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size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>From: <st1:PersonName w:st="on">Claire
Flanagan</st1:PersonName>, Jhb Planetarium<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>CALL TO SCHOOLS AND RETAILERS
TO PREPARE NOW FOR THE JAN 26TH PARTIAL SOLAR ECLIPSE: <br>
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All of South Africa will see a partial eclipse of the Sun on Monday January
26th – the start of the International Year of Astronomy (IYA2009).
Limpopo will have a 25% eclipse, and <st1:City u1:st="on"><st1:place u1:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Cape Town</st1:place></st1:City></st1:place></st1:City>
65%. The eclipse starts at about 7:15am and ends around 9:30am. <br>
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“Eclipse-viewers” for safe viewing of the Sun during the eclipse
will be available shortly from the Jhb Planetarium. In the spirit of IYA2009,
we are calling on the following groups to help us distribute these as widely as
possible, to enable people around the country to view the event: <br>
• schools: order “Eclipse Teaching Packs” before the end of
term – your local Education Department office should have information,
alternatively contact the Planetarium; <br>
• retailers wanting to re-sell viewers; <br>
• businesses dealing with early-morning commuters, who can host informal
eclipse-viewing sites; <br>
• companies wanting to supply their staff. <br>
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Eclipse and viewer ordering information is at <a
href="http://www.planetarium.co.za">www.planetarium.co.za</a> <br>
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Schools can SMS “<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">ECLIPSE</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">SCHOOL</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>” to
083-488-0378 <br>
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<a href="mailto:info.planet@wits.ac.za">info.planet@wits.ac.za</a> <br>
<a href="mailto:planet@planetarium.co.za">planet@planetarium.co.za</a> <br>
<a href="http://www.planetarium.co.za">www.planetarium.co.za</a> <br>
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IYA2009 [SA node]: <a href="http://www.astronomy2009.org.za">www.astronomy2009.org.za</a>
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