On February 7, an annular solar eclipse will be visible from parts of Antarctica (it will be a partial solar eclipse in New Zealand and part of Australia). Annular means "ring-shaped" and annular eclipses occur when the Moon is far enough away and the Sun is close enough to cause the Moon's apparent diameter to be too small to completely cover the Sun's disk. As a result, at totality, a thin ring of Sun is visible behind the disk of the Moon. It will not be visible from anywhere in North America...Sigh....But Solar and Lunar eclipses usually come in pairs, and we will be well placed to view a total lunar eclipse on Wednesday night, February 20. Things will get good around 9 PM (Eastern Standard Time) that night, so make your plans now to get out and see it!.
I'll post more on the lunar eclipse later this month.
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