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Rare ‘Hybrid’ Solar Eclipse on November 3, 2013: How to See It
universetoday.com ^
| October 28, 2013
| David Dickinson on
Posted on 10/28/2013 6:52:39 PM PDT by BenLurkin
Its almost upon us. The final eclipse of 2013 occurs this coming weekend on Sunday, November 3rd. This will be the fifth eclipse overall, and the second solar eclipse of 2013. This will also be the only eclipse this year that features a glimpse of totality.
This eclipse is of the rare hybrid variety that is, it will be an annular eclipse along the very first 15 seconds of its track before transitioning to a total as the Moons shadow sweeps just close enough to the Earth to cover the disk of the Sun along the remainder of its track.
How rare are hybrid solar eclipse? Of the 11,898 solar eclipses listed over a 5,000 year span from 1999 BC to 3000 AD in Fred Espenaks Five Millennium Catalog of Solar Eclipses, only 569, or 4.8% are hybrids.
(Excerpt) Read more at universetoday.com ...
TOPICS: Astronomy; Science
KEYWORDS: astronomy; eclipse; eclipses; hybrid; november; rare; solar; solareclipse
An animation of the path of the November 3rd hybrid solar eclipse.
(Credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center).
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posted on
10/28/2013 6:52:39 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
10/28/2013 6:59:52 PM PDT
by
null and void
(I'm betting on an Obama Trifecta: A Nobel Peace Prize, an Impeachment, AND a War Crimes Trial...)
To: BenLurkin
I am going to the beach before sun rise (assuming it’s not raining, and watch the end of the eclipse as the rises from the Atlantic.
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posted on
10/28/2013 7:05:23 PM PDT
by
Conan the Librarian
(The Best in Life is to crush my enemies, see them driven before me, and the Dewey Decimal System)
To: ClearBlueSky
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posted on
10/28/2013 8:31:45 PM PDT
by
Shadowstrike
(Be polite, Be professional, but have a plan to kill everyone you meet.)
To: BenLurkin; brytlea; cripplecreek; decimon; bigheadfred; KoRn; Grammy; married21; steelyourfaith; ...
Thanks BenLurkin, extra to APoD members.
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posted on
10/28/2013 8:43:20 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(http://www.freerepublic.com/~mestamachine/)
To: BenLurkin
Due to Daylight Saving time, what time do I watch this eclipse?
To: 1_Rain_Drop
Please don’t get me started on the idiocy of DST.
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posted on
11/03/2013 5:42:42 AM PST
by
BenLurkin
(This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
To: 1_Rain_Drop
Due to Daylight Saving time, what time do I watch this eclipse?You shouldn't be confused, as we're back on Standard Time. lol
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posted on
11/03/2013 5:49:06 AM PST
by
Night Hides Not
(The Tea Party was the earthquake, and Chick Fil A the tsunami...100's of aftershocks to come.)
To: Night Hides Not; 1_Rain_Drop
Yup.
Everybody’s circadian rhythm is being abused by government again.
It happens twice a year. Gotta keep the sheeple unsettled.
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posted on
11/03/2013 6:49:09 AM PST
by
BenLurkin
(This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
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