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==References== |
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* [http://www.eclipse-glasses.com "Eclipse Glasses - Lunettes d'éclipse"] |
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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] |
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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), Greenland, Siberia, Mongolia, and China. The centre of the path will cross the northern island of Novaya Zemlya and the city of Novosibirsk. 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 |