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"The best viewing position to watch this annular eclipse would have been in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, but fortunately Cape Town came second best," said Dr Patrick Woudt, senior lecturer (astronomy).
If you missed this, the next one visible from southern Africa can be seen from a roof near you on January 26, 2009.
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