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Next week, lucky people across the US will be treated to one of the most spectacular sights in the solar system - a total solar eclipse.

And if you're in the UK, you'll be happy to hear that you may not need to travel across the pond to catch a glimpse of this incredible natural phenomenon.  

On April 8, a handful of towns and cities in the UK and Ireland will be able to see a partial eclipse just before sunset.

Eagle-eyed viewers in Dublin, Belfast, Londonderry, Glasgow, and Aberdeen will have a chance to see the astronomical phenomenon, according to UK Weather Updates.

'While parts of the UK and Ireland will be able to see it too, there will be a very short opportunity for it, as the eclipse will take place at sunset shortly before the sun goes below the horizon,' it explained on X (formerly Twitter). 

An eclipse occurs when the moon passes between the sun and Earth, casting its shadow onto the surface of the planet.  

From a vantage point on Earth, this looks like the sun is disappearing behind a dark shadow. 

For those directly in the path of the solar eclipse shadow, next week will be an incredible opportunity to see a rare 'ring of fire' eclipse.

Since the moon will be at its farthest point from the Earth, called the apogee, it will not completely obscure the sun - leaving a bright 'diamond ring' around the edge.

However, this 'annular' eclipse will only be visible to those directly beneath the moon's shadow which will travel over America and Mexico.

For everyone on the edges of the eclipse path, which includes parts of the UK and Ireland, observers will only see the sun become slightly covered.  

UK Weather Updates, an amateur weather enthusiast from Wakefield, shared a breakdown of where this will be visible from the UK.

The partial eclipse over the UK will begin at 19:52 BST at the Hevda Stack, a mountain summit in the far north of the

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