{"id":271037,"date":"2021-06-09T22:19:05","date_gmt":"2021-06-09T19:19:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/nyc-stargazers-await-the-2021-ring-of-fire-solar-eclipse\/"},"modified":"2021-06-09T22:19:05","modified_gmt":"2021-06-09T19:19:05","slug":"nyc-stargazers-await-the-2021-ring-of-fire-solar-eclipse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/nyc-stargazers-await-the-2021-ring-of-fire-solar-eclipse\/","title":{"rendered":"#NYC stargazers await the 2021 ‘Ring of Fire’ solar eclipse"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#NYC stargazers await the 2021 ‘Ring of Fire’ solar eclipse<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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On Thursday, the Big App<\/a>le will get a glimpse of how small it really is.<\/p>\n

Beginning at 5:24 a.m., as daylight breaks over the five boroughs, New Yorkers will witness a crescent-shaped sun peeking over the horizon. The moon will cover about 70 percent of the sun at that time, peaking at 72.5 percent coverage eight minutes later. The so-called \u201cring of fire\u201d eclipse will remain visible until 6:30 a.m.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a moment that you can be participating in something far bigger than yourself,\u201d said Jackie Faherty, Ph.D., 42, an astrophysicist at the American Museum of Natural History on the Upper West Side, who plans on viewing the special sun \u2014 which has also been dubbed \u201cDevil\u2019s Horns\u201d because of the red silhouette it creates as it rises \u2014 from her Harlem rooftop. <\/p>\n

The universe, she continued, is \u201cputting on a show and it\u2019s something we should notice.\u201d\u00a0(When viewing, be sure to wear solar glasses or use a telescope or binoculars with filtered lenses to prevent eye damage.)<\/p>\n

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A ring of fire eclipse is a rare phenomenon in which the new moon, too far in its orbit to cover the sun in full, partially blocks it \u2014 leaving a fiery ring visible from Earth.<\/figcaption>
AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Local stargazer buffs are eagerly awaiting the event, especially as the city continues emerging from the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n

Forty-seven-year-old Brian Berg, president of the Amateur Astronomers Association of New York, advises folks to get together and \u201cshare the awe with one another.\u201d On Thursday, his group will host a free public sun-gazing gathering<\/a> at Field 40 on Randalls Island. Telescopes, which will be disinfected between each use, will be on hand for a closer look.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Berg will head to Randall\u2019s Island on Thursday morning with viewing equipment, such as telescopes, in tow.<\/figcaption>
Stefano Giovannini<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cIt really makes you realize we\u2019re all part of this one universe, which I think is one of the great things about it \u2014 that we\u2019re just a speck of a planet floating around, and we get to observe what happens around it,\u201d added Berg.<\/p>\n

Some are taking to great heights to get a good view. On Thursday, the Amateur Observers\u2019 Society of New York<\/a> will have a private, 92nd-floor event at the Summit observatory at One Vanderbilt, a new commercial tower in Midtown. The not-yet-open to the public perch begins at 1,050 feet above the ground, making for a unique vantage point.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis will give us an opportunity to see long distance,\u201d said board member Jason Cousins, 55. \u201cIt\u2019s got a good sightline down the East River and down the Long Island Sound.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Ticket-holding guests of the Empire State Building will get a clear view of the sun rise in a crescent shape from the eastern horizon.<\/figcaption>
Courtesy of the Empire State Building<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Other sky-scraping events include a ticketed viewing from the Empire State Building\u2019s 86th floor observation deck \u2014 where guests will arrive at 5 a.m., then fuel up with complimentary Starbucks, to take it all in ($114.81 per person, tickets at ESBNYC.com<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Despite the anticipation around Thursday\u2019s celestial sights, New York City isn\u2019t even in the eclipse\u2019s direct path. A ring of fire eclipse gets its name from how much the moon covers the sun as it passes by. The ideal viewing scenario comes when the blackened new moon, too far from Earth in its orbit, revolves past the sun and doesn\u2019t fully block it \u2014 leaving just the sun\u2019s fiery edge visible all around the dark sphere. This full ring effect will be visible from Lake Superior in Canada, then peak above northern Greenland, before gliding over the North Pole to end in northeast Siberia.<\/p>\n

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Certain remote corners of the globe, such as northern Greenland and northeastern Siberia, will get a view of the ring of fire at its peak, similar to this one over Malaysia in 2019.<\/figcaption>
AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Still, New Yorkers are in for a treat, especially if they can get an east-northeast view from an unobstructed peak from a rooftop, or make an escape to a waterfront with a clear horizon. And, it will certainly be better than gazing at the glowing gadget that consumes too much of our time. <\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s all about getting people to look up and stop looking at their cellphones,\u201d said Cousins.\n <\/p><\/div>\n

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