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Dear science and astronomy friends, |
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Our coming schedules for may. |
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1) Mercury is in the best position to be observed during the period of from Now onwards to 25 April. Mercury will glide in front of the Sun Disk. (Please do not watch the sun directly to save your eyes.) |
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Conjunction in RA between Mercury and Sun: Date 07 May 2003; (UT) 06:23; Separation 0° 13' 15"; Dist (AU)0.5592; Dec +16° 56' Inferior |
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Conjunction in longitude between Mercury and Sun at different places. |
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--------- Transit Contacts --------
Location,ExternalSun,InternalSun,GreatestSun,InternalSun, ExternalSun
IngressAlt,IngressAlt,TransitAlt,EgressAlt,EgressAlt,
h m s ° h m s ° h m s ° h m s ° h m s °
London5:11:25 6 5:15:50 7 7:52:21 31 10:28:25 51 10:32:50 51
Bombay5:13:04 63 5:17:31 64 7:51:34 79 10:25:39 42 10:30:06 41 |
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Calcutta5:12:49 77 5:17:15 78 7:51:17 64 10:25:29 28 10:29:57 27 |
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2) Moon Total eclipse: 16May 03; On the Morning IST 9AM to 9:30 Am we will try to broadcast live on the net as that will not be visible in India. |
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WE ARE PLANNING TO LIVE TESTING BROADCAST OF THE TOTAL MOON ECLIPSE ON THE MORNING, WITH THE HELP OF THE TELESCOPE AND DIGITAL CAMERA LINKED TO THE NET ON THE http://in.groups.yahoo.com/group/kutchscience2000 & yahoo ID sciencegroupindia - chat conference. |
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We will establish a BROAD BAND - MEGA LINK connection on the network of NTL World-Wide on www.ntlworld.com |
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Details for programme 2) Total Eclipse of the Moon |
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The eclipse is partially visible from this location. Circumstances of the Eclipse
Latitude: 51° 30' 0" N
Longitude: 0° 10' 12" W
Height above sea level: 10 metres
Time zone: 0h ahead of UT |
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Moon enters penumbra: 2003 May 16 01:05:18
Moon enters umbra: 2003 May 16 02:02:44
Start of totality: 2003 May 16 03:13:42
Maximum eclipse: 2003 May 16 03:40:03
End of totality: 2003 May 16 04:06:24
Moon leaves umbra: 2003 May 16 05:17:22
Moon leaves penumbra: 2003 May 16 06:14:49 |
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Umbral magnitude: 1.134
Penumbral magnitude: 2.100 |
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Duration of total phase: 0h 52m 42s
Duration of umbral phase: 3h 14m 38s
Duration of penumbral phase: 5h 9m 31s |
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Position angles, measured from the north point of the Moon's disk:
First contact of penumbra: 125.0°
First contact of umbra: 133.2°
Last contact of umbra: 266.0°
Last contact of penumbra: 274.2° |
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The Moon is in the zenith at the following geographical positions: |
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Moon enters penumbra: 18°03'S 030°54'W
Moon enters umbra: 18°15'S 013°51'W
Start of totality: 18°30'S 030°03'W
Maximum eclipse: 18°36'S 042°22'W
End of totality: 18°41'S 056°16'W
Moon leaves umbra: 18°56'S 092°37'W
Moon leaves penumbra: 19°07'S 108°50'WTotal Eclipse of the Moon
3) IF WE GET success full on Moon Eclipse test broadcast - we will come back On 31 May 03 from 9:30 am to 10:30 am for an ANNULAR Sun Eclipse LIVE broadcast on Same links. so you can watch live, world wide on the net. |
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3) Annular eclipse of 2003 May 31 |
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Site information
Latitude: 51° 30' 0" N
Longitude: 0° 10' 12" W
Height above sea level: 10 metres
Time zone: 0h ahead of UT |
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Beginning of partial phase
Time: 2003 May 31 02:41:28
Position angle of centre of Moon: 258.1°
Sun's altitude: -8.4° |
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Maximum eclipse
Time: 2003 May 31 03:35:19
Eclipse magnitude: 0.903
Ratio of Moon's to Sun's apparent size: 0.938
Position angle of centre of Moon: 343.4°
Sun's altitude: -2.6° |
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End of partial phase
Time: 2003 May 31 04:31:34
Position angle of centre of Moon: 68.7°
Sun's altitude: 4.5° |
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We will not be able to chat during that time though chat room will be open, we will be busy during that period for those project work.
From Yours : Dr. BHUDIA.- Science Group Of INDIA. |
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4)NEVER FORGET THIS in FUTURE!!!!! and IS In INDIA. |
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22 July 2009 Eastern Asia, Pacific Ocean, Hawaii
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