NCKU sets up telescopes to see an annular solar eclipse on May 21
Tainan, Taiwan, 18 May, 2012
An annular solar eclipse is expecting on May 21st and on that day from 6:40am to 7:20am people in southern Taiwan could go to the Department of Physics at National Cheng Kung University (NCKU), southern Taiwan, where 10-cm telescopes will be set up and paper glasses will be ready for distributing to people for observing the ring-shaped eclipse.
According to the Central Weather Bureau, the eclipse will occur at 4:56am on May 21 and end at 10:49am the same day, with the annular solar eclipse expected to take place over Taiwan at about 6:10am.
Although the annular eclipse will be seen only in northern Taiwan, people in Tainan still can see a partial eclipse which is to cover up about 90% of the sun and the changing process of the eclipse can be seen by constant observation, according to Physics Department, NCKU.
On May 21st NCKU will set up signposts in Cheng-Kung Campus near University Road to direct people to the Observatory at Department of Physics. People interested in viewing this rare astronomical phenomena please feel free to come.
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An annular solar eclipse is expecting on May 21st and on that day from 6:40am to 7:20am people in southern Taiwan could go to the Department of Physics at National Cheng Kung University (NCKU), southern Taiwan, where 10-cm telescopes will be set up and paper glasses will be ready for distributing to people for observing the ring-shaped eclipse.
According to the Central Weather Bureau, the eclipse will occur at 4:56am on May 21 and end at 10:49am the same day, with the annular solar eclipse expected to take place over Taiwan at about 6:10am.
Although the annular eclipse will be seen only in northern Taiwan, people in Tainan still can see a partial eclipse which is to cover up about 90% of the sun and the changing process of the eclipse can be seen by constant observation, according to Physics Department, NCKU.
On May 21st NCKU will set up signposts in Cheng-Kung Campus near University Road to direct people to the Observatory at Department of Physics. People interested in viewing this rare astronomical phenomena please feel free to come.
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