Boxing Day partial solar eclipse for northern Australia

[Rob_K]

We miss out on the annular eclipse today, 26 Dec 2019, but FWIW a partial solar eclipse will be visible from the northern half of Australia late this afternoon. Darwin will be best-placed, monsoon clouds allowing!
https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEplot/SEplot2001/SE2019Dec26A.GIF

Greatest eclipse at 05:17:36 UT - work out your local times. Hope everyone had a great Christmas Day, bring on the cricket!

Cheers -

[Joshuaamoody]

Hi Rob,

Im here up in Darwin and loved hearing that we may get a chance to this this phenomenon.
Thankfully many years ago i brought 2 pairs of eclipse viewing glasses from this site, so managed to get a great view.
Im a super rookie when it came to try and get a photo but I managed to get a fair few.
very unusual to be able to see the sun this time of year as the monsoon has usually set in, but not a cloud in the sky yesterday...

Also I am wondering if any of you know where I can purchase some pretty good quality viewing glasses, mine are a tad old with a few scratches.

Im going to link a few of my shots on google photos so hopefully it'll work.

I Just used my phone through the viewing glasses, Ha!

https://photos.app.goo.gl/1PougMJA7YYQQskd9

Please let me know if these dont work.

[Rob_K]

Hey, glad you got to see it Joshua and thanks for linking the photos! Nice work by very simple means! :thumbsup:



Most astronomy retailers (eg Andrews Communications) sell them and most have online ordering. Look for Eclipse Glasses/Shades. They're very cheap - chuck your old ones if they've got scratches, no good risking your eyesight!

Cheers -