A
spectacular geocentric
celestial event of 2005 was a rare hybrid eclipse of
the Sun - a total or an annular eclipse could be seen depending on the
observer's location. For Fred
Espenak, aboard a gently swaying ship within the middle of the Moon's shadow track
about 2,200 kilometers west of the Galapagos, the eclipse was total, the lunar
silhouette exactly covering the bright solar disk for a few brief moments. His
camera captured a picture of totality revealing the extensive solar corona and prominences rising
above the Sun's edge. But for
Stephan Heinsius, near the end of the shadow track at Penonome Airfield,
Panama, the Moon's apparent size had shrunk enough to create an annular
eclipse, showing a complete annulus of the Sun's bright disk as a
dramatic ring of fire.
Pictures from the two locations are compared above. How rare is such a hybrid eclipse?
Calculations show that during the 21st century just 3.1% (7 out of 224) of
solar eclipses are hybrid while hybrids comprise about 5%
of all solar eclipses over the period 2000 BC to AD 3000.
Today's hybrid solar eclipse is
most widely visible beyond the
central shadow track as a brief partial eclipse from northeastern Americas
through Africa, and along the track in an annular phase for only the first 15
seconds. Image Credit &
Copyright: Left:
Fred Espenak - Right:
Stephan Heinsius
Πόσο σπάνια όμως είναι μία υβριδική ηλιακή έκλειψη; Σε διάστημα 5.000 χρόνων (από το 1999 π.Χ. έως το 3000 μ.Χ.) και από τις συνολικά 11.898 ηλιακές εκλείψεις, μόλις οι 569 (4,8%) θεωρούνται υβριδικές.
Πηγές:
https://www.universetoday.com/articles/rare-hybrid-solar-eclipse-on-november-3-2013-how-to-see-it
- https://www.space.com/23419-hybrid-solar-eclipse-visibility-images-november-3-2013.html




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