Astronomy Picture of the Day -- A Partial Eclipse Over Manila Bay

NASA ^ | May 20, 2012 | (see photo credit)

[SunkenCiv]

Explanation: What's happened to the setting Sun? An eclipse! In early 2009, the Moon eclipsed part of the Sun as visible from parts of Africa, Australia, and Asia. In particular the above image, taken from the Mall of Asia seawall, caught a partially eclipsed Sun setting over Manila Bay in the Philippines. Piers are visible in silhouette in the foreground. Eclipse chasers and well placed sky enthusiasts captured many other interesting and artistic images of the year's only annular solar eclipse, including movies, eclipse shadow arrays, and rings of fire. Today parts of the Sun again will become briefly blocked by the Moon, again visible to some as a partial eclipse of a setting Sun. A small swath of Earth, however, will be exposed to the unusual ring of fire effect when the Moon is completely surrounded by the glowing light of the slightly larger Sun.

[SunkenCiv]

[Credit & Copyright: Armando Lee (Astron. League Philippines), F. Naelga Jr., 100 Hours of Astronomy (IYA2009)]

[SunkenCiv]

Remember, there's an eclipse today:

• APOD Collection: Images of Past Partial Solar Eclipses
• Gallery: Images of Today's Eclipse

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[freedumb2003]

My luck — I am flying to NY today.

I used to live in California but even here in Dallas they will get a partial.

NY will see nothing :(

[mvpel]

I must have gotten your luck - sorry, man. I was sent on a last-minute business trip to Huntsville, Alabama in Central Time from New Hampshire in far Eastern Time, and if the weather holds, this photo from yesterday evening will be the tapestry on which the eclipse is drawn:

[martin_fierro]

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Should be visible around 5-6 pm PDT today.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Here's the path for today. Us folk in the SF Bay Area need to get up to Reno to see the max.

[jmax]

Ah.....Manila Bay. Best manila ice cream in the world is made there.

[TheOldLady]

Great thread with excellent pics and information, Mr. Civilizations.

[mikrofon]

Local Circumstances for the Annular Solar Eclipse of 2012 May 20
				At Maximum
U.S. Location	Begins	Max.	Ends	Alt°	Azm°	Mag.	Annularity
Albuquerque, NM	6:28 PM	7:36 PM	*set*	5	291	93.3%
Austin, TX	7:35 PM	8:20 PM	*set*	0	294	68.3%
Birmingham, AL	7:30 PM	7:43 PM	*set*	0	295	21.2%
Boise, ID	6:12 PM	7:25 PM	8:31 PM	17	282	86.4%
Buffalo, NY	8:20 PM	8:35 PM	*set*	0	299	22.7%
Chicago, IL	7:22 PM	8:08 PM	*set*	0	298	61.5%
Cincinnati, OH	8:24 PM	8:47 PM	*set*	0	297	34.8%
Dallas, TX	7:32 PM	8:21 PM	*set*	0	295	75.1%
Denver, CO	6:23 PM	7:30 PM	*set*	7	291	85.5%
Des Moines, IA	7:23 PM	8:24 PM	*set*	1	297	73.4%
Detroit, MI	8:21 PM	8:51 PM	*set*	0	298	41.9%
El Paso, TX	7:33 PM	8:40 PM	*set*	3	292	89.6%
Eureka, CA	5:10 PM	6:28 PM	7:37 PM	21	279	93.7%	03m59s
Flagstaff, AZ	5:27 PM	6:37 PM	*set*	9	289	92.9%
Flint, MI	8:21 PM	8:55 PM	*set*	0	299	47.8%
Honolulu, HI	3:03 PM	4:12 PM	5:11 PM	52	276	18.1%
Houston, TX	7:35 PM	8:09 PM	*set*	0	294	52.3%
Indianapolis, IN	8:24 PM	8:56 PM	*set*	0	297	46.8%
Jackson, MS	7:31 PM	7:54 PM	*set*	0	295	34.8%
Kansas City	7:25 PM	8:27 PM	*set*	0	297	78.8%
Lincoln, NE	7:23 PM	8:26 PM	*set*	2	295	77.1%
Little Rock, AR	7:29 PM	8:08 PM	*set*	0	295	58.3%
Los Angeles, CA	5:25 PM	6:38 PM	7:43 PM	13	286	84.8%
Louisville, KY	8:25 PM	8:50 PM	*set*	0	297	37.7%
Lubbock, TX	7:31 PM	8:36 PM	*set*	1	294	93.1%	04m13s
Madison, WI	7:21 PM	8:18 PM	*set*	0	299	67.6%
Medford, OR	5:08 PM	6:26 PM	7:34 PM	21	279	93.6%	02m46s
Memphis, TN	7:29 PM	8:00 PM	*set*	0	295	47.4%
Milwaukee, WI	7:21 PM	8:12 PM	*set*	0	299	64.4%
Minneapolis, MN	7:19 PM	8:20 PM	*set*	3	296	67.1%
Nashville, TN	7:27 PM	7:49 PM	*set*	0	296	33.6%
Oklahoma City	7:29 PM	8:30 PM	*set*	0	296	87.7%
Omaha, NE	7:23 PM	8:25 PM	*set*	2	296	75.7%
Phoenix, AZ	5:29 PM	6:39 PM	*set*	8	289	88.7%
Portland, OR	5:04 PM	6:21 PM	7:29 PM	22	277	87.3%
Reno, NV	6:15 PM	7:31 PM	8:37 PM	17	282	93.6%	04m26s
Riverside, CA	5:26 PM	6:38 PM	7:42 PM	13	286	85.3%
Sacramento, CA	5:15 PM	6:32 PM	7:39 PM	18	282	92.3%
Salem, OR	5:05 PM	6:22 PM	7:30 PM	22	277	88.8%
Salt Lake City, UT	6:19 PM	7:29 PM	8:33 PM	12	286	88.9%
San Antonio, TX	7:36 PM	8:21 PM	*set*	0	294	68.1%
San Diego, CA	5:28 PM	6:40 PM	*set*	12	287	82.6%
San Francisco, CA	5:16 PM	6:33 PM	7:40 PM	19	282	89.7%
San Jose, CA	5:17 PM	6:33 PM	7:40 PM	18	282	89.2%
Santa Fe, NM	6:28 PM	7:35 PM	*set*	5	291	93.2%	03m33s
Seattle, WA	5:02 PM	6:18 PM	7:26 PM	23	276	82.8%
Springfield, IL	7:24 PM	8:10 PM	*set*	0	297	64.3%
St. Louis, MO	7:25 PM	8:09 PM	*set*	0	297	63.0%
St. Paul, MN	7:19 PM	8:20 PM	*set*	3	296	67.0%
Toledo, OH	8:22 PM	8:51 PM	*set*	0	298	41.4%
Topeka, KS	7:25 PM	8:28 PM	*set*	1	296	79.7%
Tulsa, OK	7:28 PM	8:26 PM	*set*	0	296	83.1%

[SunkenCiv]

And they push the outside of the envelope there.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks mikrofon for the schedule, and thanks ProtectOurFreedom for the map.

[mikrofon]

You’re welcome ... unfortunately, some of the Table formatting was lost in posting making it less readable.

[thecodont]

Thanks for the table of info!

I made a special eclipse viewing box just for the occasion!

Instructions can be found here:

http://www.exploratorium.edu/eclipse/how.html

[SunkenCiv]

It’s overcast here, beautiful evening, but can’t spot the disks.

[Cringing Negativism Network]

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[bigheadfred]

I’m trying to get some video. If it turns out maybe I’ll get a couple of screenshots.

[mikrofon]

Following a live feed on http://events.slooh.com/

[bigheadfred]

Thanks for the link. I was just thinking of seeing if there was a stream. And here it is. Wonderful.

[SunkenCiv]

Excellent!

[bigheadfred]

Dang BIG cloud moved over through the peak. Oh well.

Here are a couple of shots. I taped the beat up glass from my welding helmet over my crappy Sony Handycam and put it on a tripod. So I was watching the eclipse on the screen.

Not award winning photos for sure. But they are mine.