The city is among those in which people can observe the entire annular solar eclipse, Chiayi Mayor Huang Min-hui (黃敏惠) said yesterday. Chiayi Mayor Huang Min-hui, top right, and Taipei Mayor Ko Wen-je, top left, attend a news conference in Taipei yesterday to promote activities for an annular solar eclipse on June 21. Photo: Chu Pei-hsiung, Taipei TimesThere are to be lectures on astronomy at Beisianhu Park, the main venue of the city-wide events, on June 20 and 21, the Chiayi City Government said. The sky will not get significantly darker as is the case in a total solar eclipse, it said. A total solar eclipse occurs when the sun has a smaller apparent size than the moon.

Source: Taipei Times May 11, 2020 15:56 UTC