Vigyan Prasar

Total Solar Eclipse

22 July 2009

Vinay B. Kamble
Director, Vigyan Prasar
(Department of Science and Technology)
New Delhi, India
 Vigyan Prasar
•ESTABLISHED IN 1989 - an autonomous Institution of DST

•A NATIONAL RESOURCE-CUM-FACILITY CENTRE FOR S&T

COMMUNICATION

•VP STRIVES TO ADAPT, UTILIZE AND EMPLOY NEW AND

EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES FOR S&T COMMUNICATION /
POPULARIZATION.

•VP’s emphasis is on development, production, dissemination and

marketing of S&T software.

•VP strives for a countrywide network for S&T popularization /

communication.

•VP organizes training programmes on use and dissemination of

software produced.
IYA 2009 – Major Programmes
Production and broadcast of a 52 episode radio
serial
Production and telecast of a 26 episode television
serial on astronomy in Hindi.
Publication of about 15 titles at popular level on
various topics of astronomy in English and Hindi.
Development of a low cost activity kit-cum-
educational package containing 25-30 activities
Lectures / demonstrations on various aspects of
astronomy
Training programmes for resource persons from
different regions / states of India.
A special campaign on astronomy popularization
built around the Total Solar Eclipse of 22 July 2009
Telescope making workshops would be organized in
different parts of the country.
Total Solar Eclipse – The Phenomenon
 Total Solar Eclipse 2009
On Wednesday, 2009 July 22, an
exceptionally long total eclipse of the Sun
would take place. The path of the Moon’s
umbral shadow begins in India and crosses
through Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Burma,
and China. After leaving mainland Asia, the
path crosses Japan’s Ryukyu Islands and
curves southeast through the Pacific Ocean
where the maximum duration of totality
reaches 6 min 39 s.
22 July 2009: The Eclipse Path
TSE 1995 Observation by Indian Airforce Aircrafts

Observations of October 24, 1995

TSE from
Canberra Aircraft at 40,000 feet
altitude
and
Mig at 80,000 feet
 TSE 22 July 2009: Parameters of Eclipse Path

UT Lat Long Alt Width Speed Closest

0
km km/s City (Alt 0)

00:52.90 200 21’ 0700 31’ 0.0 205 18 Surat (3)

00.53:30 220 43’ 0750 50’ 6.0 8.9 Indore (6)

00:53:49 230 16’ 0770 24’ 7.0 Bhopal (7)

00:55 240 22’ 810 53’ 11.7 216.6 4.70 Varanasi (13)

00:56:31 250 36’ 0850 07’ 15.0 218 3.8 Patna (15)

01:00 270 06’ 0910 02’ 21.5 225.1 2.427 Mongar

(Bhutan)
Thank You!