Partial Eclipse Of Sun
(By Peter Kim, Otaki) There will be a partiai eclipse of the sun next " Saturday morning, October 22, and it wili be visible in eastern Australia, the Tasman Sea, New Zealand, the southern part of the Pacific Ocean and the Antarctic. In the Horo whenua the eclipse. MU begin at 7.44 a.m. and finish; at 9.35 a.m. The greatest phasewill occur at 8.39 a.m. when a, little more than half the solar diameter will be obscured by the; moon. Adequate protection should be' given to the eyes when observing the eclipse. Several thicknesses of over-exposed photographic film. are found to be suitable. When glass is to be used, it must be heavily smoked, so it will cut off the rays of the sun. Children are advised to look at the eclipse for only short periods at a time. Great care should be taken. Every year, when there is an eclipse of the sun children suffer with eye troubles through looking at the sun too long. A beaudful conjunction of the moon and the planet Venus will be seen in the western sky on the evening of October 25, when Venus will be a very bright planet to the naked eye. Venus is about two degrees north of the moon.
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Chronicle (Levin), 15 October 1949, Page 2
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