Solar eclipse treat for stargazers


  • Nation
  • Tuesday, 08 Mar 2016

A student tests a self-made filter and looks at the sun after a joint workshop between the Hong Kong Astronomical Society and Indonesia's National Institute of Aeronautics and Space. - Reuters.

PETALING JAYA: Malaysians will be able to observe a partial solar eclipse on Wednesday morning as the phenomenon sweeps across parts of Asia Pacific.     

According to the National Planetarium’s website, the partial eclipse will have a maximum overlapping of up to 87% in the southern parts of Peninsular Malaysia and Sarawak.   

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