NASA: Partial Solar Eclipse of October 23, 2014

[bystander]

http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEsearch/S ... l=20141023
http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/OH/OH2014. ... 2014Oct23P

http://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/sola ... october-23

[bystander]

Sunset Solar Eclipse
NASA Science News | Science Casts | 2014 Oct 17

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Sunsets are always pretty. One sunset this month could be out of this world. On Thursday, Oct. 23rd, the setting sun across eastern parts of the USA will be red, beautiful and … crescent-shaped.

"It's a partial solar eclipse," explains longtime NASA eclipse expert Fred Espenak. In other words, the New Moon is going to 'take a bite' out of the sun.

A total eclipse is when the Moon passes directly in front of the sun, completely hiding the solar disk and allowing the sun's ghostly corona to spring into view. A partial eclipse is when the Moon passes in front of the sun, off-center, with a fraction of the bright disk remaining uncovered.

The partial eclipse of Oct. 23rd will be visible from all of the United States except Hawaii and New England. Coverage ranges from 12% in Florida to nearly 70% in Alaska. Weather permitting, almost everyone in North America will be able to see the crescent. ...

[geckzilla]

There's a giant sunspot on the sun right now. Phil Plait reports that with the necessary protection, it's visible by eye.

[Chris Peterson]

There's a giant sunspot on the sun right now. Phil Plait reports that with the necessary protection, it's visible by eye.

Yeah, I was just testing out a solar viewing card that I got a bunch of for the kids at school to view the eclipse this week, and noticed the very obvious sunspot on the east limb. Something else for them to see.

[bystander]

http://sdo.gsfc.nasa.gov/data/