Asia Enjoys Partial Solar Eclipse|全球年均至少2次日食 明年6月仍可見

A partial solar eclipse occurred on Dec. 26, which was visible in almost all of Asia, including Taiwan. The moon covered almost 40 percent of the diameter of the sun, and the coverage was more extensive in areas to the south. One Kaohsiung elementary school set up an astronomical telescope and invited an astronomer to provide commentary as the entire school enjoyed the phenomenon together.


I just saw the moon eat up the sun!

We used binoculars and projected the image, because we can't look using the naked eye. That's very dangerous.

The projected image showed the sun missing a part. The students were very excited to be part of the eclipse. Over in Pingtung County, the government set up the "Orion Conservatory" to allow people in other counties and countries to observe the eclipse. Solar eclipses are divided into total eclipses, partial eclipses, and annular eclipses. Statistics show that there are on average two eclipses a year. Those who missed this eclipse will get the chance to see an annular eclipse in June 2020.



高雄港和國小學生表示：「我剛才看到被吃掉的月亮，呵呵…太陽。」

高雄港和國小學生表示：「我們這一關是利用雙筒望遠鏡，然後放在這個板子上面投影，就會投影出來，絕對不可以用眼睛看，會很危險。」

看到折射在白紙上的太陽缺了一角，學生相當興奮。趁著這次機會，屏東縣府設立「獵戶座天文台」，提供外縣市甚至別國的愛好者遠距觀測，日食分成日全食、日偏食跟日環食3種，根據統計，全球1年平均至少可觀測到2次日食。這次沒看到的民眾，明年6月還有1次看到日環食的機會。