Assistant Professor Richard Monda, who teaches physics and astronomy at HVCC, was interviewed Oct. 8 on WGY Sunday with Joe Gallagher.
The topic was the Annular/Partial Eclipse of the Sun that will occur on Saturday, Oct. 14.
Please click the link below to listen to the interview that is about eight minutes into the program:
https://wgy.iheart.com/featured/joe-gallagher/tab/podcasts/
Monda provided this information about the celestial event:
A “Ring of Fire” solar eclipse will occur in parts of the United States on Oct. 14, 2023. This type of eclipse is a special type of solar eclipse in which the moon can be seen silhouetted against the sun with a ring (or “annulus”) of sunlight surrounding the moon. Technically, this event is called an annular solar eclipse. Most locations in the United States, however, will not see “annularity” but will see part of the sun covered by the moon, a partial solar eclipse. In the Albany region, about 20% of the surface of the sun will be obscured at maximum eclipse. The Capital Region last experienced an annular eclipse on May 10, 1994.