Partial Solar Eclipse - 4th Jan 2011

a nice start to the year,
there will be a partial solar eclipse visible
from Ireland on the morning of the 4th.
I'll miss it coz I'll be at work
(though I may just take a hike up onto the roof
for a wee peek!)

Thanks for posting Frank, here's a link with more info and charts for the event:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_eclipse_of_January_4,_2011

Seanie.

What percentage of this Partial eclipse is visible from Ireland, according to Stellarium none of it but maybe wrong.

Ronan Newman

This Partial Solar Eclipse is definitely visible from Ireland. Last Thursday I purchased the January edition of The Sky at Night magazine, and there are plenty of details about the eclipse in it. Sunrise occurs at 8.40am from Dublin and the Moon covers over 50% of the Sun.

Yours, Aubrey.

The eclipse is visible from NI - here's a simulated view from Belfast....



Paul

Could be a nice one if the weather co-operates, and thats a big IF..
The suns disk gets above the horison at 8.50am, where it will be about 1/3rd covered by the moon.
The eclipse ends at 9.22am where the sun is only 3.2 degrees above the horison, thats alot lower then were we lost the moon in horison clouds during the lunar eclipse on Tuesday.