Astronesia-Researchers say the phenomenon of a total solar eclipse is expected to hit parts of Australia on 14 November. Rare phenomenon is said to actually be profitable for the country concerned, as many foreign tourists who want to witness the solar eclipse. Reported by International Business Times, Tuesday (11/06/2012), in addition to the Melbourne Cup event, another reason for the jetsetters, stargazers as well as foreign tourists to go to Australia is to see the phenomenon of a total solar eclipse on 14 November 2012. Natural events will also take place one hour after sunrise (13 November in the United States). Manager of the local tourism sector will prepare the country for more than 50 thousand tourists. NASA also provides a platform to facilitate the direct streaming (live-stream) and are expected to be accessed by 20 million to 300 million viewers worldwide.
Wikipedia explains, a total solar eclipse in mid-November will be visible in parts of northern Australia and the southern Pacific Ocean. Precisely, this solar eclipse can be seen approximately two minutes at 06:38 and 20:38 Australian time Coordinated Universal Time or UTC / GMT). As for the appearance of a partial solar eclipse in Indonesia (13 November 2012), the site reported Earthsky eclipse will appear at 19:38 UT / GMT and ended up in South America on November 14 at 00:46 UT. Solar eclipse occurs when the position of the moon could be located between the Earth and the sun. Thus, the moon will cover part or all of the sunlight that earthward. Despite the smaller size of the moon, the moon's shadow to cover the light of the sun entirely, because the moon is on average 384,400 miles from Earth. This distance is much closer than the sun which has an average distance of 149,680,000 miles.
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