Partial Solar Eclipse observed at sunrise from Mississauga

Amateur astronomers in Mississauga and all along eastern North America were treated to a partial solar eclipse at sunrise on Sunday November 3, 2013.  The Sun rose partially eclipsed for observers at Jack Darling Park - within 13 minutes, the eclipse was over. The eclipse was total along a narrow line which crossed the Atlantic Ocean and Africa. The next total eclipse visible from North America crosses the continental USA on August 21, 2017 A total eclipse of the Sun will pass just south of Mississauga on April 8, 2024.

Waiting for sunrise at Jack Darling Park, Mississauga. Photo by Liz Malicki

Sunrise Sunday November 3, 2013 - morning of the partial solar eclipse. Photo by Liz Malicki

The Moon takes a small bite out of the Sun Sunday morning at sunrise as seen from Jack Darling Park in Mississauga. Photo by Randy Attwood using a Questar 3.5" telescope with solar filter, Canon Camera.

Partial eclipse just about over - 7:08 am Photo by Randy Attwood

Eclipse success! Members of the Mississauga Centre of the Royal Astronomical Society after observing the partial solar eclipse. Photo by Liz Malicki

The instant of total eclipse taken in a jet aircraft over the Atlantic Ocean by Ben Cooper