Partial Solar Eclipse 4th of Jan

Frank Ryan · Post by **Frank Ryan** » Thu Dec 23, 2010 5:57 pm

Nice start to the year ahead with a partial solar
eclipse at dawn on Tuesday the 4th of Jan.
Won't be able to observe it cuz I'm back at work.

Dave Lillis · Post by **Dave Lillis** » Fri Dec 24, 2010 10:09 am

to be honest, if you tought the lunar eclipse was hard going, this solar eclipse is peaking right on the horison, any cloud there and you'll miss it, still might be worth trying if you have a perfectly flat horison with zero cloud.

Dave Lillis · Post by **Dave Lillis** » Fri Dec 24, 2010 10:31 am

For those who want to try it.
The suns disk gets above the horison at 8.50am, where it will be about 1/3rd covered by the moon.
The eclipse ends at 9.22am where the sun is 3.2 degrees above the horison, thats alot lower then were we lost the moon in horison clouds during the lunar eclipse on Tuesday.