With high expectation, the total eclipse can be observed in Argentina in its fullness in a wide strip that extends between the provinces of San Juan and Buenos Aires.La exact alignment of the Earth, the Sun and the Moon will occur in Argentina from 16:30 and it will last for almost two hours.” The last total eclipse seen in Argentina was on November 13, 2010, in Calafate, but for a very short time, also at the time of sunset,” the independent CONICET researcher at the Institute of Technology in Detection and Astroparticles (ITEDA) Beatriz García.
A total eclipse of the Sun is a shocking astronomical event, so the important thing is that people live it: eclipses have always amazed people,” the specialist stressed.
“They are not unexplained phenomena, they are predictable phenomena thanks to the development of human knowledge and the discovery of the laws that govern the Universe. It’s good that it’s promoted, so that people participate in the event, but that it does so by taking care of their eyes,” Garcia said.
In Buenos Aires and the metropolitan area it is estimated that the eclipse can be seen approximately from 17:44 and will partly coincide with twilight. The phenomenon will occur in its fullness in several locations: Rodeo and Jachal (San Juan), Merlo (San Luis), Villa Dolores, Río Cuarto, and La Carlota (Córdoba), and, in the province of Buenos Aires, Pergamino (1m total eclipse), Junín (2m2s), Lobos and Chivilcoy (2m6s), Luján ( 58s), Mercedes (1m46s), Cañuelas (1m55s), Dolores (1m) and Ranchos (2m5s).
Other Latin American countries will also enjoy this astronomical phenomenon, including Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru, Colombia, Uruguay, Brazil and Paraguay.It will also be visible on Pacific islands such as Polynesia, Samoa, Tonga, Cook Islands, Kiribati, Polynesia French and Pitcairn.Following the privileged observation site that touched part of Argentina, there was a real tourist boom, with astronomy enthusiasts from many parts of the world.
San Juan is one of the busiest venues due to its strategic geographical location for the sighting of the phenomenon, although there are also many visitors in the Traslasierra Valley region, in the province of Córdoba, and the south of La Rioja.For those that this afternoon do not have the opportunity to enjoy the event, the next total eclipse already has date: it will be December 14, 2020 at noon and will be visible in Patagonia.In this note:
