Sun eclipse in North Sulawesi

JAKARTA: The National Aeronautic Agency predicted yesterday that a full eclipse of the sun will occur in Sangihe-Talaud, North Sulawesi, on Oct. 24 from 1:13 p.m through 1:15 p.m.

An agency official, Agus Nuryanto, said in a hearing with members of the House of Representatives in charge of research and technology that the eclipse will not be seen from other provinces.

SL Manurung, the agency's chief of research and development department, said that the eclipse will begin in Iran at 7 a.m., move eastward and end in southern America.

"During the eclipse, we will conduct research on the effect of it on the relation between the sun and the earth," Manurung said as quoted by Antara.

The longest eclipse in Indonesia took place for five minutes in 1983. (pan)