The First Solar Eclipse of This Year

Diagram of an eclipse. (Picture from:  
http://www.wjla.com/)

Early next week will be marked by the phenomenon of solar eclipse ring. The first solar eclipse in 2012 will occur on next Monday, May 21, 2012 and can be seen from the countries on the outskirts of the northern Pacific Ocean. In Indonesia, this phenomenon can be seen from North Sulawesi and Maluku. 

The U.S. space agency (NASA) site said ring solar eclipse occurs when the moon facing the sun so that no portion of the light reaches the earth. But this time the size of the moon is smaller than the size of the sun so that the peak of the eclipse, the outer circle of the sun still looks like a ring of light. 

"Ring solar eclipse visible from the area along 240 kilometers, which includes Taiwan, Japan and the United States," NASA said on its website. 

Some cities are able to see the ring in the sky that is Tokyo, in Japan, as well as Albuquerque and Redding, in the United States. 

Peak of the solar eclipse can be seen ring for 5 minutes 46 seconds. As for the eclipse from the moon touches the sun to leave the sun lasts for 3.5 hours. 

In North Sulawesi and Maluku, the public can watch the solar eclipse in part.

There will be an Annular Solar Eclipse occuring on 20th May 2012 (21st May 2012 for most parts of Asia). (Picture from: http://singaporeanlifestyle.com/)

This event occurs when only part of a closed circle of the sun the moon. In the two regions in Indonesia can see the moon cover 20-40 percent of the sun's face. People who living in the two regions could see the eclipse from 06:30 AM Eastern Indonesian Time. 

Solar eclipse always happens every year, but stopping in different regions of the earth. Astronomers know the geometry of the sun, earth and moon always return to the same position every 18 years. This iteration is known as the saros cycle. Ring solar eclipse this time was recorded as the saros cycle-33 to 128 saros cycle. 

This year, a solar eclipse occurred again on November 13, 2012. When the eclipse can be seen from the islands in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. *** [ANTON WILLIAM | KORAN TEMPO 3882]

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