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Question by ThulasiDharan: Can corona, solar prominences and solar flares be seen during an "annular" solar eclipse?
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Answer by GeniusNot so good, you really need a total eclipse. The photosphere is so bright that even a thin ring of it drowns out the fainter features. The same is true just before and following a total eclipse when just a tiny chunk of the sun makes the corona disappear almost immediately.
Of course you can spot all these features at any time by using equipment that effectively hides some or all of the light from the photosphere.
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A simple projection of the sun's corona dancing during the eclipse.
Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Can corona, solar prominences and solar flares be seen during an "annular" solar eclipse?
January 2011, 12 Monthly Horoscopes
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January 2011, 12 Monthly Horoscopes
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January 2011, 12 Monthly Horoscopes - Relationships - Love
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January 2011 Aries Monthly HoroscopeNeeding a new direction is your primary need this month. Offer opinions sparingly,listen to other people in your life eagerly. A great money making opportunity may present itself and it just might involve some travel. It's important for you to let others know how you feel about certain family members and get things out in the open, this will avoid any awkward situations later this month.A new year,a new you. Although you are rearing to go step back and see if you are heading in the right direction. Changing careers at this point may prove beneficial. You will fee a huge boost and be thrust into the spotlight when you experience the solar eclipse on the 4th, then things will return to normal for the next couple weeks. Carefully weigh all your options while attempting something totally unfamiliar being mindful of what really is important to you. Keeping your composure is not as easy as you may like.Relationships will be strained this month so be ready to put in a little extra effort. Don't let distance grow between you and your partner, you'll regret it - communication is key.For the final 10 days of January it will be prudent to participate on a group or team level. More hands make tasks manageable. Be proactive in implementing plans and let your imagination soar.January 2011 Monthly Horoscope for TaurusShine light on medical issues that may have been ignored. Seek professional advice if necessary. Understand exactly what you might be up against. Being secretive will only cause more problems. Speak your mind with family members. Heed the advice of others.Morally you will begin 2011 on top. Just about all you do and say will be significant. You are more determined this month to really make a change but don't rush too fast and do something you will regret later. Be careful not to spread yourself too thin. You proceed in an above board manner in all you interactions. Putting others on notice that may have been disruptive in your life in December 2010 clears the air and puts you in a better mood.Make getting organized and putting your finances in order a priority in early 2011. It's time to buckle down and replenish your bank account. In January the Sun,Mars and Pluto are in Capricorn. Venus and the Moon are in Scorpio creating a renewed sensuality in you that would make Bill Clinton blush. Your life and love will be guided primarilary by extreme passion tolerance and utilizing good old common sense.When all is said and done. Your enthusiasm and drive when it comes to commitment is never in doubt. Sentimentalism is a driving force behind all you do. The middle of the month allows you to focus your energies and proceed all
Total Solar Eclipse Dates?
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Answer by rasayou can find future eclipses here
http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse.html
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Total Eclipse on the Solstice - December 21, 2010
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Total Eclipse on the Solstice - December 21, 2010
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December 21st, 2010 and January 4th, 2011We have 2 eclipses coming this Winter, and they could initiate some positive changes in our lives. There will be a total lunar eclipse viewable over all of America on the eve of Winter, so if its not too cold, you may want to get out and take a look!Eclipses bring changes, and their influence is considered about 10 times that of a normal full or new moon. Eclipses usually come in pairs, and we usually have 2 pairs per year. Total eclipses carry more impact than partial eclipses, solar and lunar. If an eclipse occurs on your birthday, then there will definitely be some big changes in store for you. Most of us don't like change, even when its positive. But, if life didn't bring us changes, we would not have the opportunity to grow emotionally and spiritually.Our eclipse on December 21st is going to be a total lunar eclipse at 29 degrees Gemini. It will occur at 3:17 AM eastern time, just a few hours before the Winter Solstice. It should be viewable from Europe, west Africa, the Americas, eastern Australia, the Philippines, and eastern and northern Asia. An eclipse at the 29th degree will bring out the heroes! Some of us are going to need rescued, and some of us are going to be doing the rescuing. Needless to say, its going to be a day of crises and triumph.The solar eclipse on January 4th will be a partial solar eclipse at 13 degrees Capricorn, and there will be no planetary aspects to this eclipse. But... the planets will be dancing about it! Jupiter, Uranus, and Venus are going to be singing one hell of a tribute with a little Neptune melody in the background. We may find ourselves feeling very energized and ready to initiate changes in our lives. There could also be some unexpected good-luck coming our way with this eclipse.Eclipses can bring challenges, and sometimes people find themselves dealing with losses and strife during an eclipse. They are like the thrilling parts of the roller coaster ride, and lets face it, who really wants to spend their life on the merry-go-round?
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Is it possible to simulate astronomical events which occured 3000 years ago?
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Question by roughelement: Is it possible to simulate astronomical events which occured 3000 years ago?
i stumbled upon this brilliant article about a documentary made by a nuclear physician Dr Manish Pandit - who has researched astronomical occcurances which happened 3000- 4000 years ago and has come out with some startling and amazing conclusions regarding the Mahabharatha War .
like the saying goes, "the answers to our future lie in our past".
Im curious to know is it possible to simulate rare astronomical occurances of the past and deduct how many years ago this might have happened?
i quote a part of his study and here it goes:
"There are more than 140 astronomy references in the Mahabharata. Dr Achar used simulations of the night sky to arrive at November 22, 3067 BC, as the day the Mahabharata war began.
He used the references common to Udyoga and Bhisma Parvan initially, and so Saturn at Rohini, Mars at Jyestha with initially only the two eclipses, Lunar at Kartika and Solar at Jyestha.
Let me tell you how rare this set of astronomical conjunctions is.
The Saros cycle of eclipses is periodic at 19 years and so is the Metonic cycle of lunar phases.
So if I say that Amavasya has occured at Jyestha, then this will occur again in 19 years, but if I say that a solar eclipse has occured at Jyestha, then this occurs again at Jyestha only after 340 years. Add Saturn at Rohini and we take this to 1 in 7,000 years. This set of conjunctions takes all of these into consideration, but also takes all the other data into consideration.
So now, we know about Balarama's pilgrimage tithis and nakshatras, and believe it or not, all that fits the 3067 BC date perfectly.
And to top it all, so does the repetition of the three eclipses described at the destruction of Dwarka 36 years later.
This would explain why so many other researchers tried and failed to find the date of the Mahabharata war as it is based on such a unique set of astronomy that it occured only once in the last 10,000 years."
I have been interested in Astronomy out of curiosity but this new path of using astronomical occurances to date historical occurances is absolutely amazing in my opinion.
I invite comments from the intelligensia in this forum.
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Answer by Lola FThis technique is common when dating historical events or commensurating ancient calendars. Certainly it is possible to predict the positions of planets and times of eclipses in the past. Making predictions of the motions of bodies is the entire *point* of physics.
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