Today India will face one of the longest ever annular solar eclipse of this millennium as per prediction. As per scientists of AAA this solar eclipse will be biggest in coming thousand years i.e. 2000-3000.
As already mentioned in my previous post, this solar eclipse in India will begin from south of Kanyakumari and move towards North west along Dhanushkodi and Rameshwaram. At Rameshawaram it can be viewed longest for almost 10 minutes. In Delhi it can be best viewed at 1:39PM.
Much more minute details for this eclipse can be observed from NASA eclipse website here. The solar eclipse occurring today will have magnitude of .9190. Let us summarize the key factors for India.
Best Place to watch Solar eclipse of 2010 in India: Dhanushkodi in Pamban Island off Tamil Nadu coast
Best Time to view : 13.20 hrs IST (viewable for full 10.4 min in India)
