A Talk at National Museum on 2010 Jan 15th Eclipse/Trip

There will be a talk, given by Professor Ravn U Ratnatunga on the 2010 Jan 15th Eclipse/Trip today (13th December 2009) @ the auditorium located at the National Museum, Sri Lanka. The talk will take place from 3.00 pm onwards.

The talk will be delivered to the Archeological Society of Sri Lanka. The Archeological Society of Sri Lanka is organizing a trip to Jaffna for eclipse, and the plans on how the trip will be taking place will be discussed at this meeting. If you are interested in joining this trip, please attend this meeting.



In addition to viewing historical Annular Solar Eclipse from Jaffna, on 15th January 2009, there will also be visits to important archaeological sites located in close proximity to Jaffna.

However, if you happen to miss this meeting and opt in to go please contact us at jdpdesh (@) gmail . com

An Animated GIF Visualizing the possible path of cental line of Eclipse January 2010

This is an animated GIF image that shows the paths of central line and penumbral shadow, which is in gray color. The areas covered with gray shadow are subject to observe a partial solar eclipse as per the animated eclipse graph. The small red dot refers to the umbral shodow of this annular eclipse on 15th January 2010.

The date is shown in the top left corner of the image, whereas the relevant corresponding UT/GMT time is shows in the top right region.

Moreover the lowermost time scale corresponds to the time duration that the central line will be visible in each area. As per this eclipse graph it is visible that the eclipse lasts more time in Sri Lanka and neighboring territories.

This valuable eclipse graph was created by Dr. Andrew Sinclair and I'd also take this occasion to extend my hearfelt thanks for the job done.

High Resolution PDF Image of Eclipse 2010 15th January

This is an image which depicts who the annular eclipse in January 2010 will look like in terms of global scope. There are also important data embedded to this image that reveal a lot of information about the eclipse's timely specifications.


Click here to receive the free PDF with explanatory attributes for the eclipse 2010.
This PDF is high resolution and the dark path along the equator shows the path of central line.

The Eclipse PDF is courtesy of http://www.eclipse.org.uk which offers a whole lot of information on eclipses.

Annular Solar Eclipse of January 15 2010

This would be a much looking-forward event for all those who are interested in Astronomy and Science in general. The biggest news is that the first Annular Solar Eclipse of 2010 will take place precisely on the Friday, the 15th of January 2010.

Luckily sun will cast moon's silhouette in a root which would be some 300 km in width, whereas the path travels a half of the Earth's circumference. Literally this means that the moon's shadow will travel more than 20,000 km across the earth, giving the earthlings a fine chance to witness a solar eclipse.

As per the calculations antumbral lunar shadow will commence its journey from Africa, hovering upon Chad, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Kenya, and Somalia in the African continent. Then the path will approach Indian Ocean. The eclipse is expected to reach its maximum duration of annularity, which would be 11 minutes and 08 seconds.

Sri Lanka & India (South India) simultaneously will be the first Asian lands that are kissed by the eclipse. Then the central path will continue through Bangladesh, Burma, and China giving observers and scientists a life time experience.

However a partial eclipse is also observed within the much broader path of the Moon's penumbral silhouette. The possible areas include eastern Europe, most of Africa, Asia, and Indonesia.