{"id":218082,"date":"2013-11-03T19:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-11-03T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"348ff42c7f91b95b559515a3c7f34845"},"modified":"2013-11-03T19:00:00","modified_gmt":"2013-11-03T23:00:00","slug":"proba-2-views-hybrid-eclipse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=218082","title":{"rendered":"Proba-2 views hybrid eclipse"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.esa.int\/var\/esa\/storage\/images\/esa_multimedia\/videos\/2013\/11\/proba-2_views_hybrid_eclipse\/13374510-3-eng-GB\/Proba-2_views_hybrid_eclipse_small.jpg\" width=\"170\" height=\"96\" align=\"left\" hspace=\"8\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\nThree partial solar eclipses are seen in this movie from ESA\u2019s Proba-2 Sun-watching satellite as it dipped in and out of the Moon\u2019s shadow during yesterday\u2019s \u2018hybrid\u2019 solar eclipse.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nA hybrid eclipse comprises a total solar eclipse and an \u2018annular eclipse\u2019, depending on an observer\u2019s viewing location on Earth.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nDuring a total solar eclipse, the Moon moves in front of the Sun as seen from Earth, their alignment and separation such that the much closer Moon appears large enough to block out the light from the much more distant Sun.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nBut from some locations, the apparent size of the Moon is slightly smaller than that of the Sun, leaving a bright ring around the dark disc of the Moon.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nMeanwhile, from its vantage point in Earth orbit, Proba-2 saw several partial eclipses.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nProba-2 orbits Earth about 14.5 times per day, dipping in and out of the Moon\u2019s shadow around the time of a solar eclipse.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nThe video was produced from images taken by Proba-2\u2019s SWAP imager, which snaps the Sun in ultraviolet light. Stormy active regions on the Sun\u2019s face are revealed, including sunspots, the roots of some large solar flares and \u2018coronal mass ejections\u2019 that are occasionally directed towards Earth.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nCredit: ESA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.esa.int\/var\/esa\/storage\/images\/esa_multimedia\/videos\/2013\/11\/proba-2_views_hybrid_eclipse\/13374510-3-eng-GB\/Proba-2_views_hybrid_eclipse_small.jpg\" width=\"170\" height=\"96\" align=\"left\" hspace=\"8\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\nThree partial solar eclipses are seen in this movie from ESA\u2019s Proba-2 Sun-watching satellite as it dipped in and out of the Moon\u2019s shadow during yesterday\u2019s \u2018hybrid\u2019 solar eclipse.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nA hybrid eclipse comprises a total solar eclipse and an \u2018annular eclipse\u2019, depending on an observer\u2019s viewing location on Earth.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nDuring a total solar eclipse, the Moon moves in front of the Sun as seen from Earth, their alignment and separation such that the much closer Moon appears large enough to block out the light from the much more distant Sun.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nBut from some locations, the apparent size of the Moon is slightly smaller than that of the Sun, leaving a bright ring around the dark disc of the Moon.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nMeanwhile, from its vantage point in Earth orbit, Proba-2 saw several partial eclipses.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nProba-2 orbits Earth about 14.5 times per day, dipping in and out of the Moon\u2019s shadow around the time of a solar eclipse.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nThe video was produced from images taken by Proba-2\u2019s SWAP imager, which snaps the Sun in ultraviolet light. Stormy active regions on the Sun\u2019s face are revealed, including sunspots, the roots of some large solar flares and \u2018coronal mass ejections\u2019 that are occasionally directed towards Earth.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nCredit: ESA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":615444,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-218082","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-multimedia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218082","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=218082"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218082\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/615444"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=218082"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=218082"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=218082"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}