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APJ Kalam calls upon students to adopt habit of reading |
Sonia omits Rao as she praises Congress PMs on anniversary |
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The first anniversary of Gaza massacre |
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2009 unfolds generational change in BJP:
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'Pakistan, politically incorrect solution of a communal problem':
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US Muslim
leaders try to counter radicals’ influence on their youths:
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organizations across the United States regularly issue
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Chidambaram, Jihad and Congress politics:
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Moon footprints on Earth:
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Hyderabad: Year 2009 is once in
a “Blue Moon” with December having an extra full moon on the last
day of the month.
The
second full moon day of the month also the last day of the year,
will also have a partial eclipse of the moon which will be visible
from all over the country.
This
phenomenon, when two full moons take place within the same month, is
not common and when it does happen, the second full moon of the
month is called “Blue Moon”, B.G. Sidharth, Director, B.M. Birla
Science Centre, said in a release here today.
The
partial eclipse, technically, begins at 22 hours 45 minutes (IST),
but for practical purposes the darkening begins 22 minutes after
midnight, he said.
The
maximum of the eclipse is reached at 53 minutes past midnight. Even
at this time, only a small portion of the moon would appear
darkened, Dr. Sidharth said adding that the eclipse then decreases
and is over at 24 minutes past 1 ‘o’ clock of January, 1.
However,
the moon continues to be in the region of partial shadow, which is
not a significant sight, till 3 a.m. on January 1. There are no
precautions to be taken for viewing this eclipse. Similarly, the
belief that one should not move out or eat food during an eclipse
has no scientific bases, he said in the release.
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