Tomorrow’s solar eclipse will be partial in the region

The journey of the partial view of the solar eclipse in the region can be seen from 5.30 am to 7.30 am. The longest period of total solar eclipse at Surat will be of about 3 minutes and a few seconds,according to experts.

The triple eclipse phenomenon has seen lunar eclipse on July 7 and another lunar eclipse will follow this total solar eclipse on August 6.

“This is a rare phenomenon and holds a key to a lot of secrets of the Sun which otherwise remains elusive for scientists. This is only a shadow of the moon on the earth when the three align in space with the moon in between. There is no scientific basis for all the myths and superstitions protected in our society by some religious rites,” said Dr Ravinderjeet Singh,educator and programmer at the Nehru Planetarium in the city.

Amid substantial fear prevailing among credulous public after what some astrologers have described it as a situation full of bad omen with potential to leave harmful effects on humankind,there are some people with scientific outlook who are creating awareness asking people to go out and witness the phenomenon.

Tarksheel Society Punjab is spreading the awareness that the longest total solar eclipse till now should be seen as an opportunity and not as a curse.

Providing technical help and knowledge from the field of astronomy,Dr Ravinderjeet who has a PhD in astrophysics,said people should come out and witness the event with no fear as there is no scientific basis supporting such myths.

“The rays of the sun on the day and at the time of the eclipse are the same as on other days,” he educates the students of Government High School at Sunet in an awareness talk.

“It presents a remarkable opportunity to scientists to study various phenomena of the sun. They can witness a number of such activities of the sun as Corona,the outer part of the sun becomes visible.

The scientists can then see the prominences (flared eruption of hot material) as it flies off to a few lakh kilometres from its outer part and again falls back in it. Seeing this phenomenon is otherwise never possible unless such an eclipse lays the boundary of the sun bare,” he explains while speaking to The Indian Express.

He adds that besides the opportunity to study the Frounhoffer Line,there are some beautiful phenomenons that can be seen at the time of the eclipse. “In the Diamond-ring phenomenon,a ring-like structure gets formed and the Bailey’s Beads also occurs at the time. That is why people are also so eager to watch the eclipse.”

For the record
The longest solar eclipse of the century will last for six minutes and 39 seconds and the next eclipse exceeding seven minutes will take place in 2132. The last such triple eclipse phenomenon had occurred in 1979. The next total solar eclipse will be seen in India in 2034. In the last few years,there has only been one eclipse each in 2000,2001,2002 and 2004,2005 and 2006.