The solar eclipse of January 15, 2010 is an annular eclipse of the Sun with a magnitude of 0.9190. A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby totally or partially obscuring Earth’s view of the Sun. An annular solar eclipse occurs when the Moon’s apparent diameter is smaller than the Sun, causing the sun to look like an annulus (ring), blocking most of the Sun’s light. An annulareclipse will appear as partial eclipse over a region thousands of miles wide.
It will be visible as a partial eclipse in much of Africa, Eastern Europe, Middle East and Asia. It will be seen as annular within a narrow stretch of 300 km (190 mi) width across Central Africa, Maldives, South Kerala, South Tamil Nadu, North Sri Lanka, Burma and China.
An exceptionally long eclipse of the Sun will be visible from India this Friday, January 15th, and Jay Pasachoff is there ready to file a Lab report and mark a personal milestone: his 50th solareclipse.
The eclipse will take place at approx 13.20 hrs Indian Time, The eclipse is viewable for full 10.4 min in India.
This ECLIPSE is called ANNULAR which means enthusiasts still could see SUN outside. Its vouched as second- best eclipse of its kind out of so far experienced solar eclipses. As the duration is also said to be the longest and which won’t be exceeded for 1000 years.
