And what we’ll see in Houston
We have our first annular solar eclipse seen in Texas since May 12, 2012. An annular eclipse Occurs when the Moon passes directly between the Earth and Sun, but at appogee, or thepoint in its orbit around the Sun. This added distance makes it too small in the sky to completely cover the Sun, leaving a “ring of fire” along its path. Those outside the path will see a partial eclipse. Annular eclipses are technically partial eclipses and require eye protection. Annular is Latin for ring.
If you are in southeast Texas you will not see a ring. We’ll get a partial eclipse with 84% of the sun’s disk covered. The magnitude, or diameter of the sun covered is 90%. To see the ring you have to drive west.If you want to see the eclipse you’ll need special eyewear or a pinhole projector. Viewing an eclipse without these will damage your eyes if you look directly at the sun. Eclipse glasses block out 100% of the dangerous infrared and ultraviolet light. And more than 99% of visible light.
But we do have a total solar eclipse coming up on April 8, 2024. You want to make sure you get in the path of this one. This kind of eclipse overwhelms your senses! And the last total solar eclipse seen in Texas was July 29, 1879! The next total solar eclipse will be August 23, 2044, and will only be visible to the far northern United States. The next coast-to-coast all-American eclipse is August 12, 2045.. We have 10,000 eclipse glasses that we will be giving out for free.
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