Annular Solar Eclipse Watch - 15 Jan 2010 - 1:00 PM
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Moula Ali Dargah
Moula Ali
HyderabadThis is a private home or office
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6 people attended.
Who organized?
Diyanat Ali
What: Annular Solar Eclipse Watch
When: Friday 15 January 2010 - 1:00 PM
Where: Maulali Hill
Meeting Point: Staircase - Maulali Hill
An annular solar eclipse occurs when the sun and the moon are exactly in line, but the apparent size of the moon's shadow is smaller than the visible disc of the sun. The covered sun, therefore, appears as a 'Ring of Fire', with its rays appearing spread out from the outline of the moon.
The last time India saw this Ring of Fire was Nov 22, 1965, and it will not be witnessed again before June 21, 2020. The maximum duration of the eclipse will be 11 minutes, 8 seconds over the Indian Ocean, thus making it the longest annular eclipse of the millennium.
The Eclipse starts at 11:29 in the morning and ends at 3:46 afternoon. Surya Grahanam on January 15, 2010 will be visible in South Kerala and South Tamil Nadu. The towns from where the ring of fire will be visible are Trivandrum and Kollam in Kerala and Kanyakumari, Tirunelveli, Madurai, Tanjavur, Kumbakonam and Thoothukudi.
The annular solar eclipse will be visible partially in Hyderabad on January 15. The maximum phase will occur at 1:32 pm when nearly 77 percent of the sun disk will be covered by the moon as seen from here.
At Hyderabad Some of us will go to Maula Ali Hill at 1 PM to watch the Solar Eclipse when its at its Maximum.
How to Watch the Solar Eclipse
Never look at the sun directly -- doing so can damage your eyes. - please refer to the following links to know how to safely view a solar eclipse
http://science.howstu...
http://www.ehow.com/h...
http://www.space.com/...
Who attended?
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6 attendees
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Web Team - Moderator“ I had too gud a time, enjoyed each moment, watching the eclipse, having tea, the kids, the Kite flying and all the masti and chit chat......thanks to Diya for this event and thanks to Keku, Abhi and Banjara for being there to do all the masti...but ofcourse most of the hallebaaji was done by the organiser... ” -
“ Well it was my first meetup with you guys. Was a bit skeptical about the Sun's show cause of the clouds...but it was worth the wait. Did'nt want to wait up till 2020 to view the next annular solar eclipse. It was an amazing sight watching the sun and the moon playing hide-n-seek behind the clouds.And when we got the glimpses of the eclipse it was totally cool. Hope Padmaja can upload some of the wonderful pics. It is fun being a part of the group and meeting Diyanat, padmaja, keku, and the guy with a weired goatee (pun intended!!). And not to forget the "patang baazi"..nice way to end the trip. ” -
Organiser“ Was cloudy since morning but worth the wait as the clouds started clearing up and we could glimpse the amazing eclipse when it was about 75 %. We did some kite flying before heading back. met some cool new comers abhinav and banjara. padmaja and keku brought the xray film to view the sun. Thanks to arun for getting the kites in this car. I had take a great pic (coincidental) with the pigeon flying and the eclipse just above it - waiting for padmaja to upload it. ” -
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