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03.29.2006 | KASTELLORIZO, Greece -- A total solar eclipse is seen from the island of Kastellorizo, Greece.

(Photo by Marios Papadakis / Associated Press [file])

Sunday morning will bring a double-play of space and time activity for people in Massachusetts, New England and the U.S. East Coast, highlighted by the 2013 hybrid solar eclipse at sunrise.

First things first: Daylight Saving Time 2013 comes to an end at 2 a.m. on Nov. 3 – don't forget to turn your clocks back an hour, if they don't do it themselves.

Next up: A partial solar eclipse. If you live along the Eastern Seaboard, you've got to be up right at sunrise to get the most of this celestial event's effect.

While it's a partial eclipse on the East Coast, there also will be a total, or annular, eclipse on Sunday – thus why it's called a hybrid eclipse. People in central Africa and those on a ship, boat, raft or treading water along a stretch of the Atlantic Ocean will be able to experience the total eclipse.

If you don't plan to get up at sunrise, or would like to see the total eclipse, Slooh.com will provide livestream coverage from Africa. Or, you can just sit back and relax and watch this video, which has a countdown timer to the eclipse:

Patrick Rowan, who writes the monthly "Skywatch" column for The Republican/MassLive.com, wrote:

According to the NASA website on eclipses, this is the second solar eclipse of 2013 and fifth, and final, overall – there were three lunar eclipses. NASA has this to say about why Sunday's eclipse is so interesting:

Sky & Telescope offers this guide to how to watch a partial solar eclipse safely.