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'Experiencing the solar system for yourself': Sun obscured over the UK in partial solar eclipse

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UK stargazers treated to a partial solar eclipse on Saturday morning .

Up to 40% of the sun was covered as the moon passed between the sun and Earth .

The next total solar eclipse is not for another 65 years in 2090 so astronomers used glasses, solar telescopes and pinhole cameras to watch the event.

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