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Eclipses. Shadows. Solar Eclipse. Requirements: New Moon In the shadow as it passes over your location. The Anatomy of a Solar Eclipse. Video. Solar Eclipse from Space. Shadow races across the surface at nearly 2000 km/hr . Video. Annular Solar Eclipse
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Solar Eclipse • Requirements: • New Moon • In the shadow as it passes over your location
Solar Eclipse from Space • Shadow races across the surface at nearly 2000 km/hr
Annular Solar Eclipse • Moon is near apogee, therefore it is a little smaller than the sun.
Total Solar Eclipse • Location on Earth is within the umbra shadow of the moon.
Partial Solar Eclipse • Location is in the penumbra shadow of the moon.
Solar Eclipse Viewing Telescope must have a filter for solar observation.
Corona of the sun can be studied during a total solar eclipse • The pictures on the right are composites of 22 and 33 digital pictures.
Solar Eclipse • Video • Video
Lunar Eclipse • Full Moon • The moon moves into the shadow of the earth. • Anyone on the dark side of the earth during the eclipse can see it.
Why don’t we get an eclipse every month? • Orbit of the moon of tilted 5° with respect to the ecliptic.