ECLIPSE OF THE SUN

Dominion, Volume 34, Issue 157, 29 March 1941, Page 10

ECLIPSE OF THE SUN

Broken Clouds Interrupt , Observations SEEN FROM WELLINGTON Broken cloudr along the eastern sky obscured yesterday morning’s partial eclipse of the sun from many Wellington observers. However, those who rose early enjoyed the spectacle of a particularly lovely daybreak, culminating in a brilliantly sunny morning. Though the upper sky was clear, the cloud near the horizon bld the eclipse from astronomers at Kelburn; from Karorl, however, it was successfully observed, and the end of it accurately timed. Those who did see the eclipse found it less spectacular even than the average ‘eclipse of the moon. The dark shape of the moon was only slightly overlapping the rim’of the sun when they climbed above the hill-tops and shook off the haze which made observation difficult for ordinary spectators. Few people saw more than the last half-hour of the eclipse. From Palmerston North, however, it was reported to have been well visible for almost the full period between sunup and the end of the eclipse. Many people remarked on the difficulty of discerning the moon, even with smoked glass, once it had slid clear of the sun. The dazzling light of the sun faded out the moon in the same way as it does stars and other more distant heavenly bodies during the day.