In Île-de-France, the solar eclipse will be visible but partial

A partial solar eclipse will be visible Thursday morning, in Île-de-France.The occultation of the sun by the moon will take place between 11:13 and 12:12.

Thursday morning, if the sky is cleared, amateurs of astronomy will be able to observe a fraction of the sun obscured by the disc of the moon at 13.2% in Paris, 15.9% in Lille and only 2.8% in Marseille.

"In the Ile-de-France sky, the moon will start to hide the sun at 11:13 am then it will hide an increasingly large part until reaching its maximum at 12:12 pm", explains Eric Michel, astronomer at the Paris-PSL Observatory."At the highest time, it will obscure approximately 13 % of the surface of the sun then it will continue its movement and the hidden part will decrease until disappear at 1:15 pm" ".

"In the Paris region, it is a small partial eclipse", specifies the researcher, "it will be a little more important in the north and in the west of France"."It is a rare phenomenon but not as rare as total eclipses during which one can be immersed in the dark and observe the extended atmosphere of the sun"."The last total eclipse, was notably observable since France in August 1999," he said.

It will be necessary to bring special glasses to observe the eclipse

To run no risk for your eyes, it is imperative not to look at the star directly, even with sunglasses or through a cloud."You should never observe the sun without special protection, under penalty of running the risks of serious retinal lesions, if not irreversible," recalls the observatory site.It is advisable to the most curious to protect themselves with glasses sold in astronomy stores - Attention to used eclipse glasses.We can also contemplate it indirectly, in projection on the ground, using a piece of cardboard, is it specified.

Finally for all those who are not properly equipped, the Paris Observatory proposes to follow the broadcast of the event on their YouTube channel.A solution probably less poetic but which has the advantage of being practical.