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KOLKATA: The city and parts of northern India witnessed a partial solar eclipse between 5.02 p.m. and 5.45 p.m. on Wednesday. It had magnitude of .07 and belonged to the "saros cycle 139" that comes every 18 years, 11 days and eight hours, said Prof. R. Subramanian of M.P. Birla Planetarium, Kolkata.

"While the northern limit included most of Europe, the southern limit cut across the middle of India," Prof. Subramanian told The Hindu .

The partial eclipse, which was not visible in south India, had a greater magnitude in Uttar Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir and Punjab.

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