Total Solar Eclipse 11/3/2013

Thanks for the link. I wasn't aware that this was happening but I've tuned in to watch it.

What is special about this eclipse?

As mentioned, a solar eclipse occurs when the Earth, moon, and sun line up so that the moon's shadow is cast on the Earth. (Video: Sun 101 .) A total solar eclipse occurs when the sun's entire disk is covered by the moon. During an annular eclipse, the new moon's apparent diameter is still smaller than the visible disk of the sun, making the covered sun appear for a few minutes as a striking annulus (ring).


This weekend's celestial alignment is special for astronomers since it is a rare kind of hybrid eclipse —one where it starts as annular and then becomes total.


"A hybrid eclipse is when the moon's shadow doesn't quite reach the Earth at the beginning and end of the eclipse, but it reaches the Earth in the center of its path as the Earth's curvature bulges up to it, so it is a total eclipse there," explains Pasachoff.


"The last hybrid was in 2005 in the middle of the Pacific Ocean and the next won't be until 2023."
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http://news.nationalgeographic.com/...nular-hybrid-solar-eclipse-science-sun-space/
 
I assume that the current feed of Kenya is not live, as it appears to be really dark, yet the eclipse is still a long way off from happening...
 
That looks like a live feed to me - it is dark due to the angle and filters.
 
I saw on a documentary that there is a solar eclipse every 28 days some where on earth. Is this true ?
 
The Moon and Sun's orbits wrt Earth are not identical-especially the inclination orbital element, so this would not be true.
 
Err the sun doesnt move but (realtively speaking within our solar system)? and the moon will at some point in its orbit be between the earth and the sun :confused:
 
RiaX said:
Err the sun doesnt move but (realtively speaking within our solar system)? and the moon will at some point in its orbit be between the earth and the sun :confused:
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Not if its orbit is inclined to the solar orbit. I'm talking synodic of course.
 
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