Real Japan happens at the beginning of next month

People in some parts of the world will have the opportunity to admire a partial solar eclipse on January 4 next year.

On January 4, the moon will obscure part of the sun for about three hours.Physorg quoted Jay Pasachoff, chairman of the eclipse committee of the International Astronomical Union, saying that the eclipse of the eclipse will pass through Europe in the direction of west to east and up to India.

People in Western Europe will see the sun obscured as soon as January 4 begins and the period of obstruction lasts about 80 minutes. In Berlin and Paris, the moon obscures the sun when the sun rises. When eclipse reaches maximum, 75% of the solar disk is obscured. The farther east, the sun's position will be higher when the eclipse reaches its maximum.

Partial eclipse. (Photo: sacbee.com).

For most scientific circles, partial eclipse is an unimportant event. But for professionals who use radio telescopes, eclipse is partly useful. Pasachoff said it was the best opportunity for them to carefully study the structure of storms from the sun.

Real Japanese happens when the moon moves between the sun and the earth. That position caused the moon to block light from the sun and create a dark space on the globe. Total solar eclipses can occur up to 5 times a year, but may not appear in certain years due to the position of the earth compared to the sun.

People will only witness a partial solar eclipse 4 times in 2011. In 2012, the solar eclipse will be extended from Japan to the Pacific and to the US on May 20. On November 14, 2012, the total solar eclipse will start from northeastern Australia and extend to the southern Pacific Ocean.