Solar Eclipse 2020 LIVE Updates: Few tips to see ‘ring of fire’ in the sky today (Representational Image: Pixabay)
Solar Eclipse (Surya Grahan) June 2020 in India Live Updates: When the Sun, the Moon, and the Earth are aligned in a straight line or an almost straight configuration, such that the Moon comes between the Sun and Earth blocking the rays of Sun from directly reaching the Earth, we witness a solar eclipse. Based on the alignment, there are three kinds of solar eclipses — total, partial, and annular — along with the addition of a rare hybrid of an annular and a total solar eclipse.
The solar eclipse today is an annular eclipse where the Moon is so far from Earth that its relative size fails to cover the Sun completely and leaves the outer rims visible, thus creating a ring of fire in the sky. Today the annual solar eclipse will start at 9:15 AM IST and will be visible until 3:04 PM IST. The maximum eclipse will take place at 12:10 IST. The eclipse will be visible from much of Asia, Africa, the Pacific, the Indian Ocean, parts of Europe and Australia.
According to Nehru Planetarium, Bhuj will be the first city in India from where the beginning of the eclipse will be visible at 9.58 am. The eclipse will end four hours later at 2.29 pm. Looking at the Sun directly can cause permanent damage to the retina so it is recommended to use special goggles, welder’s shield, or pin-hole imaging technique to see the solar eclipse.
Pictures from Maharashtra: seen in the skies of Mumbai. The solar eclipse will be visible until 3:04 PM in the country. Image: ANI
We have provided a few tips before to see the ring of fire in the sky today. NASA has also provided some tips, you can know about there here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3SDCOY-R1U&feature=youtu.be&linkId=91344938
It is advised that to avoid looking at the sky during solar eclipse as it might impact your eyes. Here's how you can watch the annual eclipse online through webcasts. The Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences will stream the solar eclipse 2020 from Nainital. The institute has stated that the partial eclipse will begin at 10:25am in Nainital and end at 1:54pm. It also revealed that the maximum eclipse will be visible at 12:08pm. The institute will use 15cm Solar Telescope with H-alpha filter to record the live stream. Additionally, Indian Institute of Astrophysics will be streaming live of today's solar eclipse.
Solar Eclipse begins. Here are areas that will see the annual solar eclipse of the year.
(Image: PIB)
Solar Eclipse is going to begin in a few minutes. Here's when your location will see the annual solar eclipse of the year. (Image: PIB)
Everyone must note that today the rays of the sun will be extremely bright and damaging when looked at directly. You must use special glasses (a good pair of solar viewing glasses is a must). If you don't have glasses you can get one’s made out of cardboard as well. But be careful. You can also try getting a welder’s filter to watch solar eclipse today. If nothing is available, you can use the pinhole imaging technique.(Image: Nehru Planetarium)
According to Nehru Planetarium, Bhuj will be the first city in India from where the beginning of the eclipse will be visible at 9.58 am. The eclipse will end four hours later at 2.29 pm. Looking at the Sun directly can cause permanent damage to the retina so it is recommended to use special goggles, welder’s shield, or pin-hole imaging technique to see the solar eclipse.
When the Sun, the Moon, and the Earth are aligned in a straight line or an almost straight configuration, such that the Moon comes between the Sun and Earth blocking the rays of Sun from directly reaching the Earth, we witness a solar eclipse.
The maximum eclipse will take place at 12:10 IST. The eclipse will be visible from much of Asia, Africa, the Pacific, the Indian Ocean, parts of Europe and Australia.
* Today is the first solar eclipse of 2020. The second and last solar eclipse of the year will take place on December 14.
* Nehru Planetarium stated, the solar eclipse will first be visible in Bhuj first at 9:58 AM IST and end in Dibrugarh at 2:29 PM IST.
* The solar eclipse will be the last solar eclipse to be seen from India for the next 28 months. The next solar eclipse that will be visible from India will take place on October 25, 2022.
* During this solar eclipse, the Moon will block off around 70 per cent of the Sun according to the Nehru Planetarium.
* Looking directly at the Sun can cause permanent damage to the eye retinas, due to which it is recommended that you follow safety precautions.
* The ring of fire will not be seen constantly. It will only be seen when the eclipse is at its peak. Before and after that you will only be able to see a crescent shape Sun.
* This will be an annular solar eclipse. During an annular solar eclipse, the Moon covers the Sun from the centre leaving a ring of light visible in the sky. This is because the Moon will be far away from Earth, that will make its relative size not big enough to cover the Sun completely.
Today the annual solar eclipse will start at 9:15 AM IST and will be visible until 3:04 PM IST. The maximum eclipse will take place at 12:10 IST.
An annular solar eclipse, wherein the Sun appears like a ring of fire, will be visible in parts of the country on Sunday, the Ministry of Earth Sciences said. The partial phase of the eclipse will begin at 9.16 am. The annular phase will start at 10.19 am and end at 2.02 pm. The partial phase of the eclipse will end at 3.04 pm, it added.
"Close to noon, for a small belt in north India the eclipse will turn into a beautiful annular (ring-shaped) one since the Moon is not close enough to cover the Sun completely," the Astronomical Society of India said. The annular phase will be visible in the morning from some places within a narrow corridor of northern India -- parts of Rajasthan, Haryana and Uttarakhand. A few prominent places within this narrow annularity path are Dehradun, Kurukshetra, Chamoli, Joshimath, Sirsa, Suratgarh. (PTI)
Dos to watch the June 21 solar eclipse
* The rays of the sun are extremely bright and damaging when looked at directly. Special glasses can be purchased specifically for this purpose. If you are an avid sun observer we would recommend that you invest in a good pair of solar viewing glasses. However, if you just want to see this specific phenomenon, you can get one’s made out of cardboard.
* Using the pinhole imaging technique you can also put up the image of the Sun directly on a wall. To do so, you can tape a pinhole card sheet o a mirror and reflect the image of the Sun on a distant wall.
Don'ts
* Don’t look at the Sun directly.
* Ordinary sunglasses should not be used to view the phenomenon.
* Do not look at the reflection of the Sun in the water.
* Do not try to cover glass with lampblack or carbon soot and then try to view the eclipse.
Sky-gazers in the city will get to witness a partial solar eclipse on Sunday from 10.22 am to 1.41 pm. About 34 per cent of the disk of the sun will be covered by the moon at the maximum eclipse. People in other parts of Tamil Nadu such as Vellore and Coimbatore can witness the eclipse a few minutes earlier, said sources at the Tamil Nadu Science and Technology Centre.
Unlike in the past, the centre has not made arrangements for people to watch the partial solar eclipse in the metro owing to the complete lockdown.
The centre warned people that it is unsafe to observe the sun directly as it could cause injuries to the retina and a safe method to watch the eclipse would be through projections. Binoculars or small telescopes can be used to project a magnified image of the sun on a white card.(PTI)
Jaipur 10:14 AM 11:55 AM 1:44 PM 91
Japal 10:15 AM 11:56 AM 1:44 PM 59
Jodhpur 10:08 AM 11:47 AM 1:35 PM 91
Kandla 09:59 AM 11:35 AM 1:24 PM 85
K’kumari 10:17 AM 11:41 AM 1:15 PM 33
Kochi 10:10 AM 11:38 AM 1:17 PM 40
Kolkata 10:46 AM 12:35 PM 2:17 PM 72
Leh 10:29 AM 12:06 PM 1:47 PM 87
Lucknow 10:26 AM 12:11 PM 1:58 PM 88
Mt. Abu 10:05 AM 11:44 AM 1:34 PM 87
Mumbai 10:00 AM 11:37 AM 1:27 PM 70
Naini Tal 10:25 AM 12:08 PM 1:54 PM 96
Nanded 10:11 AM 11:53 AM 1:42 PM 66
New Delhi 10:19 AM 12:01 PM 1:48 PM 95
Port Blair 11:15 AM 12:53 PM 2:18 PM 39
Pune 10:02 AM 11:40 AM 1:30 PM 67
Rajkot 09:59 AM 11:35 AM 1:25 PM 82
Shilong 10:57 AM 12:46 PM 2:24 PM 83
Srinagar 10:23 AM 11:59 AM 1:40 PM 86
Trivandrum 10:14 AM 11:39 AM 1:15 PM 35
Udaipur 10:07 AM 11:47 AM 1:36 PM 86
Here's when you will be able to see solar eclipse in your area. The following are the areas and timings for this year's annual solar eclipse.
Agra 10:19 AM 12:02 PM 1:50 PM 90
Ahmedabad 10:03 AM 11:41 AM 1:32 PM 82
Amritsar 10:19 AM 11:57 AM 1:41 PM 94
Bengaluru 10:12 AM 11:47 AM 1:31 PM 47
Bhuj 09:58 AM 11:33 AM 1:23 PM 86
Chennai 10:22 AM 11:58 AM 1:41 PM 46
Dibrugarh 11:07 AM 12:54 PM 2:29 PM 89
Gawahati 10:57 AM 12:45 PM 2:24 PM 84
Hyderabad 10:14 AM 11:55 AM 1:44 PM 60
Indore 10:10 AM 11:51 AM 1:42 PM 78
Tomorrow during annual solar eclipse the Moon will cover about 99.5 per cent area of the Sun. These are the locations that will be annual solar eclipse tomorrow according to Nehru Planetarium.
Dehra Dun 10:24 AM 12:05 PM 1:50 PM 14.0
Gharsana 10:12 AM 11:50 AM 1:36 PM 29.8
Kalanka 10:28 AM 12:10 PM 1:55 PM 28.0
Kurukshetra 10:21 AM 12:01 PM 1:47 PM 30.4
On June 21 we will get to see the first solar eclipse of 2020. According to the Nehru Planetarium, this is also the last solar eclipse of the year that will be visible from India for the next 28 months. The next solar eclipse visible from India will take place on October 25, 2022.
(Representational Image: Pixabay)
India will witness an annual solar eclipse tomorrow, June 21. This is the first solar eclipse of the year. Some don't you must keep in mind: Don’t look at the Sun directly, ordinary sunglasses should not be used to view the phenomenon, do not look at the reflection of the Sun in the water, and do not try to cover glass with lampblack or carbon soot and then try to view the eclipse.