3 eclipses in a month

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abhijit_reddevil

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Three eclipses in a month

The world will witness a rare astronomical event- a series of triple eclipses starting July 2009. The fist in the series of triple eclipses will be a lunar eclipse on July 7 which will be followed by a solar eclipse on July 22 and then a lunar eclipse on August 6.

*news.rediff.com/slide-show/2009/jun/22/slide-show-1-three-eclipses-in-a-month.htm

But will it be visible from India?
 

astroutkarsh

Canon EOS 600D / 1000D

But will it be visible from India?


Only Total Solar Eclipse is visible from India.
Here are the details

Penumbral Lunar Eclipse of July 07

July's penumbral eclipse is only of academic interest since the magnitude is just 0.156. Although the Moon will be above the horizon from most of Canada , the eclipse is so minor as to be completely invisible to the naked eye.

On Wednesday, 2009 July 22, a total eclipse of the Sun is visible from within a narrow corridor that traverses half of Earth. The path of the Moon's umbral shadow begins in India and crosses through Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Myanmar and China. After leaving mainland Asia, the path crosses Japan's Ryukyu Islands and curves southeast through the Pacific Ocean where the maximum duration of totality reaches 6 min 39 s. A partial eclipse is seen within the much broader path of the Moon's penumbral shadow, which includes most of eastern Asia, Indonesia, and the Pacific Ocean.

It is visible from India
You can check path for Totality on given Link.
*eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEmono/TSE2009/TSE2009.html
*eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEgoogle/SEgoogle2001/SE2009Jul22Tgoogle.html

Contact any Astronomy Organization for further details.

Penumbral Lunar Eclipse of August 06

A shallow penumbral eclipse occurs 15 days after the total solar eclipse. Since its magnitude is only 0.402, it will not be visible to the naked eye.
 
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