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    THE BIG THREE

    May 20, 2021 3 minutes

    DON’T MISS

    A PARTIAL ECLIPSE OF THE SUN

    BEST TIME TO SEE: 10 June from 10:00-12:35 BST

    The UK experiences a partial solar eclipse on 10 June, our view of an annular eclipse that’s visible across parts of Canada, Greenland and Siberia. From the UK, the event occurs late morning, favouring those living in the northwest. From Birmingham, first contact occurs at 10:06 BST (09:06 UT), with the point of greatest eclipse at 11:13 BST (10:13 UT) when the eclipse magnitude reaches 35.2%; last contact occurs at 12:24 BST

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