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Published:
August 1, 2008
Astronomer captures photo of partial solar eclipse from Burnham
seafront
 Local
astronomy lecturer Greg Dye-Hodge Beardsley captured this image
of the partial eclipse of the sun through from Burnham seafront
on Friday morning (August 1st).
"The
conditions were very good to view today's partial eclipse,"
Greg, pictured, told Burnham-On-Sea.com.
"The
eclipse started at 9.30am, the mid period was 10.14am, and the
finish was 11.00am. The area of the sun's disc covered was around
11.5 per cent," he added.
Greg
used a six million pixel digital camera fitted with a Baeder film
solar filter to capture the image. Using this specialist equipment,
it was perfectly safe for him to watch the eclipse.
He
added that those who missed Friday's spectacle will be able to
view a partial eclipse of the moon on the evening of 16th August,
weather permitting, when the first contact of the Earth's shadow
will be at 8.36pm. The peak of the eclipse will be at 10.11pm.
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