Saturday, November 24, 2012

During which phase of the moon may a solar eclipse occur?


Question by jasmine: During which phase of the moon may a solar eclipse occur?
I need help with these two questions.
During which phase of the moon may a solar eclipse occur?
and
During which phase of the moon may a lunar eclipse occur?


Best answer:
Answer by j dNew moon
Full Moon

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Q&A: what time will solar eclipse start in Basking Ridge, NJ? And safe to take picture?


Question by Niki: what time will solar eclipse start in Basking Ridge, NJ? And safe to take picture?
Could you please tell what time will solar eclipse start in Basking Ridge, NJ thank you. And also is it safe to take a picture of the moon but while still not looking at it, thanks.


Best answer:
Answer by Moeits not safe to look at it, do it without looking

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Whats the time frame to catch the eclipse?


Question by George: Whats the time frame to catch the eclipse?
As most of you know, there will be an eclipse May 20, 2012. My question is, what time will it occur in my part of the world? I live in California.


Best answer:
Answer by YikesAll times Universal Time.

The shadow passes just south of Alaska's Aleutian Islands as the central track slowly curves to the southeast. After a 7000 kilometre-long ocean voyage lasting nearly 2 hours, the antumbra finally reaches land again along the rugged coastlines of southern Oregon and northern California (Figure 2) at 01:23 UT (May 20 local time).

Redding, CA lies 30 kilometres south of the central line. Nevertheless, it still experiences an annular phase lasting 4 1/2 minutes beginning at 01:26 UT. It is already late afternoon along this section of the eclipse path. The Sun's altitude is 20° during the annular phase and decreasing as the track heads southeast. Central Nevada, southern Utah, and northern Arizona are all within the annular path.

By the time the antumbra reaches Albuquerque, NM (01:34 UT), the central duration is still 4 1/2 minutes, but the Sun's altitude has dropped to 5°. As its leading edge reaches the Texas Panhandle, the shadow is now an elongated ellipse extending all the way to Nevada. Seconds later, the antumbra begins its rise back into space above western Texas as the track and the annular eclipse end.

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Could the Myan monument on the Juan Fernandez islands mean the supermassive blackhole?


Question by slightly shady: Could the Myan monument on the Juan Fernandez islands mean the supermassive blackhole?
at the center of our galaxy will cause a disturbance in our sun?

The jaguar crouched as if ready to jump on the sun god from behind where on December 21st, 2012 it is the perfect spot to witness a total solar eclipse.


Best answer:
Answer by eriNo, that doesn't make any sense. Our Sun is not threatened by the black hole at the center of our galaxy. All that 2012 stuff is a hoax made up to sell books and movies to the gullible.

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