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From: Eve, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Rare Hybrid Solar Eclipse on 4/20
URL: https://www.space.com/hybrid-solar-eclipse-what-time-april-2023
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The Sun will have just crossed the boundary(cusp)from constellation of Pisces into constellation of Aries just prior to this event. ~Eve https://in-the-sky.org/news.php?id=20230420_09_100 What time is the rare hybrid solar eclipse on April 20? By Stefanie Waldek published 3 days ago Mark your calendars for this rare event. image caption: Sequence of total solar eclipse shows the sun disappearing behind the advancing moon and then remerging again. (Image credit: Alan Dyer/VW Pics/UIG via Getty Images) On April 20, 2023, there will be a rare hybrid solar eclipse. Unfortunately for the vast majority of the world, it won't be observable. However, for those in Western Australia, East Timor, and the eastern Indonesian islands, get ready to see the show of a lifetime. This eclipse is known as a hybrid eclipse because it will shift from a total eclipe to an annular solar eclipse as the moon's shadow races over Earth. For some locations in the solar eclipse's path, viewers will witness a total solar eclipse, whereas in other parts, they'll witness the ring-like annular solar eclipse. In both cases, the moon will pass between the Earth and the sun, blocking out all or most of the sun's light across a portion of the Earth's surface. The eclipse will begin at 9:36 p.m. EDT on April 19 (0136 GMT on April 20) and end at 2:59 a.m. EDT (0659 GMT) on April 20, according to In the Sky(opens in new tab). Because the eclipse will be visible first in the Indian Ocean and then over the Pacific, it will already be April 20 local time during the event. Totality will occur in the following locations and times: -Western Australia: From 10:29 p.m. to 10:35 p.m. EDT on April 19 (0229 to 0235 GMT on April 20) -East Timor: From 11:19 p.m. to 11:22 p.m. EDT on April 19 (0319 to 0322 GMT on April 20) -Indonesia: From 11:23 p.m. to 11:58 p.m. EDT on April 19 (0323 to 0358 GMT on April 20)  There are just two locations on Earth that will be able to witness the eclipse transition from annular to total before transitioning back to annular again. However, these locations are unfortunately in the middle of the ocean. If you happen to be in one of the regions where the solar eclipse is observable, remember not to look into the sun with the naked eye; be sure to take proper precautions when viewing the event. And if you're tuning in from elsewhere in the world, don't worry — you can safely observe the solar eclipse from a screen. Timeanddate.com, for instance, will be streaming the solar eclipse live, which you can watch here(opens in new tab). The last hybrid eclipse occurred nearly 10 years ago, on Nov. 3, 2013, and the next hybrid solar eclipse will occur in November 2031 and will be visible from some parts of the continental United States. After that opportunity, the next time Earthly skywatchers will get to see a hybrid eclipse is on March 23, 2164. |
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From: ryan, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: Rare Hybrid Solar Eclipse on 4/20
URL: https://www.sfgate.com/news/world/article/rare-solar-eclipse-to-cross-remote-australia-17906713.php
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'Awesome' solar eclipse wows viewers in Australia, Indonesia EDNA TARIGAN and MADDIE BURAKOFF, Associated Press April 19, 2023 JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Under a cloudless sky, 20,000 eclipse chasers crowded a tiny outpost to watch a rare solar eclipse plunge part of Australia's northwest coast into brief midday darkness Thursday while temporarily cooling the tropical heat. The remote tourist town of Exmouth, with fewer than 3,000 residents, was promoted as one of the best vantage points in Australia to see the eclipse that also crossed remote parts of Indonesia and East Timor. An international crowd had been gathering for days, camping in tents and trailers on a red, dusty plain on the edge of town with cameras and other viewing equipment pointed skyward. NASA astronomer Henry Throop was among those at Exmouth cheering loudly in the darkness. “Isn’t it incredible? This is so fantastic. It was mind-blowing. It was so sharp and it was so bright. You could see the corona around the sun there,” the visibly excited Washington resident said. “It’s only a minute long, but it really felt like a long time. There’s nothing else you can see which looks like that. It was just awesome. Spectacular. And then you could see Jupiter and Mercury and to be able to see those at the same time during the day — even seeing Mercury at all is pretty rare. So that was just awesome,” Throop added. First-time eclipse chaser Julie Copson, who traveled more than 1,000 kilometers (600 miles) north from the Australian west-coast port city of Fremantle to Exmouth, said the phenomenon left her skin tingling. “I feel so emotional, like I could cry. The color changed and seeing the corona and sun flares …,” Copson said. “It was very strong and the temperature dropped so much,” she added, referring to a sudden 5-degree-Celsius (9-degree-Fahrenheit) fall in temperature from 29 degrees Celsius (84 Fahrenheit) when the moon’s shadow enveloped the region. It was the fifth eclipse for Detroit resident Shane Varrti, who began planning his trip to Exmouth a year ago. “It’s very exciting. All this effort has come to fruition,” Varrti said. In Indonesia's capital, hundreds came to the Jakarta Planetarium to see the partial eclipse that was obscured by clouds. Azka Azzahra, 21, came with her sister and friends to get a closer look by using the telescopes with hundreds of other visitors. “I am still happy to come even though it is cloudy. It is happy to see how people with high enthusiasm come here to see the eclipse, because it is rare,” Azzahra said. The call to prayer resounded from the city's mosques when the eclipse phase began as Muslims in the country with the world’s largest Muslim population said eclipse prayers as a reminder of God’s greatness. In East Timor, people gathered around the beach in Lautem municipality, waiting to witness the rare solar eclipse through their eclipse glasses. Some of them came from other countries and gathered with locals to have a clear view of the eclipse. “Timor Leste is one of the unique countries where the experience is less humid, less cloudy, so we are expecting a clear sky, that’s why many international astronomers wish to converge here. We are hoping that there is going to be a clear sky,” Zahri Bin Ahmad, astrophile from the South East Asia Astronomy Network of Brunei said as they waited Thursday. People cheered as the sun and moon reached maximum eclipse. “This is a very new natural phenomenon for Timor Leste. It is very important for us to be able to watch and experience it firsthand,” said Martinho Fatima, a civil protection authority officer. The hybrid solar eclipse tracked from the Indian Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and was mostly over water. The lucky few people in its path either saw the darkness of a total eclipse or a “ring of fire” as the sun peeked from behind the new moon. Such celestial events happen about once every decade: The last one was in 2013 and the next one isn’t until 2031. They occur when Earth is in the “sweet spot” so the moon and the sun are almost the exact same size in the sky, said NASA solar expert Michael Kirk. At some points, the moon is a little closer and blocks out the sun in a total eclipse. But when the moon is a little farther away, it lets some of the sun’s light peek out in an annular eclipse. “It’s a crazy phenomenon,” Kirk said. “You’re actually watching the moon get larger in the sky.” Several other upcoming solar eclipses will be easier to catch. An annular eclipse in mid-October and a total eclipse in April 2024 will both cross over millions of people in the Americas. |
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From: Eve, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: Rare Hybrid Solar Eclipse on 4/20
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Thanks! I watched part of it online at the time the diamond ring appearance it was fascinating lots of wow wow wow comments on the side bar chat and by the ones hosting the channel. |
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From: Eve, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: Rare Hybrid Solar Eclipse on 4/20
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A comment from the space.com YouTube channel regarding the path of this hybrid eclipse: "That's the Upper Pacific + Earthquakes and more Tonga Volcano" |
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From: Eve, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: Rare Hybrid Solar Eclipse on 4/20
URL: https://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/in/@4032220?iso=20230420
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This hybrid eclipse while over Tonga will be seen as a total eclipse. (A hybrid solar eclipse is a rare type of solar eclipse that changes its appearance from annular to total and back as the Moon's shadow moves across the earth's surface.) |
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From: Eve, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: Rare Hybrid Solar Eclipse on 4/20
URL: https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000k5yc/executive
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At April 17, 2023 at 07:43:49, Eve wrote: This hybrid eclipse while over Tonga will be seen as a total eclipse. (A hybrid solar eclipse is a rare type of solar eclipse that changes its appearance from annular to total and back as the Moon's shadow moves across the earth's surface.) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- M 4.5 - 236 km W of Hihifo, Tonga 2023-04-21 12:39:06 (UTC) 16.259°S 175.982°W 361.4 km depth https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000k62b/executive ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- M 5.3 - 59 km WNW of Neiafu, Tonga 2023-04-21 06:18:16 (UTC) 18.543°S 174.538°W 124.7 km depth https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000k5yc/executive ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ M 4.9 - 59 km SW of Pangai, Tonga 2023-04-20 13:55:54 (UTC) 20.237°S 174.714°W 75.5 km dept https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000k5se/executive |
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From: Eve, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: Rare Hybrid Solar Eclipse on 4/20
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M 5.1 - 147 km SE of Pangai, Tonga 2023-04-23 02:28:37 (UTC) 20.872°S 173.492°W 10.0 km depth |
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From: Eve, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: Rare Hybrid Solar Eclipse on 4/20
URL: https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000k6mg/executive
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(just south of Tonga) M 7.1 - Kermadec Islands, New Zealand 2023-04-24 00:41:56 (UTC) 29.955¢XS 177.838¢XW 49.0 km depth |
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From: Eve, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: Rare Hybrid Solar Eclipse on 4/20
URL: https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000k9ji/executive
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Tonga, an area I have been watching for eq's since the hybrid solar eclipse on 4/20...a tad more on that in this thread fwiw ~Eve https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000k 9ji/executive M 4.9 - 90 km S of ¡¥Ohonua, Tonga 2023-05-04 20:37:15 (UTC) 22.156¢XS 174.878¢XW 9.4 km depth |
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From: Eve, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: Rare Hybrid Solar Eclipse on 4/20
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At May 04, 2023 at 16:47:38, Eve wrote: Tonga, an area I have been watching for eq's since the hybrid solar eclipse on 4/20...a tad more on that in this thread fwiw ~Eve M 7.4 - 75 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga 2023-05-10 16:02:00 (UTC) 15.600°S 174.400°W 213.0 km depth https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/at00rug9vc/executive https://www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake/earthquake.php?id=1259765#testimonies |
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From: Eve, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: Rare Hybrid Solar Eclipse on 4/20 (...M 7.2 TONGA !!!...)
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It's been 26 days since the rare hybrid solar eclipse where I shared in this thread that I suspect it might be a Tonga trigger point and it's been shivering since and today a larger earthquake. I expect more to come combined with the upcoming new moon on 6-18 the solstice point of June 21st as it gets closer. EXCERPT online via query: "Tonga is very close to the Tropic of Capricorn and its altitude is equivalent to an altitude of 900 to 1,000 metres in the Equator region." EXCERPT via National Geographic link: "The sun's vertical rays strike the Tropic of Cancer, 23.5¢X north of the Equator, during the June solstice. The subsolar point then begins its migration south, and vertical rays strike the Tropic of Capricorn, 23.5¢X south of the Equator, during the December solstice." Solstice - National Geographic Education Path of the 4/20/2023 rare hybrid solar eclipse: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- At May 04, 2023 at 16:47:38, Eve wrote: Tonga, an area I have been watching for eq's since the hybrid solar eclipse on 4/20...a tad more on that in this thread fwiw ~Eve ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- M 7.2 - 280 km SW of Houma, Tonga 2023-06-15 18:06:27 (UTC) 22.982¢XS 177.208¢XW 167.4 km depth https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us7000k8qh/executive |
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