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On Eclipses and Astronomy in Chinese history

Well as most of my China-based readers know, there will be an eclipse tomorrow morning between 8:30 and 9:30 local time. The local news this evening reminded people not to gaze directly into an eclipse without protective goggles.  They should have als... ...full story at Granite Studio

from Granite Studio on Tue, Jul 21 2009

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22 Feb 08 visit Lunar Eclipse in MIchigan 2008  »  YouTube videoA little different play on the eclipse starting with the temple of heaven in china and some snowy scenes to the eclipse set to pink floyd by the London Philharmonic
22 Jul 09 visit China: On Eclipses and Astronomy in Chinese history  »  Global Voices Today part of India, China and Japan saw the longest total sola eclipse in 21st Century. In Chinese Astronomy, solar eclipses is related with instability and Granite Studio has an interesting article on eclipses and astronomy in Chinese history.
21 Jul 09 visit China Focus: China prepares for the total eclipse  »  People's Daily Many Chinese people were busy Tuesday getting preparing for the longest total solar eclipse visible in Asia in a century. According to Li Jing, a research fellow with the National Astronomical Observatories (NAO), some astronomy fans even planned to...
14 Feb 08 visit Solar eclipse to take place in August  »  Shanghai Daily PEOPLE in some regions of China may be able to witness a total solar eclipse in August, Xinhua news agency reported today. The solar eclipse, predicted to take place about 6:20pm on August 1 Beijing time, will be visible in Xinjiang, Gansu, Inner...
21 Jul 09 visit Solar eclipse tomorrow, watch it with us!  »  Shanghaiist So even if weather forecasts aren't the most promising for tomorrow's solar eclipse, we'll still be at various Coffee Bean & Tea Leafs around the city chatting about the weather and keeping an eye on the sun. Well, not directly on the sun. Assuming the...
22 Jul 09 visit Partial solar eclipse attracts watchers in Hong Kong  »  People's Daily Hundreds of people thronged into the Hong Kong Space Museum Wednesday morning for the Partial Solar Eclipse Observation activity. A total solar eclipse was observed near the Yangtze River of the Chinese mainland on Wednesday morning, which is the...

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