Annular solar eclipse on Boxing Day


Look, skywatchers: National Planetarium senior assistant director Zulhibabullah Ismail (left) with his crew setting up a telescope to prepare for eclispe viewing at Serian about 60km from Kuching.

JOHOR BARU: A rare “ring of fire” will be the highlight before 2019 ends as the annular eclipse returns to Malaysia’s skies for the first time in 21 years.

Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) architecture and measurement faculty senior lecturer Dr Othman Zainon said the next annular solar eclipse was expected to happen in 2042.

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