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Did you see the eclipse?
Evening Telegraph chief photographer Rowland Hobson captured this photo of today's partial eclipse.
Evening Telegraph chief photographer Rowland Hobson captured this photo of today's partial eclipse.
Friday (August 1) sees a total eclipse of the sun - although in the UK observers will only witness a partial solar eclipse.
This happens as the moon's silhouette takes a bite out of the top of the sun's disk.
From this region, this partial eclipse will start around 9:30am. The mid point, when close to 15 percent of the sun will be obscured by the moon, occurs at around 10:17 am and the whole event will end at around 11:06am, when the moon moves on past the sun.
Weather permitting; staff at the National Space Centre in Leicester will be setting up special equipment to enable visitors to view the partial eclipse in complete safety.
Let us know if you witness the partial eclipse and email your photos to eteditor@peterboroughtoday.co.uk.
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A total solar eclipse takes place when the Earth, Moon and Sun are aligned and the shadow of the Moon crosses the surface of the Earth.
At mid-eclipse, observers within the heart of the Moon's shadow briefly see totality, where the silhouette of the Moon completely covers the Sun.
At this point, Earth-bound observers see a rare glimpse of the Sun's outer atmosphere, known as the corona.
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