>Hi Jos
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>>This particular eclipse has never happened before.
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>ooohhh, aaaahhh, I see, rather, will see *vbg*
>
>The configurations I meant :)
Its an annular eclipse but not visible in India. An Annular eclipse means that as the moon is further away from the earth it doesn't completely obscure the suns disk so you get a ring. I wouldn't think that partial eclipses are that rare in India so the 15xx date sounds a bit unlikely.
Your next eclipse seems to be 22nd July 2009
http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/space/solarsystem/sun/eclipsecalendar.shtmlNick
