19:45 05 March 2015 <\/p>\n
James Marston <\/p>\n
David Murton (L to R) Paul Whiting and Bill Barton in front of the main telescope at the Orwell Astronomical Society. Photograph Simon Parker <\/p>\n
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Astronomy enthusiasts will be gathering outside Isaacs on March 20 to view the celestial event - and you are invited to join them. <\/p>\n
A solar eclipse occurs when the moon passes between the sun and earth. <\/p>\n
Each year there are between two and five solar eclipses. <\/p>\n
The Suns corona extends millions of kilometres into space <\/p>\n
Looking at the sun during an eclipse is dangerous and specialist equipment must be used. <\/p>\n
The March 2015 eclipses longest duration of totality will be 2 minutes and 46 seconds off the northern coast of the Faroe Islands. <\/p>\n
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