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Solar Eclipse: Final Sight For 2013 Happens Sunday Morning (Live Stream)

Nov 02, 2013 11:28 AM EDT | By Justin Stock

Catch the second and last solar eclipse of 2013 Sunday on the east coast USA Today reported.

"Solar eclipses can be inspirational to students and others, so it is interesting to have everyone view the eclipse, but only safe methods of viewing should be used," Jay Pasachoff, an astronomer at Williams College and chair of the International Astronomical Union's involved with the spectacle said in a statement  in May.

Residents will be able to see what is known as a rare hybrid eclipse  for half an hour after the sun rises for the day USA Today reported. Those in Eastern Ohio, Eastern Kentucky, Eastern Tennessee, and the majority of Georgia will also be able to see the sight. The sun will ascend up into the sky at 6:30 a.m.

The aforementioned United States locations, regions of Europe, and Africa will get to see an annular version or instance when the moon doesn't completely cover the sun. Those in Central Africa countries of Gabon, Congo, Uganda, Kenya, Ethiopia, and Somalia will observe a total eclipse.

Fifty percent of the eclipse will show in Boston, and New York, while the sun will be at 47 percent from Miami and Washington D.C.

Individuals are reminded to view the changeover with a telescope, or binoculars since one can be blinded, or get an eye injury if they look at it without the proper devices EarthSky.org reported.

Injuries are possible because the spectacle will be close to where the sun rises and sets at no more than eight degrees on its horizon. This comparable to a human's arms length at 10 degrees.

"Use only glasses designed specifically for eclipse viewing or welder's glass No. 14," David Dickinson of Universe Today said in a statement according to USA Today.

Sunday's astronomical sighting will next happen on Monday Aug. 21, 2017. 

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