[ASA] ASA Factsheet - Partial Solar Eclipse 29 April 2014

[John O'Byrne]

New ASA Factsheet

As you may be aware, there is an upcoming *partial* Solar Eclipse late on the afternoon of Tuesday 29 April.  The eclipse will be visible throughout Australia.

In Sydney for example, the eclipse begins at 4.14 pm and ends at 5.17 pm at sunset.  Mid-eclipse is at 5.15 pm, just before sunset, when 52% of the Sun's diameter will be covered.  Many other parts of Australia will see a similar amount or even more of the disk covered.

The eclipse can be safely viewed using a telescope equipped with a specialised solar filter or simply projecting the image through a small telescope.  Cardboard framed 'eclipse glasses' meeting international standards are also safe to use if their instructions are followed.  Suitable 'eclipse glasses' are available locally from reputable astronomy shops, public Observatories and Planetaria.

More information about the eclipse and safe ways to view it can be found in the attached Factsheet produced by EPOC, the ASA's Education and Public Outreach Chapter.  The sheet has also been posted on the ASA's Australian Astronomy web site (http://www.astronomy.org.au).  The  Factsheet  link is  http://astronomy.org.au/factsheets/
 
You may wish to use this sheet to inform friends, students or the public about this event.  The sheet may be freely copied for wide distribution provided the Australian Astronomy and ASA logos are retained.


John



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ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR JOHN O’BYRNE
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Associate Dean (Standards), Faculty of Science 
Secretary, Astronomical Society of Australia Inc. 

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