Partial solar eclipse to greet the first reserve in eastern Canada on Saturday
Take those solar glasses, Eastern Canada: Saturday morning you are ready for a partial solar eclipse.
If you hope to take it, you will have to wake up soon, while the eclipse starts just before dawn and be in the right place.
The solar eclipses occur while the moon passes in front of the sun. But sometimes it does not cover it completely, or only somehow they oscillate, giving us a partial solar eclipse. Or, we can get an ringing eclipse, where the Moon is located in the middle of the sun disc, creating a “Fire ring”.
“You must be in the right place at the right time with the right equipment,” said Elaina Hyde, assistant professor of Physics and Astronomy and director of the Allan I. Carswell Observatory at the University of York in Toronto.
The right place, apparently, is located in Eastern Canada, in particular in the north of Quebec and in the Atlantic Canada.
In Iqaluit, the sun will be 92 %covered, while in the Happy Valley Goose Bay, NL, the sun will be covered by about 89 %. And in September-on, Que., The sun will be covered by 89 %.
In the meantime, in Corner Brook, NL; Summerside, pei; San Giovanni; And Halifax, the sun will be covered by over 80 %.
But for those in the Eastern Ontariat and in the southern Quebec, the sun will be covered by about 8 to 45 %.
It will not be visible in Toronto.
It is also important to note that a solar eclipse takes hours. For example, in Corner Brook, Sunrise starts at 7:05 where the sun will already be partially covered by the moon. The maximum eclipse occurs at 7:54 before it starts to go again to partiality, which ends at 8:52
How to look safe
It is important to note that even a partial solar eclipse is extremely dangerous to look at without adequate protection. Looking directly to the sun could cause permanent eye damage.
“Please, first security,” said Hyde. “When you look at the sun, use sunscreen or a stenopeic hole camera or a pasta filter from your kitchen. Do not use your naked eye.”
If you only take a pasta filter out during the partial eclipse and keep it in front of you, the sun will pass through the holes to show a backbone sun on the ground.
The Royal Astronomical Society of Canada Victor Abraham shows how to create a stenopeic hole projector – A way to look at the eclipse on April 8. He says he uses a long box for the best projection.
And if you are using Eclipse glasses of last yearMake sure there are no scratches about them. Even a small scratch could allow sunlight in the eye and cause damage.
To find out where you can see the partial solar eclipse from where you are, you can visit Timeanddate.com Interactive map And look for your location.
The site will also host a live streaming For those who are not on its path, as well as the Royal Observatory Greenwich.
While this eclipse may not seem like a big problem like a total solar eclipse, it is still fun to look at the moon sliding slowly on the face of the sun.
“Opt we opt, every year, some possibilities (in a solar eclipse), but being in the right place at the right time with the right equipment is quite difficult,” said Hyde.
“So, if you have the opportunity to also see a partial solar eclipse, it may be worth it. And it’s not that difficult.”
