Solar Eclipse, 26 January 2009

After it was launched at the UNESCO on 15/16 January, the International Year of Astronomy was officially launched in South Africa during the partial solar eclipse on 26th January 2009.

In the morning of 26 January 2009, a partial solar eclipse could be seen from everywhere in South Africa. That, of course, was reason enough for having various related astronomy events on that day!

Here are links to pictures made during the eclipse:

• Pictures from the official opening of the IYA in South Africa by the Minister of Science and Technology at the SAAO.
• Pictures from the eclipse viewing organised by the HartRAO.
• Stephen Potter's movie of the eclipse, as seen from Sutherland.

If you have pictures from another eclipse event, please let us know.

Also have a look at http://eclipse26jan09.wordpress.com/gallery/ for eclipse pictures from elsewhere in the world. (And, yes, you may add your own pictures to that site.)