Question by Silvia V: How does solar eclipse effect pregnant women?
I'm 16 weeks pregnant, and everyone is telling me that the solar eclipse, which will be May 20, 2012, can affect the unborn baby, has anyone else heard this?
Best answer:
Answer by KathyI've never heard that one. I've heard that more babies are born around full moons and on tuesdays though!
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Thursday, January 3, 2013
Q&A: How does solar eclipse effect pregnant women?
Is it safe to record a solar eclipse with an iPod?
Question by Miguel Ortega: Is it safe to record a solar eclipse with an iPod?
Today's going to be a solar eclipse and was wondering if it's safe to record it with my iPod
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Answer by GillianI am 99.9% sure you can, but don't look at the sun with your eye when recording it. The video may or may not come out good but just make sure not to look at it with your eye.
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What time will the Solar Eclipse happen today?
Question by Super: What time will the Solar Eclipse happen today?
Okay, so there is going to be an Annular eclipse today, which it is an eclipse of the sun, in which the edge of the sun remains visible as a bright ring around the moon. Anyway, all I am asking is: what time will the eclipse happen?
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Answer by Box Of WineWe know what an annular eclipse is, but thanks for the explanation. The eclipse will be going on at sunset. The farther east you are, the less you will see. Everyone on the east coast will miss it entirely.
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Astronomy questions regarding the moon phases, superior planets, and hypothetical situations!?
Question by flipit54: Astronomy questions regarding the moon phases, superior planets, and hypothetical situations!?
Any experts on Astronomy? I'm having a really tough time with my homework. My textbook is not helping me at all!
1) What time does the waxing gibbous moon rise? Your choices are noon, 3pm, sunset, 9pm
2) What time does the last quarter moon set? Your choices are sunrise, noon, sunset or midnight.
3) What phases of the superior planets can we see from earth?
4) In an alternate solar system, assume the moon goes around the Earth CLOCKWISE while the earth still goes around the sun counter-clockwise. Is the synodic month shorter than, equal to, or longer than the sidereal month in this setup?
5) Annular eclipses of the Sun occur when the angular size of the moon is smaller than the angular size of the Sun. When will it be easiest, considering the distances between Earth-Moon and Earth-Sun, an annular eclipse rather than a total eclipse to occur?
Any help would be appreciated, I've completed most of my packet but these problems are leaving me up after four hours of work!
Best answer:
Answer by StarryskyFirst quarter rises at noon (six hours or a quarter day after the sun)
Full moon rises when sun sets because it is on opposite side of Earth from sun.
Waxing (growing) gibbous moon is anywhere between first quarter and full phases.
Now you know the answer to #1
Last quarter moon is 6 hours (a quarter day) ahead of the sun, just as first quarter was a quarter day behind the sun. Now you know the answer to #2
When we look at superior planets, those with orbits larger than Earth's orbit, those are Mars and beyond. We can see them when opposite the sun (midnight). Then they are illuminated how much? Superior planets orbit the Sun, part way around then how illuminated? Or farther around? But since they are farther from the Sun than Earth, they can never be between Earth and Sun. They can be on other side of sun and appear in daylight sky (if the air was not so bright or there was a total solar eclipse or you were on the Space Station). Then how would they be illuminated? If you are unsure still, set out a bare light bulb and have another person walk around it. Now you know answer to #3.
I think you know how to set up demonstration for #4 to find the answer. Look up the definitions of the synodic and sidereal months and see how they work with revolution of the moon around the Earth and the revolution of the Earth around the Sun in combination. See how the moon appears against the fixed star background (the wallpaper) as your marble moon goes around the baseball Earth as it goes around the lightbulb Sun.
Number 5 is a bit harder since you must look up the terms annular and total eclipses. Then you can take a piece of