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==References== |
==References== |
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* [http://www.eclipse-glasses.eu "Eclipse Information & Prevention - Eclipse Glasses"] |
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* [[Fred Espenak]] and Jay Anderson. "''[http://sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse/SEplot/SEplot2001/SE2008Aug01T.GIF Total Solar Eclipse of 2008 August 1]''". [[NASA]], July 2004. |
* [[Fred Espenak]] and Jay Anderson. "''[http://sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse/SEplot/SEplot2001/SE2008Aug01T.GIF Total Solar Eclipse of 2008 August 1]''". [[NASA]], July 2004. |
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** [http://sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse/SEmono/TSE2008/TSE2008.html Total Solar Eclipse of 2008 August 01] |
** [http://sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse/SEmono/TSE2008/TSE2008.html Total Solar Eclipse of 2008 August 01] |
Revision as of 06:28, 5 October 2007
The solar eclipse that takes place on August 1, 2008, will be a total eclipse of the Sun with a magnitude of 1.039 that will be visible from a narrow corridor through northern Canada (Nunavut), northern part of Russia, western Mongolia, and China. It belongs to the so-called midnight Sun eclipses, as it will be visible from regions experiencing Midnight sun.
In Siberia, the total eclipse zone will pass through populated places, including the "capital of Siberia" Novosibirsk, and the cities of Nizhnevartovsk, Barnaul, Biysk. Greatest eclipse duration will be reached near the town of Nadym in Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug in Northern Siberia.
A partial eclipse will be seen from the much broader path of the Moon's penumbra, including eastern North America and most of Europe and Asia.
Statistics
Notable times and coordinates
Event | Time (UTC) |
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Beginning of the general eclipse | 08:04:06 |
Beginning of the total eclipse | 09:21:07 |
Beginning of the central eclipse | 09:24:10 |
Greatest eclipse | 10:21:08 |
End of the central eclipse | 11:18:29 |
End of the total eclipse | 11:21:28 |
End of the general eclipse | 12:38:27 |
Type of the eclipse
Nature of the eclipse | Total |
Gamma | 0.8306 |
Magnitude | 1.0394 |
Duration at greatest eclipse point | 147 s (2 min 27 s) at 10:21:08 UTC, in northern Russia: 65°38′48″N 72°16′24″E / 65.64667°N 72.27333°E |
Maximum width of band | 236.9 km |