Credit: Yong Chuan Tan
Eclipse On June 21, 2020, a stunning annular ‘Ring of Fire’ eclipse of the Sun will grace the skies across central Africa through Asia. along a narrow path from Central African Republic, Congo, Ethiopia to Pakistan, India and China. Meanwhile a partial eclipse of the Sun will also be visible from a much wider region, across the African continent and most of Asian continent. This eclipse is not visible from North America.
A solar eclipse occurs during the New Moon phase, when the Moon is directly aligned between the Sun and Earth. As a result, our view of the Sun is hidden by the Moon. (Image credit: Marek Okon)
Unlike a total eclipse however, where the entire disk of the sun is covered up, this will be an annular eclipse - where the new Moon's apparent diameter is smaller than the visible disk of the Sun. Once the two celestial objects are exactly in line, the covered sun will appear as a striking annulus (ring), otherwise known as the 'Ring of Fire'.
Livestreams across the eclipse path (Credit: Collection created by African Astronomical Society)
AFRICA
ETHIOPIA (0352 – 0500 – 0620 GMT)
Astronomers in Ethiopia will be webcasting the eclipse from the path of annularity (max obscuration 97%), via a telescope, possibly from Lalibela. You can watch it from the youtube page of ESSS, facebook live, or youtube page of ESSTI.
KENYA (0346 – 0448 – 0559 GMT)
Travelling Telescopes will be broadcasting a feed from Nairobi (max obscuration 59%) via facebook live and youtube (tbc), via their telescope
TANZANIA (0347 – 0446 – 0553 GMT)
The feed from Mt Meru Astronomical Observatory in Arusha (max obscuration 52%) will be via facebook live and possibly youtube (tbc), via their telescope The feed from Dar e Salaam (max obscuration 37%) with Noorali Jiwaji will be via the network of television channels (link coming soon) to transmit across Tanzania
Global broadcasts from the path of annularity
ETHIOPIA (0352 – 0500 – 0620 GMT)
Astronomers in Ethiopia will be webcasting the eclipse from the path of annularity (max obscuration 97%), via a telescope, possibly from Lalibela. You can watch it from the youtube page of ESSS, facebook live, or youtube page of ESSTI.
INDIA ( 0449 – 0629 – 0815 GMT)
The youtube feed from Sirsa, Haryana (max obscuration 98.92%) by Ajay Talwar, via a telescope.
A youtube feed and facebook live from Kurukshetra (max obscuration 98.95%) by Vigyan Prasar via a telescope.
A youtube feed from Suratgarh (max obscuration 98.9%) by Astrophile via a telescope
TAIWAN (timings are 0650 – 0815 – 0926 GMT)
A youtube feed from Taiwan (max obscuration 97.6%) by National Museum of Natural Sciences
Global broadcasts outside the path of annularity
INDIA (timings are 0650 – 0815 – 0925 GMT) A youtube feed from Hanle (max obscuration 90%) by Indian Institute of Astrophysics
A youtube feed from Kodaikanal (max obscuration 28%) by Indian Institute of Astrophysics
JAPAN (timings are 0700 – 0817 – 0923 GMT)
A youtube feed from Okinawa (max obscuration 90%) by NAOJ
SOUTH KOREA (timings are 0655 – 0805 – 0907 GMT)
A youtube feed (max obscuration 45%) by KASI
RUSSIA (timings are 0620 – 0722 – 0820 GMT)
A youtube feed from Irkutsk (max obscuration 22%) by Irkutsk Regional Astronomical Organisation & Planetarium
TURKEY (timings are 0445 – 0540 – 0630 GMT)
A youtube feed and youtube feed from multiple locations (max obscuration 34-12%) by Turkish Astronomical Society and Tubitak National Observatory resp.
EAST ASIA UNAWE (timings are 0600 to 0930 GMT)
A youtube feed and facebook live from groups in Malaysia, Brunei, Indonesia and Thailand through East Asia UNAWE (max obscuration ranging from 50-10%)
Japan
Japan Public Observatory Society (JAPOS) http://www.koukaitenmondai.jp/campaign/eclipse2020.html
Taiwan
Taipei Astronomical Museum https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSZYfZhpHUnpGGdgUhiYEEw
