Upcoming Solar Eclipse on January 4, 2011

Williams astronomer Jay Pasachoff during the partial phase of the March 29, 2006, solar eclipse. Photo by Anna Tsykalova.

Some of the world will be able to greet the first part of the new year with a solar eclipse. On the morning of Tuesday, January 4, 2011, an eclipse of the Sun will be widely visible across Europe and as far east as India. The eclipse won?t be visible in North and South America, however. Jay Pasachoff of Williams College in the US is the Chair of the International Astronomical Union?s Working Group on Eclipses, and says that even at a maximum, this eclipse will be only partial, with some of the Sun always visible. Because the Sun is too bright to look at safely, Pasachoff stresses that special solar filters or projection methods should always be used to protect the eyes.

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