Partial Solar Eclipse 29 March 2025 – Update from the David Le Conte Astronomical Observatory.
Many people turned up to join members of the Astronomy Section in watching the partial solar eclipse through our telescopes. The weather was perfect and we would like to thank everyone who came along to share the event with us.
Here is a timelapse and additional images of the event from the observatory, taken by members of the David Le Conte Astronomical Observatory:
Timelapse by Jacques Loveridge.
This shows the Sun’s chromosphere – the middle layer of the atmosphere – which is a thin layer of plasma, just above the photosphere, where the temperature rises from about 6,000 ̊C to 20,000 ̊C.
- Sequence of phases taken by Carol Vivyan.
This shows the Sun’s photosphere, which is the visible layer of the surface of the Sun that we are most familiar with. Photons of light are created in the central region of the Sun through nuclear fusion. The photons can take 100,000’s years to a million years to reach the photosphere, when they escape from the Sun and reach Earth which is 93 million distance, about 8 minutes 20 seconds later.
- Maximum phase by Jacques Loveridge.
This shows the maximum phase of 31%, of the chromosphere.
Dr Jean Dean
Secretary
David Le Conte Astronomical Observatory
