ECLIPSES

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Cover the Sun and the Moon
with your Thumb
 Solar
Eclipse
Solar Eclipse – Sun gets blocked by the Moon

Lunar
Eclipse
Lunar Eclipse – Moon gets blocked by the Earth
 Different Types of Solar Eclipse
Total / Partial / Annular

Total - Moon is close to Earth and

covers the whole Sun

Annular - Moon is further away

from the Earth and covers the
central part of the Sun
Try covering with your thumb again
and then move your thumb away
from you and towards the Sun
Annular Solar Eclipse
Total Solar Eclipse
Partial Solar Eclipse
Diagram of a Eclipse
Total Eclipse seen here

Partial Eclipse seen here

Diagram of an Annular Eclipse

Moon is further away from Earth

Eclipse as seen from Space
Do not look directly at the Sun
during an Eclipse!
Using a Pin Hole Camera
 Lunar Eclipse
Full

Partial
Total Lunar Eclipse
Diagram of a Lunar Eclipse
Diagram of a Lunar Eclipse
ttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11947384/ns/technology_and_science-space
Schedule of Solar Eclipses
2007 Mar 19 Partial 149 0.874 - Asia, Alaska
2007 Sep 11 Partial 154 0.749 - S. America, Antarctica
2008 Feb 07 Annular 121 0.965 02m12s Antarctica, e Australia, N. Z
ealand
[Annular: Antarctica]
2008 Aug 01 Total 126 1.039 02m27s ne N. America, Europe, Asia
[Total: n Canada, Greenland, Siberia, Mongolia, China]
2009 Jan 26 Annular 131 0.928 07m54s s Africa, Antarctica, se Asia,
Australia
[Annular: s Indian, Sumatra, Borneo]
2009 Jul 22 Total 136 1.080 06m39s e Asia, Pacific Ocean, Hawaii
[Total: India, Nepal, China, c Pacific]
2010 Jan 15 Annular 141 0.919 11m08s Africa, Asia
[Annular: c Africa, India, Malymar, China]
2010 Jul 11 Total 146 1.058 05m20s s S. America
[Total: s Pacific, Easter Is., Chile, Argentina]

http://www.mreclipse.com/Special/SEnext.htm
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Schedule of Lunar Eclipses
In HK:
http://www.lcsd.gov.hk/CE/Museum/
Space/StarShine/AstroEvent/LunarE
clipse/e_starshine_ae_le.htm
Others:
http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/lunar.ht
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http://aa.usno.navy.mil/data/docs/UpcomingEclipses.html
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 Lunar Eclipse
http://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=IVkkCVh5t0E

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2dk--
lPAi04&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=wHxcWSiD_4E&feature=related
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