#AlreadyTomorrowInHongKong #香港| #香港太空館 #HongKongSpaceMuseum #April2023|#HKSpMActivity – The live webcast streaming of Partial #SolarEclipse 20th April 2023

A partial solar eclipse will occur in Hong Kong SAR, China, People’s Republic of China on 20 April 2023 Hong  Kong SAR- Beijing Time , the eclipse magnitude is just about 0.03. The eclipse will not noticeably weaken the sunlight at that time. As the eclipse magnitude is small, observers may need a telescope to observe this solar eclipse. A specialised solar filter or an indirect way such as the projection method is essential for solar observation. Inadequate ways to observe the Sun may result in severe ocular burns…… Also the eclipse magnitude is just about 0.03. The eclipse will not noticeably weaken the sunlight at that time. As the eclipse magnitude is small, observers may need a telescope to observe this solar eclipse. A specialised solar filter or an indirect way such as the projection method is essential for solar observation. Inadequate ways to observe the Sun may result in severe ocular burns. The general public may also check the online platforms of the Hong Kong Space Museum to watch the live image of the solar eclipse on that day. The next partial solar eclipse in Hong Kong will occur on 22 July 2028, whose magnitude will even be smaller than that of this one.

Partial eclipse begins: the instant when the Moon’s limb contacts the Sun’s limb.

Greatest eclipse: the instant when the apparent centers of the Moon and the Sun are at the smallest separation. The eclipse magnitude reaches its maximum at this time.

Partial eclipse ends: the instant when the Moon’s limb leaves the Sun’s limb completely.

Eclipse magnitude: reflects how deep the Moon eclipses the Sun. The larger the magnitude is, the larger proportion of the Sun is covered.

PlacesPartial eclipse beginsGreatest eclipsePartial eclipse endsEclipse Magnitude
Tin Shui Wai Park12:37:0912:55:0613:13:090.02
HK International Airport12:35:5412:54:4713:13:450.022
Tai Po Waterfront Park12:35:5412:55:2413:14:580.024
Tsuen Wan Park12:35:2212:55:0913:15:010.025
Sha Tin Park12:35:0212:55:1913:16:380.026
Avenue of Stars, Tsim Sha Tsui12:34:1212:55:0913:16:100.028
Statue Square, Central12:34:0912:55:0713:16:080.028
Victoria Park12:34:0012:55:1013:16:230.028
Tseung Kwan O Waterfront Park12:33:4812:55:1913:16:520.029
Heng Fa Chuen Promenade12:33:4012:55:1513:16:530.029
Siu Sai Wan Promenade12:33:2812:55:1513:17:050.030
Stanley Main Beach12:33:1312:55:0713:17:040.030
Shek O Beach12:33:0612:55:1113:17:200.031

The eclipse this time is a hybrid solar eclipse. In addition to the partial solar eclipse, there are some places on Earth where a total solar eclipse or annular solar eclipse can be observed. The central point of the eclipse is located at the South of the equator. The eclipse magnitude is larger when the observer is closer to the central point. In Hong Kong, the partial solar eclipse will begin around noon. It can be observed from many districts. However, the eclipse magnitude and duration will be slightly larger in the southeastern region. Interested observers may first consider places at Kowloon East or the eastern part of Hong Kong Island.

The partial solar eclipse begins at 12:34 pm, where the Sun is located at about 79 degrees above the southwest horizon at that time. The entire eclipse will end at 1:16 pm.

StageTime (HKT)Altitude (degrees)Azimuth (degrees)
Partial eclipse begins12:3479195
Greatest eclipse12:5577217
Partial eclipse ends13:1673232


Date: 20.4.2023 (Thursday) Time: 12:30 – 1:20 pm

日食詳細資料 Information of the Solar Eclipse

12.34 pm 初虧 Partial eclipse begins

12.55 pm 食甚 greatest eclipse

1.16 pm 復圓 Partial eclipse ends

香港於2023年4月20日會發生一次日偏食,但食分只有約0.03,屆時本港日光將不會明顯減弱。由於食分較少,觀測者可能需要使用望遠鏡才觀測到是次日食。在觀測太陽時,必需配備專門的太陽濾光設備,或透過投影法間接觀看。不當的觀測方法將有機會導致眼睛嚴重灼傷。

日偏食由中午12時34分開始,當時太陽處於離西南面地平線約79度的位置,至下午1時16分結束。歡迎大家欣賞此天文現象並即場留言討論

日期:2023年4月20日(星期四)

時間:中午12:30–下午1:20

Located in the Heart of Hong Kong central of Victoria Harbour in which locate looking at the iconic Megatroplis HongKong Island city landscape from the opposite is the Hong Kong Space Museum  香港太空館 in which located at 10 Salisbury Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, China –People’s Republic of China..  in which is one of the most international iconic buildings architecturally due to its hemispheric round dome in which is iconic known as one of Hong Kong’s local most cherish bread pastries the Pineapple Bun – Bolo Bao due to the pineapple ceramic texturing tiles of the dome structure that resembles the delicious texturing of the Pineapple Bun .. In which on In June 2014, the Hong Kong Government listed the pineapple bun as a part of Hong Kong’s intangible cultural heritage. … Despite the name, it does not traditionally contain pineapple; rather, the name refers to the look of the characteristic topping (which resembles the texture of a pineapple)……

Images and visuals are from the Hong Kong Space Museum –香港太空館 Hong Kong Space Museum –- 10 Salisbury Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR- China- People’s Republic of China …..

#MadeInChina #中國製造 |#厦门天文馆 #XiamenPlanetarium #December2022| an New International Landmark #AstronomyPlanetariumMuseum #ObservatoryMuseum like #InternationalStandard #InternationalBenchmark #ShanghaiAstronomyMuseum is the soon Xiamen Astronomy Planetarium Museum.

On the 16th December 2022厦门天文馆Xiamen Planetarium released the first batch of renderings, in which is great news for Good news for astronomy lovers: Xiamen Planetarium will be built next year to create a new landmark in Xiamen. In which Xiamen is a port city on China’s southeast coast, across a strait from Taiwan Province China, People’s Republic of China. .

厦门天文馆Xiamen Planetarium will be built next year to create a new landmark in Xiamen The project is planned to be started in early 2023 and be put into use in 2026.

In August this year 2022, the survey and design of the Planetarium located on the bank of the Sucuo River in Tong’an was called for public bidding Today, the planetarium released the renderings, and solicited from the public the planning plan for the text outline of the exhibition content.

According to the content of the announcement, the investment in the construction of the exhibition content is about 450 million yuan, and the venue is positioned as a comprehensive planetarium that integrates popular science exhibitions, astronomical observations, and astronomical education with “China’s first-class, distinctive regional characteristics”. The venue will be a new landmark in Tong’an District, and will make up for the gap in the construction of planetariums in southeast China.

Recently, Xiamen Science and Technology Museum Management Co., Ltd. organized a defense review meeting for the “Call for Planning Plans for the Exhibition Contents and Text Outline of Xiamen Planetarium Museum”. According to reports, the Xiamen Planetarium project is located in the core area of Xiamen Tongxiang High-tech City, with a total land area of about 27,000 square meters and a total construction area of about 55,000 square meters. The project is planned to start construction in early 2023 and be put into use in 2026

Xiamen Planetarium Here we come!

(1) Project location: East side of Sucuoxi River Basin, Tongxiang District, Xiamen

(2) Project scale: The project land area is about 27,043㎡, with a total construction area of about 55,350㎡, which can be used for planetarium exhibition halls (permanent and temporary exhibition halls) and public spaces The building area is about 24700㎡ (including about 4000 underground exhibition halls)㎡.

(3) Investment estimate: 450 million yuan will be invested in the construction of project exhibition contents.

(4) Project positioning: The function of Xiamen Planetarium is positioned as a comprehensive planetarium that integrates popular science exhibitions, astronomical observations, and astronomical education into a “first-class in China with distinctive regional characteristics”.

(5) Project value: The construction of Xiamen Planetarium will make up for the gap in the construction of planetariums in southeast China and promote the popularization of astronomical science; it will create a new landmark in Xiamen and provide Xiamen citizens and domestic and foreign tourists with an elegant environment to get in touch with new astronomical knowledge. Easily experience the beauty of the starry sky, understand the magnificence and subtlety of the universe, learn happily in personal experience, enhance the scientific connotation of the public, inspire creativity, and overall improve the level of social rational thinking and scientific cognition

Images and visuals are from their Respectives.

#MadeInChina #中國製造 #中國 |#西藏 #西藏天文馆 #TibetPlanetarium #June2022 |#Lhasa The world’s highest-altitude planetarium Observatory telescope – world’s largest refracting optical astronomical telescope ready year  2024,  – under construction, which will provide space early warning services for space activities…#TibetAutonomousRegion #China #PeoplesRepublicOfChina ….

西藏天文馆 Currently at the moment in Lhasa the region capital of Tibet Autonomous Region of China- People’s Republic of China the Construction of the world’s highest – The world’s highest-altitude planetarium, the西藏天文馆Tibet Planetarium, started construction in Lhasa on June 12. It is reported that the roof of the planetarium will be equipped with a refracting optical astronomical telescope with a diameter of 1.06 meters, which will also be the largest refracting optical astronomical telescope in the world. The planetarium has a total construction area of ​​11,571.9 square meters and is expected to be completed in June 2024. The roof of the planetarium will be equipped with a refracting optical telescope with a diameter of about 1.06 meters. This astronomical telescope will also surpass the 1.02-meter-diameter refractor telescope of the Yerkes Observatory in the United States and become the world’s largest refracting astronomical telescope. …


This one-meter-class refractor telescope can monitor variable stars, poor photometry of binary stars, and supernova monitoring. The scope of monitoring includes celestial bodies in the solar system, stars in the Milky Way, and even some nearby galaxies in the outer reaches of the Milky Way can also be observed.
In addition, in scientific research work, this one-meter-class refracting telescope will be used for space target observation, providing space early warning services for my country’s space launch activities and the on-orbit operation of spacecraft.


“Space debris and space junk are being monitored on a global scale, and this monitoring network requires a large number of space observation facilities such as telescopes to work together. The scientific goals of our one-meter-class refractor telescope also involve near-Earth detection in space. The monitoring activities of small celestial bodies and space debris are part of the entire monitoring network.” Wang Junjie said that there is no professional large-scale astronomical observation telescope in the vast Tibet area, and the space monitoring network needs to deploy monitoring equipment closely. The high-level refractor telescope is equivalent to filling the “blind area” of China’s space monitoring network. It will become an important part of the entire monitoring system. The monitoring data obtained will also be used together with the data of other monitoring facilities to calculate the space flight. The construction of the Tibet Planetarium in the orbit of the object 

The special geographical and climatic advantages of Tibet can also facilitate astronomical observations. In order to reduce the influence of atmospheric, weather and other factors on astronomical observation activities, astronomical observation facilities should preferably be located in places with higher altitudes, more sunshine and less rain, and less light pollution. The characteristics of high altitude, sunny days, low population density and high atmospheric visibility in Lhasa will be conducive to astronomical observations.

  In addition, the Tibet Planetarium after its completion will also undertake a special mission, that is, to carry out astronomical science popularization activities that are easy for the public, especially young people to participate in and accept, and popularize astronomical science knowledge through exhibitions, training, experiments, video broadcasts, lectures, etc. , to spread scientific ideas.

 ”The world’s highest-altitude planetarium, coupled with the world’s largest refracting optical astronomical telescope, will have a huge appeal to local people, domestic and foreign tourists, and astronomy enthusiasts. The scientific and cultural literacy of the public plays a unique and important role.” Wang Junjie said that he believed that the Tibet Planetarium would become a new local Internet celebrity landmark, attracting local people and global tourists to visit.

  According to the operation data of the Tibet Natural Science Museum over the years, the annual reception of the Tibet Planetarium is expected to reach more than 100,000 people, and more than 100,000 people can receive astronomical science popularization education every year.

  Wang Junjie said that in recent years, the astronomical undertakings in Tibet have been developing continuously, from the Tibet Yangbajing Observatory, the first professional observatory in Tibet, the National Astronomical Observatory, to the Ali Observatory of the National Astronomical Observatory in western Tibet. The former has a submillimeter-wave telescope in cooperation with Germany, which mainly explores star formation, organic molecules, etc. The latter is still under further construction, including gravitational wave telescopes, optical telescopes and other equipment.

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#AlreadyTomorrowInHongKong #香港| #香港太空館 #HongKongSpaceMuseum | …… Also known as the Famous #菠蘿包 #PineappleBun #BoloBao #Planetariums of #SpaceScience #Astronomy gets a massive #Planetarium screen theatre make over #ProfessorStanletyHoSpaceTheatre …

Located in the Heart of Hong Kong central of Victoria Harbour in which locate looking at the iconic Megatroplis HongKong Island city landscape from the opposite is the Hong Kong Space Museum  香港太空館 in which located at 10 Salisbury Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, China –People’s Republic of China..  in which is one of the most international iconic buildings architecturally due to its hemispheric round dome in which is iconic known as one of Hong Kong’s local most cherish bread pastries the Pineapple Bun – Bolo Bao due to the pineapple ceramic texturing tiles of the dome structure that resembles the delicious texturing of the Pineapple Bun .. In which on In June 2014, the Hong Kong Government listed the pineapple bun as a part of Hong Kong’s intangible cultural heritage. … Despite the name, it does not traditionally contain pineapple; rather, the name refers to the look of the characteristic topping (which resembles the texture of a pineapple)……

The Hong Kong Space Museum  香港太空館 is a museum in  which is dedicated as museum for Astronomy and Space Sciences in which educating with  facilities of the museum are located in a building next to the planetarium, showcasing information about the Solar System, cosmology, and spaceflight……  holdings various types of astronomical exhibitions and lectures. It is also open to schools, groups and the public… in which it is opened on 1980 and managed by the Leisure and Cultural Services Department of the Hong Kong SAR Government…. In which the construction only took three years to build starting of that construction is 1977… Opening on 8th October 1980..

Setting up the working platform two meters from the ground, so as to avoid the uneven ground structures, in which a Ten Meter Tall Aluminium Scaffoldings were need as the highest point of our Space Theatre is more than Ten Meters tall .. 421 Old Panels were taken down one by one…

Then here comes the installation of the new panels 428 in total panel, in which the new NanoSeam technology allows the panels to join together without seams, in with the last piece on, the replacement of panels was complete in which the new shows will be available from July .. ..  

In which with new shows in July 2021 with the new makeover – of the signature dome-shaped screen of the Hong Kong Space Museum’s Space Theatre took 14 months, and has been completed for re-opening on July 1, just in time for the summer. Using the latest NanoSeam technology, the new screen offers a seamless viewing experience, enabling sharper and more colourful images. New programmes on display include the sky show “Worlds Beyond Earth”, the Omnimax show “Ancient Caves” and the 3D dome show “Secrets of the Universe 3D”.

香港太空館 Hong Kong Space Museum – Solar Scope Alpha filter – 10 Salisbury Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR- China- People’s Republic of China …..

#AlreadyTomorrowInHongKong #香港| #香港太空館 #HongKongSpaceMuseum | …… Also known as the Famous #菠蘿包 #PineappleBun #BoloBao #Planetariums of #SpaceScience #Astronomy …

香港 #AlreadyTomorrowInHongKong- Adventuring without a blue box-TARDIS | Hong Kong Space Museum…. Photographer @KevinJamesNg 2016

Located in the Heart of Hong Kong central of Victoria Harbour in which locate looking at the iconic Megatroplis HongKong Island city landscape from the opposite is the Hong Kong Space Museum  香港太空館 in which located at 10 Salisbury Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, China –People’s Republic of China..  in which is one of the most international iconic buildings architecturally due to its hemispheric round dome in which is iconic known as one of Hong Kong’s local most cherish bread pastries the Pineapple Bun – Bolo Bao due to the pineapple ceramic texturing tiles of the dome structure that resembles the delicious texturing of the Pineapple Bun .. In which on In June 2014, the Hong Kong Government listed the pineapple bun as a part of Hong Kong’s intangible cultural heritage. … Despite the name, it does not traditionally contain pineapple; rather, the name refers to the look of the characteristic topping (which resembles the texture of a pineapple)……

 

The Hong Kong Space Museum  香港太空館 is a museum in  which is dedicated as museum for Astronomy and Space Sciences in which educating with  facilities of the museum are located in a building next to the planetarium, showcasing information about the Solar System, cosmology, and spaceflight……  holdings various types of astronomical exhibitions and lectures. It is also open to schools, groups and the public… in which it is opened on 1980 and managed by the Leisure and Cultural Services Department of the Hong Kong SAR Government…. In which the construction only took three years to build starting of that construction is 1977… Opening on 8th October 1980..

The Pineapple bun or the hemispheric dome is where the main planetarium is located in which today it has an advance digital planetarium system in placement where it’s now currently 2020 is undergoing a USD thirty million massive renovations interior and technologically planetarium wise as part of the stage two process in which the previous couple years it undergo a massive expansion of the main exhibition from one hundred to two hundred exhibits.. Hong Kong Space Museum has two thematic exhibition halls: the Hall of Space Science and the Hall of Astronomy on the ground and first floors respectively. The exhibits, predominantly interactive, enable visitors to learn through a series of entertaining and educational experiences…. Facilities wise the museum has two wings: east wing and west wing. The former consists of the nucleus of the museum’s planetarium, which has an egg-shaped dome structure. Beneath it are the Stanley Ho Space Theatre, the Hall of Space Science, workshops and offices. The west wing houses the Hall of Astronomy, the Lecture Hall, a gift shop and offices.

In which the Hong Kong Space Museum takes part in international grandstanding events also local events of many in which yearly annually partaking Hong Kong SAR Government educationally with partnerships on the selection for the Young Spaceman Experience Camp sponsored  a group of Hong Kong selected thirty junior high school students in becoming aspiring-inspiring   Taikonauts-Chinese Astronauts in which they got to experience of what life of an Taikonauts life is   Astronauts in an educational trip during the 2017 year.. in which during that year which INNOTECH 2017 in the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center, one of the most featured articles is the CNSA-Chinese National Space Admistraton and their important  work they do in which featured the guest speaker Wang Yaping: China’s second female astronaut whom made living history as part of the crew of the Shenzhou nine crew..  In which the Chinese Central government offer Hong Kong Students in the region to take part in the soon to be first upcoming civilian Taikonaut program….. Within the decade..

Photography are of @KevinJamenNg for KevinJamesNg.com 月 LunaCrescent.com