Residents living in parts of Australia and some islands scattered throughout the Pacific Ocean will have the opportunity to glimpse an annular eclipse of the sun also known as a "ring of fire" eclipse. For those living in different areas of the world, Slooh.com will broadcast a live feed of the event complete with running commentary.

During annular solar eclipses, the moon casts a shadow on the face of the Earth when it passes between the planet and the star. However, because of its orbit the Moon appears slightly smaller than the Sun, creating the "ring of fire" in the sky, meteorologist Joe Rao told CBS News.

The upcoming eclipse will take place on Thursday May 9th Easter Time but will be visible in some areas of Australia and parts of the Pacific where local time will be Friday, early in the morning. Weather permitting, other parts of the world will get at least a partial view of the astro-phenomenon including parts of Australia, the Philippines, eastern Indonesia, parts of Papua New Guinea and a small portion of New Zealand.

In terms of the parts of the world that will be in the direct route where the eclipse will take place, known as the annular path, who will get to view the event clearly, NASA has specified a map and timeline on its official eclipse Web site.

According to the site the annular path of the May 10th solar eclipse will begin in Western Australia near Collier Range National Park at 22:33 Universal Time (UT).

Then, "traveling northward, the shadow quickly sweeps across the Northern Territory where Tennent Creek experiences an annular phase of 3 minutes 4 seconds..."

Continuing on, "the antumbral shadow crosses the gulf of Carpentaria and reaches the Cape York Peninsula at 22:44 UT...Four minutes later, the shadow departs Australia at Lakefield National Park at 22:48 UT."

"The next landfall in the eclipse path occurs in eastern Papua New Guinea at 23:00 UT. The central line crosses Basilaki Island where annularity lasts 4 minutes 59 seconds."

Finally, "traveling at 0.98 kilometers per second, the antumbra next reaches the Solomons where Choiseul, the largest island in the chain, lies in the center of the track. Annularity is now 5 minutes 16 seconds (23:15 UT)...This is the last major landfall of the path."

For people around the world who will not be in the viewing path of the eclipse, Slooh.com is currently the only site that has announced it will broadcast a free, real-time view of it from Australia through the Slooh Space Camera.

Beginning Thursday May 9th at 2:30pm PDT/5:30pm EDT/21:30 UT, viewers can catch their first glimpse of the event and continue watching it live on their PC/Mac or by downloading the free Slooh iPad app in the iTunes store and touching the broadcast icon, the organization says.

The Slooh broadcast team, along with Bob Berman, author of numerous astronomy books, and contributing editor and monthly columnist for Astronomy Magazine, will provide live commentary.

Additionally, "As a special treat Slooh will broadcast an additional feed of the Sun from the Prescott Solar Observatory, a fantastic facility located in Arizona - giving viewers a unique look of the Sun from the other side of the world."