PARTIAL ECLIPSE OF THE SUN.
+ THURSDAY'S PHENOMENON. i A WARNING—USE SMOKED GLASS On Thursday next a partial eclipse , of the. sun will be visible throughout . New Zealand, but as the greatest phase will occur about sunset, it will be possible to observe only the first portion of the eclipse. The circumstances of the eclipse are as under: — Eclipse begins 3.42 p.m. Greatest phase 3.43 p.m. Sunset 5.54 p.m. The magnitude of the eclipse is 0.63, that is to say. about two-thirds of the sun’s diameter will be obscured at sunset. As the path of totality of this eclipse lic-s northward of New Zealand, j the magnitude will be greatest in the I north, and will decrease southwards. Although the southern districts will see ■ a comparatively small eclipse, they will ] have a slightly longer view of the phe-
[ nomenon. , A solar eclipse is caused by the dark | fcodv or the moon coming between the cart h and tee - tm. I n tur - prt re til a r I peg.7E.EC-e at the apparent bottom of the wtrd=, obliterating in. its course the northern or right-hand portion of the sun. People wishing to view the phenomenon cannot do better than station themselves on some high locality commanding a good view or the western horizon. .Smoked glass must be used j tor observing the eclipse, and on no ! account should the sun be looked,at without sufficient nrotection for the
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Otaki Mail, 18 September 1922, Page 2
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