Beginning on February 12, look west after sunset for the young moon – a thin lunar crescent – in the west shortly after sunset. Source: https://earthsky.org/tonight/young-moon-feb-12-13-14-2021…
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What are degrees, arc minutes and arc seconds?
How do skywatchers measure distances in the night sky? Here’s how to understand it when they speak of objects as being several degrees (or several arc minutes or arc seconds) apart. Source: https://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/sky-measurements-degrees-arc-minutes-arc-seconds…
The sun in 2020
See a whole year of sun images, an image a day for 2020, taken by ESA’s Proba-2 satellite. Source: https://earthsky.org/space/sun-in-2020-movie-images…
Total Solar Eclipse 2020
Total Solar Eclipse 2020 Source: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html…
Earth During a Total Solar Eclipse
What does the Earth look like during a total solar eclipse? Source: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html…
Recently discovered comet seen during 2020 total solar eclipse
As Chile and Argentina witnessed the total solar eclipse on Dec. 14, 2020, unbeknownst to skywatchers, a little tiny speck was flying past the Sun—a recently discovered comet. Source: https://phys.org/news/2020-12-comet-total-solar-eclipse.html…
See the moon’s shadow on Earth from the 2020 total solar eclipse in these stunning satellite views
Skywatchers in southern South America were treated to a total solar eclipse on Monday (Dec. 14), and a weather satellite captured stunning views of the event from space. Source: https://www.livescience.com/total-solar-eclipse-2020-moon-shadow-earth-satellite-video.html
The moon’s shadow on Earth yesterday
During a total solar eclipse, the moon’s shadow sweeps across Earth. Those in the shadow’s path see the total eclipse. Those outside the path of the shadow may see varying stages of a partial eclipse. Source: https://earthsky.org/todays-image/photo-moon-shadow-total-eclipse-dec14-2020-goes-east…
Solar eclipse plunges southern Chile, Argentina into darkness
A solar eclipse that lasted around two minutes plunged southern Chile and Argentina into darkness on Monday. Source: https://phys.org/news/2020-12-solar-eclipse-plunges-southern-chile.html…
The only total solar eclipse of 2020 may be one few get a chance to see
It would only seem appropriate that the final eclipse in this eccentric year of 2020 will be visible only from Patagonia — nicknamed “the end of the world.” Source: https://www.livescience.com/total-solar-eclipse-2020-few-may-see-it.html