A very, very tiny full eclipse.
One of the brightest stars in the sky will 'blink out' on Dec. 12. Here's how to watch.
Submitted 11 months ago by throws_lemy@lemmy.nz to astronomy@mander.xyz
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lolcatnip@reddthat.com 11 months ago
XeroxCool@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Things like this make you realize eclipse as a bit of an arbitrary term to cover what we feel isn’t quite a transit and isn’t quite an occultation. Total solar eclipses are occultations and annulars are transits. Lunar eclipses are very disproportionately occultations but we’re sitting inside the cozy Earth looking out like office gophers commenting “it’s really coming down now” about snow flurries. When the Martian rover saw Phobos in front of the sun, it was a transit.
DarkThoughts@kbin.social 11 months ago
Is this event going to be recorded via high powered telescopes like Hubble or James Webb?
brianorca@lemmy.world 11 months ago
They are not well positioned to do that. You have to be in a very narrow path.
Maeve@kbin.social 11 months ago
A birthday gift for December born, a Christmas gift for everyone else!
XeroxCool@lemmy.world 11 months ago
8:17pm EST Dec 12, 2023
The article has links to maps, a detailed info page, and a livestream
atx_aquarian@lemmy.world 11 months ago
But, in EST and similar time zones, it’s December 11, not 12, right? The headline says 12th; the article says Monday the 11th. And based on a different article I previously read, I set myself a calendar reminder for the 11th, so I’m leaning that way. Maybe they meant the 12th UTC?
verity_kindle@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Thank you for untangling this. I’m calling up my science loving nieces to watch it for me and report.
XeroxCool@lemmy.world 11 months ago
You are absolutely correct. I wonder if the title is UTC but the article adapts to the reader. I hope I don’t cause people to miss it