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All you ever wanted to know about Eclipses and other celestial bodies.
Information on solar eclipses and lunar eclipses
Solar Eclipse and Lunar Eclipse Predictions 2015
Four eclipses during 2014: Two solar eclipses and two lunar eclipses.
Visible from most of the continent of North America, including a tiny corner of south-east Alaska, Central America, and the continent of western South America.
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Region of annular eclipse extremely limited, only observable from a small area of Antarctica.
Partial Eclipse visible from some regions of: Antarctica, the Southern Ocean, Indian Ocean, and Australia.
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1st eclipse of 2014 is a Total Lunar Eclipse, 15 April 2014
2nd eclipse of 2014 is an annular solar eclipse, 29 April 2014
Entire Duration visible from most of; continent of west North America, including Alaska, extreme north east Russian Federation, extreme eastern Australia; and New Zealand.
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3rd eclipse of 2014; Total Lunar Eclipse 08 October 2014
The fourth and final eclipse of 2014 occurs 23 October 2014. It’s a Partial Solar Eclipse visible from east Russia, Canada, the United States of America and Mexico.
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4th and final eclipse of 2014 - partial solar eclipse, 23 October 2014
image credit, NASA/Hubble
Comet Siding Spring (C/2013 A1) - Mars fly-by 19 October 2014
Comet Siding Spring (C/2013 A1) is the first comet from the Oort Cloud to be studied up close by spacecraft, thereby giving scientists a golden opportunity to learn more about the materials, including water and carbon compounds, that existed during the formation of the solar system 4.6 billion years ago.
Comet Siding Spring (C/2013 A1) - Mars fly-by 19 October 2014
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A Total Solar Eclipse
An eclipse of the Sun, or a solar eclipse, is when the Moon is between the Sun and Earth and only occurs when the Moon is at just the right distance and angle in the sky to cover the Sun, this can only occur when the Sun, Moon and Earth aligned
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The two solar eclipses consist of an annular solar eclipse and a partial solar eclipse;
annular solar eclipse, 29 April 2014 - partial solar eclipse, 23 October 2014.
Both lunar eclipses are total
15 April 2014 and 08 October 2014.
Lunar and Solar Eclipses 2014 in order of sequence
1st eclipse: 15 April - Total Lunar Eclipse
2nd eclipse: 29 April - Annular Solar Eclipse
3rd eclipse: 08 October - Total Lunar Eclipse
4th eclipse: 23 October - Partial Solar Eclipse
There are Four eclipses during 2015
Two solar eclipses and Two lunar eclipses
A brief summary of 2015 Eclipses:
(1st) First eclipse 2015: A Total Solar Eclipse,
20 March 2015. Totality visible from only a few northern based islands in the North Atlantic Ocean, notable Svalbard and the Faroe Islands.
(2nd) Second eclipse 2015: A Total Lunar Eclipse, 04 April 2015, visible from Eastern Australia and west Alaska; at Moonrise from parts of eastern Asia, and at Moonset from parts of the America’s.
(3rd) Third eclipse 2015: A partial solar eclipse, 28 September 2015, visible form Antarctica and southern Africa.
(4th) Fourth eclipse 2015: A Total Lunar Eclipse, 28 September 2015, visible from middle west Africa, western Europe, south Greenland, South America, Central America, parts of Mexico, western USA and western Canada. Visible at Moonset eastern Europe, eastern Africa, and parts of eastern Asia. Visible at Moonrise parts of Mexico, western USA and western Canada.
2015, Dates of Solstices, Equinoxes, Earth’s Perihelion, Earth’s Aphelion.
in brief:
Earth’s Aphelion: 06 July 19:40 GMT/UT
Equinox: 23 September 08:21GMT/UT
Solstice:21 December, 04:48 GMT/UT
Earth Perihelion: 04 January 06::36 GMT/UT
Equinox: 20 March 22:45 GMT/UT
Solstice: 21 June 16:38 GMT/UT
There are two primary types of eclipse which can be viewed from Earth;
a Lunar Eclipse and a Solar Eclipse.
Solar Eclipses and Lunar Eclipses both have their own types of eclipse.
Types of Solar Eclipse
Eclipses of the Sun / Solar Eclipses:
There are four main types of solar eclipse;
A Solar eclipse can be Total, Annular, Partial or Hybrid.
Types of Lunar Eclipse
Eclipses of the Moon / Lunar Eclipses:
There are three basic types of lunar eclipse;
Total, Partial and Penumbral.
There is also a rare forth variation known as a Total Penumbral Lunar Eclipse.
A Total Lunar Eclipse
An eclipse of the Moon, or lunar eclipse, is when the Earth is between the Sun and Moon and only occurs if the Moon passes through all or some portion of Earth's umbra shadow therefore blocking sunlight directly striking the Moon’s surface. This can occur only when the Sun, Earth, and Moon are aligned exactly, or almost exactly.
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