Observing conditions will be easier for observers in North America because the occultation of the Pleiades will take place in a dark sky, but the glare from the Moon will still be a significant problem.
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Looking at posts on here using the word "eclipse" shows an astounding amount of nonsense. It's not a total eclipse. It's only visible from a limited part of the Earth. It will have no influence on people's lives.
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Popular astronomy: the partial solar eclipse has started. It will be visible only from parts of Antarctica and the southern Pacific Ocean. New Zealand will see the eclipse immediately after dawn on Monday morning.
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The partial solar eclipse will last from somewhere on the Earth from September 21d 17h 30m UTC to 21h 54m UTC.
If you're in Europe, Asia, Africa or the Americas, don't bother looking: it will not be visible for you.
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Popular astronomy: a partial solar eclipse will take place one day from now, but will be visible only from parts of Antarctica and the southern Pacific Ocean. New Zealand will see the eclipse immediately after dawn on Monday morning.
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It's just hours until this astronomical event in the bright daytime sky. You'll need binoculars or a telescope to see it, and finding the Moon and Venus in the bright blue sky may be a challenge.
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After seven years, very happy to see my book about Herschel (the telescope) finally published. I did describe the big discoveries made with the telescope, but what I really wanted to was capture the crazy stories behind the discoveries. This is not the sanitised version of astromy. #popularastronomy
Venus and Jupiter will appear closest in the sky on Tuesday, 12th August.
For me in Wales, they will appear above the east-northeastern horizon from around 3:30 a.m. to 5 a.m.
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Popular astronomy: just below the Moon now (for those of us in the Northern Hemisphere) is the planet Mars, and just above the Moon is the bright star Pollux, and a little further up is the bright star Castor.
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Some images of the passage of the Moon in front of the Pleiades star cluster last night. They were taken with a digital SLR camera attached to a 100mm aperture, f/5 refracting telescope.
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Another highlight was the bright star Maia, which just missed being occulted from my location in Northwest Wales. The Moon's edge came very close to Maia, but just missed the star, and the star was visible throughout.
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The disappearance of the star Alcyone in the Pleiades cluster was dramatic: there one moment, then suddenly gone. I could see the dark side of the Moon faintly because of earthshine. Alcyone appeared to approach the dark part of the Moon, then gone.
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I've just seen the first of the bright Pleiades stars disappear behind the Moon.
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The event will be easier to see than equivalent events some months ago because the Moon will have a narrow crescent phase, and so the glare from the Moon will be limited. It will be seen better with binoculars or a telescope.
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Popular astronomy: the narrow crescent Moon will occult (pass in front of) many stars in the Pleiades star cluster tomorrow night as seen from some parts of the Earth, including Europe. The event will last from about 20h 30m UTC to about 23h 30m UTC.
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The partial solar eclipse of 29 March 2025
The partial solar eclipse of 29 March 2025
The partial solar eclipse of 29 March 2025 and clouds over the Sun
Here are some pictures of the partial solar eclipse taken with a digital SLR camera, a 100mm refracting telescope and a filter. The cloud was a problem, with thin cloud at some times, and thick cloud at others.
From Holyhead, Wales.
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The partial solar eclipse is well underway: the cloud has thinned enough to see it and take images. This is a quick picture taken by holding a mobile 'phone camera to a telescope eyepiece (with a proper solar filter).
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A partial solar eclipse will take place on Saturday, visible from western, central and northern Europe, Greenland, northwesternmost Africa, and northwest Russia. The duration worldwide will be from 08h 51m UTC to 12h 44m UTC.
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The maximum of the total lunar eclipse will be in 9 hours from now. The main (umbral) partial eclipse will begin in a little over 7 hours from now.
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For me in Wales, the early partial phase and the early part of the total eclipse will be visible, but the Moon will be low to the west and will set during the total phase around sunrise.
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Information computed by Fred Espenak can be had at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center at eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/LEplot/LEplo... (as a PDF file).
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The main part of the partial eclipse will begin at 05h 10m UTC. Totality will begin at 06h 26m UTC, and will last until 07h 31m UTC. The main (umbral) partial eclipse will end at 08h 48m UTC.
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Venus (upper right) and Mercury (lower left) in the evening sky tonight, with many clouds.
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Day by day, Venus is moving closer to the Sun in the sky as it moves in its orbit, and it will pass approximately between the Earth and Sun on 23 March, a phenomenon known as inferior conjunction. Coincidentally, Mercury will reach inferior conjunction on 24 March.
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The planets Venus and Mercury will appear close together in the evening sky during twilight over the coming few days. They will be separated by less than 6 degrees at their closest. Venus is by far the brighter.
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Popular astronomy: the Moon and Mars will appear very close together in the sky tonight. They will be closest around 01h UTC about 1 deg apart (centre to centre, with the exact figure depending on your location location on the Earth).
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