China News Service, Nanjing, June 7 (Yang Yanci) According to news from the Purple Mountain Observatory of the Chinese Academy of Sciences on the 7th, the first annular solar eclipse of 2021 will be unveiled on the 10th.
At that time, a "Lord of the Rings" will appear in Tianyu, magnificent.
According to astronomers, solar eclipses are divided into partial solar eclipses, total solar eclipses, annular solar eclipses, and total annular eclipses.
What happened this time was mainly the process of an annular solar eclipse.
In the "planetary family" of solar and lunar eclipses, an annular solar eclipse is considered to be the most beautiful solar and lunar eclipse.
Whenever it happens, when viewed from the earth, the moon will cover the center of the sun, revealing the radiance around the sun, just like a ring with golden light hung on the sky.
According to Wang Kechao, head of science popularization at the Purple Mountain Observatory of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, this eclipse mainly occurred in areas close to the North Pole.
It started in southern Canada, then passed through northern Canada, western Greenland, the Arctic Ocean and other places, and ended in northeastern Russia.
Within China, a partial solar eclipse can be seen in the western region, and partial solar eclipses can be seen in parts of Xinjiang and Tibet.
The eclipse sunset can be seen in the central part and not in the east.
Although the viewing conditions are not friendly, this is the only solar eclipse that can be observed in China this year.
There was also a total solar eclipse on December 4 this year, but it happened in the southern hemisphere and China was not visible at all.
Experts suggest that interested members of the public must wear special eclipse observation glasses when watching the eclipse. Daily sunglasses or sunglasses must not be used to directly look at the sun.
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