Egypt to see partial solar eclipse on Sunday

[DJKeefy]

A historic solar eclipse will take place on Sunday, with Egypt witnessing a partial cover-up of the sun.

Hatem Ouda, head of the Astronomy and Geophysical Research Institute, said the last total eclipse in London's Greenwich took place on 16 March 1446 (574 years ago). The next eclipse will take place in 101 years' time on 3 June 2114.

Only 15 eclipses have occured at the Greenwich Meridian line, which divides the earth from east and west, Ouda added.

Ashraf Latif Tadros, head of the institute’s astronomy division, said Egypt will witness a partial eclipse for one hour and 39 minutes starting Sunday 3:08 pm until 4:46 pm. The moon will cover 15 percent of the sun.

Most Arab countries, part of the Americas, southern Europe and most African countries will also catch a glimpse of the partial solar eclipse, Tadros explained.

Tadros warned against looking directly at the sun, adding that direct sunlight can damage the naked eye.

Source: http://www.egyptindependent.com/news/eg ... pse-sunday

[Who2]

That will put Gardner's Question Time in the shade then.....

[LovelyLadyLux]

Interesting.....be happy to see an eclipse IF there were not so many clouds with the white stuff in the sky

[Brian Yare]

Not many clouds here, but 15% is a very small eclipse. I will look out for it at Deir el-Medineh.

[DJKeefy]

Not many clouds here, but 15% is a very small eclipse. I will look out for it at Deir el-Medineh.

It's not there Brain, it's up in the sky

[Brian Yare]

Not many clouds here, but 15% is a very small eclipse. I will look out for it at Deir el-Medineh.

It's not there Brain, it's up in the sky

I thought I was the astronomer around here. The original article is hopelessly wrong about eclipses in general, but it has the details of this one about right.

[Cyprus100]

You will see a little bit more of it than we will in Cyprus.....

Luxor isn't on the list of cities for Egypt so the closest I could get for times was Hurghada: http://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/in/egypt/hurghada

[DJKeefy]

Of all the days of sun here, it was cloudy this afternoon

[BENNU]

When I looked over the wall on my way up the stairs to the roof this afternoon, I forgot that you are not supposed to look at the sun, even when wearing sunglasses. I saw it clearly before I was blinded by the sunlight for some seconds, but the next few minutes, the Sun Disc with it's missing "corner" was printed when I opened and closed my eyes. An almost psychedelic experience.

:oo

[Brian Yare]

At Deir el-Medineh I saw the start of the eclipse, but the thin cloud spoilt the later bits.