Moon to take bite out of the sun in partial eclipse TODAY (3 October-05)وصفة صلاة الكسوف

Moon to take bite out of the sun in partial eclipse TODAY (3 October-05)
The sun will appear to be turned into a crescent this morning as a partial solar eclipse affects the British Isles.
There will not be the dramatic darkening that accompanied the last total eclipse in 1999, which was witnessed spectacularly in Cornwall. But the moon will definitely be visible crossing the disc of the sun - as long as you take precautions about looking at it, and do not use the naked eye, or standard optical aids such as binoculars and telescopes.
The eclipse will begin about 8.50am (Sudan near Mid day), with the moon approaching the sun from the west, or the right-hand side. By about 10am, the sun will look as if a large bite has been taken out of it, with about 60 per cent of its surface covered by the moon; the maximum coverage will last about four minutes. Then the moon will begin to slip away on the eastern, or left-hand side, and the eclipse will be over by about 11.15.
It will be visible as a partial eclipse across Europe, Africa, the Middle East and India, but along a narrow track through Spain, North and East Africa and into the Indian Ocean there will be a so-called anular eclipse, when the whole of the moon's disc is visible against the sun, but it is not quite big enough to blot it out completely, leaving a bright ring around the outside.
It cannot be stressed strongly enough that no one should look directly at the sun, especially with binoculars or telescopes - blindness can result. Nor should people try looking through sunglasses - they are simply not strong enough to give protection. The best way of observing the eclipse is to use binoculars or a small telescope to project the sun's image on to a white card.
A rare and spectacular type of eclipse will dim the morning sky across a strip of south-western Europe and eight African countries tomorrow with a partial eclipse also visible in India. The eclipse’s three-and-a-half-hour path first traverses Portugal and Spain, including the capital, Madrid. The eclipse’s narrow corridor will also travel across mostly deserted parts of Africa, encompassing Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Chad, Sudan, Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia.
A partial eclipse will be visible through protective eyewear over most of Europe, West Asia, India and a large chunk of Africa, though some cloud cover is forecast on that continent. During the event, called an annular eclipse, the moon will mask the sun like a black plate, leaving a bright, fiery rim. The moon will be too small to blot out the sun completely, as in a total eclipse, because its elliptical orbit has taken it too far from the earth. However, scientists say the daylight will fade and temperatures will drop slightly as the eclipse travels along a narrow band girdling almost half the planet. The annular eclipse starts over the North Atlantic at 2.11 p.m. (IST). It quickly tracks southeast, crossing the Iberian peninsula. The eclipse passes over the coast of southern Somalia at 4. 40 p.m. (IST) and concludes over the Indian Ocean at 5.50 p.m. (IST). — AP