Total Solar eclipse 22.07.09 In India

On July 22.2009 ,Total solar eclipse may be seen in area shown in the picture below and other parts of India Partial eclipse will be seen .Click on picture to enlarge the picture.This solar eclipse will be one of those much waiting celestial phenomenon a total solar eclipse. It will be seen in India  from 5.35 a.m. to 7.25 a.m. of July 22. and there will be a total eclipse for the duration of 6 minutes and 47 seconds.A total solar eclipse occurs when the moon moves between the sun and the earth, blocking out the sun from the areas in the moon’s shadow. Without the sun’s light, the sky darkens enough for stars to be seen and the corona makes a spectacular halo around the moon.Its suggested to utilize filters to watch this process.

General Maps of the Eclipse Path

The following maps show the overall regions of visibility of the partial eclipse as well as the path of the total eclipse through Asia and the Pacific Ocean. They use high resolution coastline data from the World Data Base II (WDB). Each map was chosen to isolate a specific region along the land portion of the eclipse path. Curves of maximum eclipse are included as well as the outline of the umbral shadow.

The maps are available as high resolution (300 dpi) PDF files.

Figure Number	Title/Description	Map File
Figure 1	Orthographic (Global) Map of 2009 Total Solar Eclipse	PDF
Figure 2	Map of 2009 Eclipse Path Through Asia	PDF
Figure 3	Map of 2009 Eclipse Path Through India and Bhutan	PDF
Figure 4	Map of 2009 Eclipse Path Through China	PDF
Figure 5	Map of 2009 Eclipse Path South of Japan	PDF

From NASA Tech. Pub. "Total Solar Eclipse of 2009 July 22" (NASA/TP-2008-214169).

Detailed Maps of the Path of Totality

The following maps show path of the 2009 total eclipse in greater detail. They use high resolution coastline, city and highway data from the Digital Chart of the World (DCW). Each map was chosen to isolate a specific region along the land portion of the eclipse path. Curves of maximum eclipse are included as well as the outline of the umbral shadow. Within the umbral path, curves of constant duration have been plotted for totality.

The maps are available as high resolution (300 dpi) PDF files.

Figure Number	Title/Description	Map File
Figure 6	India - Mumbai	PDF
Figure 7	India - Bhopal	PDF
Figure 8	India (Patna) - Nepal	PDF
Figure 9	India - Bhutan	PDF
Figure 10	India - Burma - China	PDF
Figure 11	China - Chengdu	PDF
Figure 12	China - Chongquig	PDF
Figure 13	China - Wuhan	PDF
Figure 14	China - Shanghai	PDF
Figure 15	Japan - Ryukyu Islands	PDF
Figure 16	Japan - Iwo Jima	PDF
Figure 17	Marshall Islands	PDF
Figure 18	Kiribati	PDF
Figure 19	Phoenix Islands	PDF

From NASA Tech. Pub. "Total Solar Eclipse of 2009 July 22" (NASA/TP-2008-214169).

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