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Solar Eclipse 2019: motivated students, amazed photographers & intrigued sky gazers

The last Solar Eclipse of the year fancied photographers, astronomy enthusiasts, sky gazers and future scientist in Indore. While temples remained closed and many people fasted through the eclipse, many young minds gazed into the sky through x-rays, digital cameras and telescopes observing the astronomical phenomena
On Thursday, the last solar eclipse of the year began at 8.08 am and the eclipse salvation (closing) occurred at 10.59 am. The eclipse of 2 hours and 50 minutes was seen in Indore especially by students.
Scientist Dr RP Gupta said, “The annual solar eclipse was seen completely in Kannur, Kozhikoth, Madurai, Mangalore and Trichur in India. There the sun was covered up to 96.9 percent in a state of perfection.” In Indore, one could see the shadow of moon covering a major part of moon.
“I have always fancied astronomical events and solar eclipse is one of the most fascinating events, where one can identify the amusing creation and movement of celestial bodies,” engineer and photographer Avi Nitin Jain said. He was waiting for the event and captured every moment through his camera.
“Instead of a more majestic total eclipse, it was an annular solar eclipse that is appearing as a ring of fire in the sky, and there are no words to describe the amazement of it,” Harshad Shevgaonkar, an educator, said.
He explained that unlike the total solar eclipses, an annular solar eclipse occurs when a New Moon is farthest from the Earth. It forms a ring-like structure of light surrounding the Moon.
“I have always wanted to see solar eclipse and this year, I got the opportunity with the telescope in our school, the event motivated me to become a scientist,” Jhanvi Khare, student of class X, said.
Another student Himanshu Jain said, “I hope to get a chance to see the full eclipse next time, it was truly amazing!”
Next solar eclipse
The next solar eclipse to strike the region will occur on June 21, 2020. when an extremely short but dramatic “ring of fire” will be visible from a narrow track that crosses Ethiopia, South Sudan, Eritrea, Yemen, Oman, Pakistan, India, China and Taiwan.
Temples closed during eclipse
Before ‘sutak’ took place at 8.08 pm on Thursday night, most temples in the city covered the main temple with a curtain.
 Satpal Bhatt, head priest of Khajrana Ganesh temple said “After the evening aarti at 7 pm Thursday, the main temple was covered with curtain.” Being a holiday and Wednesday, the temple had lakhs of devotees throughout the day.
The entry to the sanctum sanctorum was also closed at Ranjeet Hanuman Temple and Kali Temple in Khajrana region.

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