Partial solar eclipse on 26th January
KUALA LUMPUR: Rakyat Malaysia berpeluang menyaksikan gerhana matahari separa pada kira-kira jam 4.30 petang pada 26 Januari ini.
Menurut Agensi Angkasa Negara (Angkasa), gerhana matahari anulus akan berlaku pada tarikh itu selama tiga jam 46 minit bermula dari lautan Hindi ke sebelah Barat Indonesia.
Dalam satu kenyataannya semalam, Angkasa berkata fenomena itu berlaku apabila bulan merentas di hadapan matahari, tetapi tidak menutup matahari sepenuhnya kerana saiz ketara bulan lebih kecil daripada matahari.
“Rakyat Malaysia berpeluang menyaksikan gerhana matahari separa pada kira-kira jam 4.30 petang apabila bulan mula menyentuh cakera matahari. Keadaan ini dikenali sebagai ‘sentuhan pertama’ iaitu permulaan gerhana matahari separa,” kata kenyataan itu.”
Source: Harian Metro, 13th January 2009
Finally, something that I have been keeping for 9 years in my drawer come to use. I got this during my university days, which was in August 1999.
There was total eclipse that year in Europe. And England just got so excited about it, that when I woke up one morning and check for mail, I see this has been distributed to all houses for free. Why is it so? It’s the first visible total eclipse in the United Kingdom since June 29, 1927.
Well, really looking forward for 26th January. Even though only a partial eclipse can be observed here in Malaysia, why miss this rare phenomenon?
The mayan king: Total eclipse? Imran, I am ordering you to look for a virgin and we need to sacrifice her.
Imran: Yes my lord, but it will be very difficult for me to find a virgin nowadays.
apa cerita ran? merepek aja aku ni
and the full eclipse will be in july 22, 2009…..
yazid: hehe. i wonder there will be quite a number of spiritual activities that day.
sankai: but we in malaysia will still observe the partial one 🙁
“Totality will be visible in many cities such as Surat, Varanasi, Patna, Thimphu, Chengdu, Chongqing, Wuhan, Hangzhou and Shanghai. A partial eclipse will be seen from the much broader path of the Moon’s penumbra, including most of South East Asia and north-eastern Oceania.”
(taken from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_eclipse_of_July_22,_2009)
u r such a keeper… tak rugi kan simpan lama2 viewer tu..
nak pinjam!
waa…sangat interesting. saye pernah tengok gerhana bulan masa tahun berapa tah. tapi x brape nampak sangat, cuma merah2 bulan time tu. x salah saye la. but it was a wonderful feeling at dat time. i wish i can watch this partial solar eclipse. but mcm xde rzk je…
thx for sharing..!
misz_A: hehe.. tuh tak tgk lagi kotak2 barang yg dibeli yg saya simpan. rumah dah cam gudang penyimpanan barang dah. haha
Masy: jom tgk sesama hari tu. tapi kat mana ek tempat yg sesuai nak tgk? mesti kena carik tempat yg open space
adLedash: /me tak penah tgk. tu yg kinda excited.
Hmm..i am not really interested on this thing, but i am amaze that you keep that such a useful stuff from 1999. Maybe i will just give a try at Dataran Pahlawan Malacca, that the only open space that I can think, if..i still remember that date.Heheh
ala..
kalau takde viewer tue.. tak leh la tgk eh? X_X huhu
can’t hardly wait for 26th too ;D
I just used an old X-ray film over the telephoto lenses to take this picture.