Central Eastern Australia & New Zealand is treated to a full lunar eclipse with a totality that lasts 14 minutes!
[tminus t=”2021-05-26 21:18:42″ style=”c-3po”]When the Eclipse Happens
Lunar eclipses can be visible from everywhere on the night side of the Earth, if the sky is clear. From some places the entire eclipse will be visible, while in other areas the Moon will rise or set during the eclipse.
Event | UTC Time | Time in Sydney* | Visible in Sydney |
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Penumbral Eclipse begins | 26 May at 08:47:39 | 26 May at 6:47:39 pm | Yes |
Partial Eclipse begins | 26 May at 09:44:58 | 26 May at 7:44:58 pm | Yes |
Full Eclipse begins | 26 May at 11:11:26 | 26 May at 9:11:26 pm | Yes |
Maximum Eclipse | 26 May at 11:18:42 | 26 May at 9:18:42 pm | Yes |
Full Eclipse ends | 26 May at 11:25:54 | 26 May at 9:25:54 pm | Yes |
Partial Eclipse ends | 26 May at 12:52:23 | 26 May at 10:52:23 pm | Yes |
Penumbral Eclipse ends | 26 May at 13:49:44 | 26 May at 11:49:44 pm | Yes |
Simulated view looking high in the east as totality starts :
For more details head here.
The annual Introduction to Practical Astronomy Course run the Sutherland Astronomical Society (SASI) is on!
Wed 7 Aug Getting Acquainted with the Night Sky
Wed 14 Aug Constellations from the Southern Hemisphere
Wed 21 Aug Setting up Telescopes & Understanding Optics
Wed 28 Aug The Solar System
Wed 4 Sep Stars
Wed 11 Sep Deep Sky Objects
Wed 18 Sep Intro to the Big Bang Theory
Wed 25 Sep New Developments in Astronomy & Space, Basic concepts for beginners in Astro-Photography)
Sessions are held at the Green Point Observatory in Oyster Bay, south of Sydney.
Recommended: Additional Saturday evenings dark-sky observing during the course, with mentor volunteers.
You will need to book – full details here
Ok so this might be a little premature 4 years out from the event, but hey – why not get the hype machine rolling early right? There’s a lot of time to prepare and practice or at the very least, scratch a few days off your future calendar to come join us and the rest of Sydney for a total solar eclipse with a “greatest duration” of totality that passes right over the Bintel store in Glebe! Almost 4 glorious minutes of darkness await during totality. To check the map for your predicted time and proximity to totality check NASA’s website here.
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