{"id":997,"date":"2021-06-11T11:34:00","date_gmt":"2021-06-11T11:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staffblogs.le.ac.uk\/physicsastronomy\/?p=997"},"modified":"2025-02-26T13:37:28","modified_gmt":"2025-02-26T13:37:28","slug":"the-2021-partial-solar-eclipse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staffblogs.le.ac.uk\/physicsastronomy\/2021\/06\/11\/the-2021-partial-solar-eclipse\/","title":{"rendered":"The 2021 Partial Solar Eclipse"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><em>June 10th gave skywatchers a glimpse of an awesome celestial phenomenon&#8230; albeit through the cloudy skies of Leicestershire.  <\/em><\/strong><br><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A partial Solar Eclipse occurred on the morning of June 10th, visible from here in the UK, with about 23% coverage from Leicester.  The timings of eclipses can be found using <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeanddate.com\/eclipse\/in\/uk\/leicester\">timeanddate.com<\/a>, showing coverage maps and precise timings, whilst also providing plenty of safety tips for safe eclipse watching.<br><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/E3cUFwYXwAIqrJL?format=jpg&amp;name=medium\" alt=\"Image\" width=\"603\" height=\"465\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Armed with this knowledge, most eclipse watchers in the UK woke up to cloudy skies.  PhD student Oliver King caught this stunning view from Oxfordshire:<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Captured a couple of birds checking out this morning&#39;s partial <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SolarEclipse?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SolarEclipse<\/a> in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Banbury?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Banbury<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7Byqq3aixD\">pic.twitter.com\/7Byqq3aixD<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Oliver King (@ortk95) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ortk95\/status\/1402960234348429312?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 10, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Meanwhile, Dr. Leigh Fletcher from the School of Physics and Astronomy caught this view through clouds from Leicestershire:<br><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/E3g5diSXMAYx1-e?format=jpg&amp;name=4096x4096\" alt=\"Image\" width=\"495\" height=\"383\" \/><figcaption><em>Partial solar eclipse observed from Leicestershire (Credit: L.N. Fletcher)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Did you manage to capture a view of the 2021 partial solar eclipse?  If so, do send us photographs to include in this blog.  If not, you might be in with another chance in October 2022&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>June 10th gave skywatchers a glimpse of an awesome celestial phenomenon&#8230; albeit through the cloudy skies of Leicestershire. A partial Solar Eclipse occurred on the morning of June 10th, visible from here in the UK, with about 23% coverage from Leicester. 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