Where is the best observation point for the total solar eclipse?

BEIJING, July 2 1 Sunday-On the 22nd, the 500-year total solar eclipse will be staged in China. This astronomical spectacle will mainly take care of the tourist areas along the Yangtze River, and obvious partial solar eclipse will be seen in the southeast and north China.

The grand occasion is just around the corner, and the weather has become the topic that everyone is most concerned about at the moment. Judging from the current forecast, the weather on the north and south sides of the total solar eclipse belt is fine and suitable for observation; However, the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, located in the total solar eclipse zone, may miss this century-old wonder because of rainy weather.

Artificial rainfall in Beijing, Guangzhou and Anhui

According to the forecast of the Central Meteorological Observatory, it is unlikely that solar eclipse will be observed in many areas of the total solar eclipse belt tomorrow, especially in the Yangtze River Delta region. According to the analysis of the Meteorological Observatory, there will be a precipitation process in the Yangtze River Delta region in the second half of today, and it will rain tomorrow morning, so it is unlikely that a total solar eclipse will be observed.

In addition, the clouds over the upper and middle reaches of the Yangtze River are thicker, but there may be thinner clouds in some areas, such as Hunan and Hubei. At present, some places, such as Anhui Meteorological Bureau, have made artificial rain suppression plans, so as long as there is no extreme weather, the observation of total solar eclipse can be guaranteed not to be affected.

Many places in the total solar eclipse belt may be disappointed, but both sides of the total solar eclipse belt are "sunny". The forecast shows that Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei, Guangdong, Fujian and other places on the north and south sides of the total solar eclipse observation belt will be sunny tomorrow, which is suitable for observing partial solar eclipse.

There is no best observation point for total solar eclipse.

Since the route of the 500-year total solar eclipse was determined, many cities began to publicize their best solar eclipse observation points. However, experts pointed out that this statement is a misunderstanding.

According to Xinhua News Agency, the day before yesterday, Jay Basachev, Chairman of the Eclipse Group of the International Astronomical Union, chose to observe in Anji County, Huzhou City, northern Zhejiang Province, which will attract a large number of astronomy enthusiasts and tourists to this small town. In this regard, he said: "There is no best observation point for the total solar eclipse, and the statement of the best observation point is misunderstood."

Basachev said: "No matter Hangzhou, Shanghai or Wuhan, as long as it is in the total solar eclipse zone of the Yangtze River valley in China, it makes no difference where to see the total solar eclipse." And "Anji is not a' better' observation point than other places", and he chose there "mainly to avoid crowds. The general public has no reason to follow the past. "

It is unrealistic for an airplane to "chase the sun"

Because the direction of the eclipse is from west to east, some astronomy enthusiasts wonder if they can see a longer eclipse on the plane if they fly from Chengdu and other places to the east. According to local media reports, this idea makes it hard to get a ticket for five flights flying along the eclipse belt from Chengdu during the eclipse. In order to comply with this daily craze, Sichuan Airlines specially launched a flight to chase Japan.

On this question, Guangzhou Daily interviewed astronomical experts and got a negative answer. Experts say that the moon shadow moves almost twice as fast as the speed of sound. For example, the food time in Chengdu is 9 am 1 1 min 13 seconds, and in Shanghai it is 9: 36: 48. The distance between the two places exceeds 1600 km. The Moon Shadow will "arrive" in Shanghai from Chengdu within 25 minutes, while the passenger plane will fly for more than 2 hours. So you can only watch the total solar eclipse for more than ten seconds on the plane.