19:45 05 March 2015

James Marston

David Murton (L to R) Paul Whiting and Bill Barton in front of the main telescope at the Orwell Astronomical Society. Photograph Simon Parker

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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.

A solar eclipse occurs when the moon passes between the sun and earth.

Each year there are between two and five solar eclipses.

The Suns corona extends millions of kilometres into space

Looking at the sun during an eclipse is dangerous and specialist equipment must be used.

The March 2015 eclipses longest duration of totality will be 2 minutes and 46 seconds off the northern coast of the Faroe Islands.

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See the solar eclipse from Ipswich Waterfront on March 20