Hi John and Doves,
On Peggy's site is the NASA article concerning
the upcoming solar eclipse on Oct. 3rd. I couldn't help but make these observations (excuse
the pun).
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" 1An annular eclipse differs from a total eclipse in that
the Moon appears too small to completely cover the Sun. As a result, the
Moon is surrounded by an intensely brilliant
ring or annulus formed by the uneclipsed outer perimeter
of the Sun's disk. " <clip>
A ring (wedding ring?) as
a gift for Rosh HaShanah? How perfect would that be!
P.S. Maximum eclipse in Israel is 10:03 UT.
This is the 43rd eclipse of Saros series
134. (314?) The series began
with the first of ten partial eclipses on 1248 Jun 22. The first eight central
eclipses were total, which were then followed by sixteen hybrid events.
The first purely annular eclipse occurred on 1861 Jul 08. After the last
of thirty annular eclipses (on 2384 May 21), the series will produce seven
more partial eclipses before ending on 2510 Aug 06. Complete details for
Saros 134 may be found at Saros 134 ( http://sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse/SEsaros/SEsaros134.html )
A special web page has been set up for this
eclipse:
Kay
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Hmmm.... 134....thanks, Kay.
John