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Annular Eclipse, May 20, 2012

from The SkyX Pro, Annular Eclipse sim.

Get ready for the 2012 Annular Eclipse!

This from NASA's web site: 'By the time the antumbra reaches Albuquerque, NM (01:34 UT), the central duration is still 4 1/2 minutes....'

Checkout NASA's web site at: http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/OH/OH2012.html#SE2012May20A for more details.

Estimated Times for Roswell, New Mexico

Note (01:34 UT = 07:34 PM DST)

 

The SkyX doesn't show the annular eclipse in it's data base but running the program shows the max for Roswell occurs at 7:31 PM DST.

Start time: 06:33 PM DST.

End Time: 08:36 PM DST

 

Star Party details soon.

 

 

 

Updated 1/16/2012