May 23, 2012
Seiritsu watches the total eclipse!
In the early morning of May 21st Japan was lucky enough to witness an annular solar eclipse. This is where the moon is not quite large enough to completely cover the sun, so the eclipse produces a ring-like effect. A perfect alignment passed right over Tokyo, so the Seiritsu science club arrived at school very early to observe the phenomenon using a powerful telescope.
An annular eclipse is called 'kinkanshoku' (金環食）, which means 'eating of the golden disc', which is appropriate because most people were having breakfast at the time!