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Organisations and schools across Singapore are preparing to witness a rare and spectacular sight tomorrow that has been dubbed the “greatest astronomical event in Singapore”.
For the first time in two decades, a rare “ring of fire” known as an annular solar eclipse will be visible in the sky on Boxing Day.
The phenomenon occurs when the Moon covers the Sun’s centre, but is too far away from Earth to entirely blot out the Sun.
At National Junior College (NJC), 56 student volunteers attended a three-hour training session on Dec 16 to prepare to host an eclipse viewing session from 9am to 4pm tomorrow for nearly 700 people, including students from other schools and members of the public.
All the student volunteers are from the basketball club, and many at the training session were exposed to the world of astronomy for the first time.
When asked why she volunteered, Senior High 1 student Amanda Han, 17, said it was a good opportunity to learn more about how solar eclipses occur.
Not only that, she added, it would also be a very meaningful experience since the next annular solar eclipse would take place in 2063.
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