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Hybrid solar eclipse darkens skies in Australia and parts of Southeast Asia | South China Morning Post

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A rare hybrid solar eclipse drew crowds of amateur and professional astronomers to a beachside town in Australia on April 20, 2023. The eclipse was both a total solar eclipse, in which the moon blots out the sun, as well as an annular one where only the centre is obscured. However, the total solar eclipse was only v…

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