Partial solar eclipse covered by clouds on Oct. 14, 2023. (Submitted Photo/Tim Yaworski)

By Jaryn Vecchio

Special Sight

Another solar eclipse happening soon as weather causes many to miss recent occurrence

Oct 16, 2023 | 6:00 AM

What should have been a cool experience turned into a disappointment for many people across Saskatchewan.

A partial solar eclipse was visible for a couple of hours Saturday morning, well that would have been the case if the weather cooperated and didn’t fill the sky with clouds.

Tim Yaworski, a national member of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada, held a small viewing party in Saskatoon. They were fortunate enough to see the eclipse, but only in short glimpses.

“We saw about 90 seconds of it when it popped out of a few holes in the clouds. In fact, it was so cloudy that when we did see it we could look at it without the glasses,” he said.

Other places like Prince Albert weren’t as lucky as the cloud coverage refused to break.

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Yaworski noted he understands that it can be frustrating when this happens, especially when people have been waiting a long time. The trick, for him, is to be patient as sometimes the weather can break for a short period, much like what happened on Saturday.

“It’s kind of like duck hunting, you’re sitting in a blind and you’re waiting for something to pop up,” he joked.

People in Saskatchewan won’t have to wait too long for another chance to see an eclipse. Another partial eclipse is expected to happen on April 8, 2024.

“You’re gonna (see) a little less coverage than we had this time, but hopefully a lot less cloud coverage,” said Yaworski.

Those in eastern Canada will definitely not want to miss out as it should be a full eclipse for them.

Yaworski added having two eclipses you can see within six months is quite rare as the last one to happen over Saskatchewan was all the way back in 2017.

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Jaryn.Vecchio@pattisonmedia.com

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