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Partial solar eclipse visible Wednesday in Thailand
BANGKOK, July 20 (TNA) – People living in Thailand would have a rare opportunity to experience a partial solar eclipse from 7am-9am on Wednesday morning as the longest total solar eclipse of the century traverses across six Asia-Pacific countries including Thailand, according to a Thai academic.
Dr Pornchai Pacharin-tanakun, a lecturer in the Physics Department of Chulalongkorn University said the solar eclipse on July 22 is the longest total solar eclipse so far in the 21st century with a maximum duration of six minutes and 39 seconds.
The path of the moon's umbral shadow begins in India and crosses through Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Myanmar and China. After leaving mainland Asia, its path crosses Japan's Ryukyu Islands and curves southeast through the Pacific Ocean, according to America’s National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
In Thailand, Dr. Pornchai said, the partial solar eclipse can be seen countrywide. The natural phenomenon will begin on the Thai-Myanmar border at Mae Hong Son at 7am and will end at Mukdahan on Thailand’s Mekong River border with the Lao Peoples’ Democratic Republic at 9:08 am.
Chiang Rai residents can observe a 67 per cent phase of the eclipse, the greatest phase in Thailand, while Bangkok residents can see 42 per cent of the eclipse.
However, Dr. Pornchai said, it is predicted that there is less than a 30 per cent chance to see the eclipse at all as it is still the rainy season in Thailand.
People wanting to view the celestial phenomenon are advised to use proper equipment with a safe visual filtering system specially designed for eclipse observation.
Another way is to see the sun through a pin-hole camera, he said. (TNA)
Dr Pornchai Pacharin-tanakun, a lecturer in the Physics Department of Chulalongkorn University said the solar eclipse on July 22 is the longest total solar eclipse so far in the 21st century with a maximum duration of six minutes and 39 seconds.
The path of the moon's umbral shadow begins in India and crosses through Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Myanmar and China. After leaving mainland Asia, its path crosses Japan's Ryukyu Islands and curves southeast through the Pacific Ocean, according to America’s National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
In Thailand, Dr. Pornchai said, the partial solar eclipse can be seen countrywide. The natural phenomenon will begin on the Thai-Myanmar border at Mae Hong Son at 7am and will end at Mukdahan on Thailand’s Mekong River border with the Lao Peoples’ Democratic Republic at 9:08 am.
Chiang Rai residents can observe a 67 per cent phase of the eclipse, the greatest phase in Thailand, while Bangkok residents can see 42 per cent of the eclipse.
However, Dr. Pornchai said, it is predicted that there is less than a 30 per cent chance to see the eclipse at all as it is still the rainy season in Thailand.
People wanting to view the celestial phenomenon are advised to use proper equipment with a safe visual filtering system specially designed for eclipse observation.
Another way is to see the sun through a pin-hole camera, he said. (TNA)
