Sky-Watchers' Guide: Solar Eclipse Thursday [1]

Nationalgeographic, By: Andrew Fazekas, 05/09/2013

A "ring of fire" solar eclipse will darken skies on Thursday as the black silhouette of the moon will appear to glide across the face of the sun until only a bit of sunlight is visible. Though the celestial phenomenon will be visible mostly in remote areas in the Pacific, armchair astronomers can watch a live feed of the eclipse, thanks to SLOOH.

The Internet-based space-tracking service is broadcasting the annular eclipse via a telescope from Australia starting on May 9 at 5:30 p.m. ET (21:30 UT).

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