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The primary solar eclipse of the year will probably be witnessed by extra penguins than individuals.
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Heads up, skywatchers! There’s factual one month to head until the annular solar eclipse of 2026.
At 4:56 a.m. EST (0956 GMT) on Feb. 17, the moon will initiate to flip the sun into an spectacular “ring of fire” at some level of an annular solar eclipse. Maximum eclipse, whereby the largest proportion of the sun is roofed, will happen at 7:12 a.m. EST (1212 GMT)
Viewers across the relaxation of Antarctica, along with parts of southern Africa and the southernmost regions of South America, will probably be treated to a partial solar eclipse. The relaxation of us will probably be able to apply the match online: official livestream details have no longer yet been released, but we will share them as soon as they change into available. You can also track the match as it happens via our solar eclipse are living weblog.
An observation platform at Concordia Station in Antarctica. The Concordia Station is in the path of annularity. (Image credit ranking: IPEV/PNRA – E. Bondoux)
Solar eclipses happen at unusual moon, when the moon traces up completely between Earth and the sun, casting its shadow onto our planet. In a total solar eclipse, the moon is shut adequate to Earth that it appears the same measurement as — or somewhat larger than — the sun, allowing it to totally quilt the sun’s disk and briefly flip day into evening.
An annular eclipse, by contrast, happens when the moon is farther from Earth in its somewhat elliptical orbit and seems a minute smaller than the sun. Instead of blocking off the sun utterly, it leaves a sparkling ring of daylight encircling the moon — the striking “ring of fire” manufacture.
The place and when can I gaze the Feb. 17, 2026 annular solar eclipse?
The path of the annular solar eclipse on Feb. 17, 2026. (Image credit ranking: Michael Zeiler/EclipseAtlas.com)
Right here are the very restricted places the ring of fire may be considered at some level of the annular solar eclipse on Feb. 17, 2026:
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Location: Concordia Research Station (French-Italian)
Annularity duration: 2 minutes, 1 second
Time: 11:46 GMT
Sun height: 5 degrees above 241 degrees azimuth
Location: Mirny Station, Queen Mary Land, Antarctica (Russia)
Annularity duration: 1 minute, 52 seconds
Time: 12:07 GMT
Sun height: 10 degrees above west 264 degrees azimuth
Daisy Dobrijevic joined Space.com in February 2022 having previously worked for our sister publication All About Space magazine as a staff author. Before joining us, Daisy accomplished an editorial internship with the BBC Sky at Night Magazine and worked at the National Space Centre in Leicester, U.K., the place she enjoyed communicating space science to the general public. In 2021, Daisy accomplished a PhD in plant physiology and also holds a Master’s in Environmental Science, she is at the moment based in Nottingham, U.K. Daisy is passionate about all things space, with a penchant for solar activity and space weather. She has a strong pastime in astrotourism and loves nothing extra than a moral northern lights chase!
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