Eclipse time again?

Question

ok I am stuck in a time warp I'm not sure what year I'm stuck in this is our solar eclipse? how many do we have a year now it didn't seem like we had that many years ago how many eclipse are there which is the longest eclipse................

by the way ........has haleys comet come thru yet if so when?

Answer 1

my club soccer team is eclipse

laguna hills eclipse

duhh.

people these dayss

Answer 2

we wont ever see another eclipse in our lifetime

Answer 3

Eclipses don't come every year and we certainly will see one in our lifetime. Unless you die before next year...

I think the next eclipse is due around June 29, 2009.

As for Haley's coment...I have no idea.

Answer 4

There will be a solar eclipse on the night of August 1, 2008.

It will only appear to a small part of the world (I believe Russia), so if you can't see it in person, you can still see it online at NASA TV.

Halley's comet last made an appearance in 1986, and it's next estimated appearance will be in mid-2061.

Answer 5

Hi Jazzie!

It does seem like some media outlets jazz-up eclipse news, doesn't it!

First, eclipses are nothing extraordinary.  In every calendar year, there MUST be two solar eclipses and two lunar eclipses.  Not all are total eclipses.

Total eclipses of the sun can be seen only within a narrow band not more than a hundred miles wide.  No eclipse can be seen from the entire world because, obviously, half the world will be facing in the wrong direction at any given moment.

The longest total eclipse of our lifetimes has already happened, the June 30, 1973 eclipse, which featured 7 minutes and almost 4 seconds of totality.  No total solar eclipse that anyone living will see can last longer.

The next long-duration total solar eclipse will be less than 12 months from now, in India and China on July 22, 2009.  In the western Pacific southeast of Japan, you could see 6 minutes 39 seconds of totality.

For all of the rest of the Twenty-first Century, the runner-up will be the total eclipse of the sun August 2, 2027, where places in Egypt can see 6 minutes 22 seconds of totality.  The next total eclipse to break the record of July 22, 2009 will be on June 13, 2132, when in the Atlantic off the Bahamas one will be able to see 6 minutes 55 seconds of totality.

And the next total eclipse longer than the one June 30, 1973?  It's on June 24, 2150, west of Hawaii, lasting 7 minutes 14 seconds.

If any news story tells you about a "historic" eclipse of unprecedented proportions, they are fluffing up the news and you can safely ignore them.