[pct-l] Partial Solar Eclipse

Monday, December 25th

A partial solar eclipse will be visible from the entire continental U.S. on
Christmas Day, December 25th.  The eclipse will peak in the early morning on
the west coast, with 14 percent of the sun covered in Los Angeles and over
35 percent covered in Seattle at between 8:30 and 9 a.m. At about 11 a.m.,
the sun will reach Dallas, with 35 percent of the sun covered. Over 50
percent of the sun will be covered in the early afternoon in Boston, New
York, Philadelphia, Chicago, Pittsburgh, Detroit, and Washington, D.C.
Though the sun will be partly covered, it is still not safe to look at
directly. A pinhole camera is the safest way to observe the partial eclipse.
The next Christmas solar eclipse will not occur until 2307.


I am new to the list; just a little quiet still.

Mimi

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