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远赴中国杭州日全食观测 - 2009年世纪终极日全食...WHEN THE HEAVENLY DOG ATE THE SUN

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WHEN THE HEAVENLY DOG ATE THE SUN. Capturing the total solar eclipse of the sun in the fabled eastOn July 22, beginning at 8.20am, the sun began to disappear, as if swallowed by a ravenous serpent, a bit at a time. With an hour and 16 minutes elapsed, the whole of Hangzhou was plunged into darkness and people staring directly at the sun would notice the diamond ring before the Sun being swallowed by the Moon’s disk totally. Our group of 20 amateur astronomers was at Hangzhou on a mission to photograph the total solar eclipse which would cover large swaths of eastern China in darkness. Our vantage location meant we had prime seats to this natural phenomenon as it was ground zero to witness the rare occurrence of the 'diamond ring' effect, Bailey’s beads, prominences and corona whereby the sun's outer reaches flares over the darkness of the moon which would be orbiting directly in the pathway between the sun and earth. We also participated in a discourse on astronomy with stu...

2009年7月22日 - 世纪日全食在中国

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在2009年7月22日,月球慢慢的运行至地球与太阳之间的位置,月球的影子投影到地球表面上;从地球往太阳方向看去,如果我们正好处于月球影子之下,我们将可欣赏到一次日全食奇观。 日全食的发生并不是在地球的任何一个角落都可以看得见,因为月球的影子在地球表面上只有约300公里的宽度,所以我们要远征到月球影子所经过的地区去观测日全食现象。从日全食预测资料中,我们得知2009年7月22日的日全食将会经过中国长江河流域一带的地区,相信这会是续1999年最多人观赏的欧洲日全食后,另一个更多人可观赏到的日全食了,除此之外,此次日全食也是本世纪全食时间最长的一次,长达6分39秒! 因此,马来西亚各天文单位也不会错过这次的机会,远征到中国去观测。据了解,马来西亚的观测队伍可分为6组团队,当中有以马来亚大学为首的国家日食追踪队(National Eclipse Tracker Team, NETT)、马来西亚国家太空署(ANGKASA)观测队、马来西亚天文摄影社(天影社)所组织的日全食观测团、马来西亚理科大学(USM)观测团、 寻星天文学会及NETT的分支队伍。所覆盖的地区包括金山卫镇、洋山岛、嘉兴、安吉及杭州,平均日全食时间5分30秒。 虽然目前的天气预测都呈悲观,但愿日全食当日会是个耀阳天。