TO-DAY'S ECLIPSE.
HOW TO SEE IT. \ There will be a partial eclipse of the sun all over New Zealand to-day. ihe will be greatest in the Auckland district, where seven-tenths of the sun's disc will be obscured when the sun sets at 5.44 p.m. The first contact will occur at 4h. ;">2m. p.m. Owing to the low altitude of the sun, which will be about 15 tlem grees from the horizon, the eclipse will m, not be" seen to advantage, A good way to watch it is to pierce a piece of cardboard with a needle and let the sun's pass through the opening on to a screen placed behind, when the form of* the moon may be. seen moving over the sun's disc. Anyone wishing to watch the event should protect the eyes with a coloured screen of glass, preferably green.- A wellsmoked glass is suitable, but not to convenient to handle.
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King Country Chronicle, Volume XVII, Issue 1728, 21 September 1922, Page 5
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153TO-DAY'S ECLIPSE. King Country Chronicle, Volume XVII, Issue 1728, 21 September 1922, Page 5
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