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=== Solar eclipse below the horizon ===

Due to the considerable eclipse gamma (more than 0.8), observers where the totally eclipsed Sun is just below the horizon will have the chance to observe the lunar shadow in the high atmosphere, as well as shortened civil twilight and extended nautical twilight. The darkening of the twilight sky could improve the chances of observing the inner [[Zodiacal light]].<ref>{{Cite journal |bibcode = 1992SoPh..138..209G|title = On a possible use of total solar eclipse below the horizon for observations of the inner zodiacal light (as applied to the eclipse of 30 June, 1992)|journal = Solar Physics|volume = 138|issue = 1|pages = 209–211|last1 = Guliaev|first1 = R. A.|year = 1992|doi = 10.1007/BF00146206| s2cid=122443822 }}</ref>

===Bright planets and stars visible during totality===

Far northern [[Russia]] will be treated to a dawn eclipse. [[Mercury (planet)|Mercury]] and [[Jupiter]] will be very low above the rising eclipsed Sun, but Mercury will be showing most of its sunlit side and Jupiter will have its usual brightness. [[Mars]] and [[Saturn]] will be more advantageously placed in the northeast and southeast respectively. Of the bright [[asterisms]], the [[Big Dipper]] will be very high in the north-northwest and the [[Summer Triangle]] will be high in the southwest. [[Aldebaran]], [[Arcturus]], [[Capella]] and [[Pollux (star)|Pollux]] are other first-magnitude stars which may be seen, although they will be low.

In Spain the eclipse will occur about 1 hour before sunset. [[Mercury (planet)|Mercury]] and [[Jupiter]] will be west of the eclipsed Sun, therefore very low below it. [[Venus]] will be brilliant well up in the southwest, with [[Spica]] to its east. [[Arcturus]] will be high in the south, and the [[Summer Triangle]] will be well up in the east. Lower in the south, [[Antares]] will be minutes away from transit.<ref>https://skyandtelescope.org/interactive-sky-chart/ Sky & Telescope Interactive Sky Chart</ref>

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