,
Mass.For this reason, special protective lenses, camera and telescope
filters and other methods of protection should be used in order to
safely watch the eclipse even during full annularity, when the sun is
silhouetting the moon.
The path of annularity passes through parts of Papua New Guinea, the
Solomon Islands, and Western Australia, the Northern Territory and
Queensland in Australia. Other nearby parts of the world will be able to
see a partial solar eclipse, if weather permits.
Do you wish to see this phenomenon? Unfortunately, it doesn't say about South-East Asia area seeable.
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