The most exciting celestial phenomenon of total solar eclipse will take place on July 22, 2009, which is one of the best observational conditions for a total solar eclipse since the founding of New China. The band of totality is relatively wide, reaching more than 10,000 kilometers in length and 250 kilometers in width, passing through China's densely populated Yangtze River basin. The total eclipse will last for 5 to 6 minutes. At that time, as long as the sky is beautiful, hundreds of millions of people in China can enjoy the landscape.
Wuxi is one of the best observation points for total solar eclipse
The staff of the popularization department of the Municipal Association for Science and Technology told reporters that the Wuxi Astronomy 100-hour event is also a preparation for the July 22 total solar eclipse observation event. This year's total solar eclipse at 9:35 a.m. on July 22 is the longest one in the 21st century, and is the universe's big gift to the 2009 International Year of Astronomy, with the longest observation time lasting 6 minutes and 44 seconds, and China will be the host country for the most perfect total solar eclipse in the last century for mankind.
The total solar eclipse lasted 5 minutes and 44 seconds, and the local eclipse in Tongling began at 8:18 a.m. and ended at 10:53 a.m., with more than two hours of observation time.
An astronomical feast, Wuxi should be prepared early
According to astronomy experts, the occurrence of a total solar eclipse will also bring a certain degree of impact on our daily lives. 9:00 o'clock in broad daylight suddenly appeared 3-5 minutes of darkness, will inevitably cause psychological fear of panic, which requires the popularization of astronomical knowledge and psychological guidance, so that All people correctly view this phenomenon; total solar eclipse is also prone to weak people increase the heart burden, will have a sudden impact on the meteorological, as well as caused by traffic safety issues, the safety of people working at height, communication interference and other issues, all need to do a good job to deal with the problem in advance.
At the same time, the scientific research value and economic value of total solar eclipse can not be underestimated, to change the response to take the initiative to grasp the natural phenomenon is more worthy of our expectations. For example, the helium element first found on the sun, we are expected to develop from the moon, transported back to Earth to generate electricity, and ultimately crack the human energy problem. There will be countless astronomy enthusiasts from all over the world coming to China's cities along the Yangtze River to observe the total solar eclipse. The reporter was informed that Suzhou, Shanghai, Hangzhou and other places in the hotel hotel booking on July 22 this day has been quite hot, from Wuxi so far to learn the situation, although not as popular as these cities, Wuxi, as one of the best observation point, then there will certainly be a lot of people to come, which is not lost on Wuxi's tourism and catering industry is a good opportunity. (Reporter/Huaxi)