81. Solar Eclipses - Enchanted Learning Software Solar eclipses. A solar eclipse happens when the moon blocks our view of the sun. This happens when the Moon is exactly between the Sun and the Earth. http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/astronomy/sun/solareclipses.shtml

Become a member of Enchanted Learning. Click here for more information on site membership. $20.00/year or other amount (directly by Credit Card $20.00/year (transaction via PayPal Other Amount (transaction via PayPal As a thank-you bonus, site members have access to a banner-ad-free version of the site, with print-friendly pages. (Already a member? Click here. Zoom Astronomy's THE SUN Introduction to the Sun Solar Structure Size, Mass Flares, ... Sun's Death Solar Eclipses A solar eclipse happens when the moon blocks our view of the sun. This happens when the Moon is exactly between the Sun and the Earth. The longest solar eclipses occur when the Earth is at aphelion (farthest from the Sun, making the solar disc smaller) and the Moon is at perigee (closest to the Earth, making the Moons apparent diameter larger). Stages in a Total Solar Eclipse BAILY'S BEADS: Baily's beads (often spelled Bailey's beads) are bead-like bursts of light that appear about 15 seconds before and after totality during a solar eclipse. Baily's beads are caused by light shining through valleys on the edge of the moon . They were named for the British astronomer Francis Baily (1774-1844), one of the founders of the Royal Astronomical Society.

82. Ancient Eclipses Search. Ancient / Classical History Ancient eclipses. Dateline 08/03/99 Harmless eclipses. eclipses may not have been universally feared. http://ancienthistory.about.com/library/weekly/aa080399.htm

zJs=10 zJs=11 zJs=12 zJs=13 zc(5,'jsc',zJs,9999999,'') About History Ancient / Classical History Home ... Trojan War Hero Achilles - Troy zau(256,152,145,'gob','http://z.about.com/5/ad/go.htm?gs='+gs,''); Atlas and Places - Where? Ancient Greece - Greek Ancient Rome - Romans ANE Egypt Persia Israel... ... Help zau(256,138,125,'el','http://z.about.com/0/ip/417/0.htm','');w(xb+xb); Stay Current Subscribe to the About Ancient / Classical History newsletter. Search Ancient / Classical History Ancient Eclipses Dateline: 08/03/99 Nothing there is beyond hope, nothing that can be sworn impossible, nothing wonderful, since Zeus, father of the Olympians, made night from mid-day, hiding the light of the shining Sun, and sore fear came upon men. Archilochus We may know there's a scientific explanation for them, but solar eclipses continue to exert an almost magical power over us. It's not at all clear we've decreased in gullibility since the days when Columbus used his fore-knowledge of an eclipse to hoodwink the Jamaicans to judge from profits reaped on trips to and gear for the August 11, 1999 solar eclipse. And even though we know better, there will be people blinded by the too tempting sight of an eclipsed sun. The Eclipse Dragon On the other hand, we don't beat drums, fire arrows into the sky, and stand up to our necks in water in an effort to appease the gods as did the ancient Chinese and Indians. Both the Chinese and the Indians thought a snake attacked the sun during an eclipse. Noise making was an effort to scare the creature away. The earliest recorded eclipse was in China on October 22, 2134. Then two court

83. Introductory Eclipse Tutorial Find out what causes an eclipse, about solar eclipses, and eclipse patterns. Originally for a book by Bryan Brewer, but you can read these pages without buying the book. http://www.earthview.com/tutorial/tutorial.htm

Introductory Eclipse Tutorial (The following pages are adpated from the book ECLIPSE , by Bryan Brewer What Causes an Eclipse? Effects During a Total Solar Eclipse gradual darkening; shadow bands; Baily's beads; corona; solar prominences; effects on plants and animals. Patterns of Eclipses eclipse seasons; the eclipse year; the saros cycle; patterns in time and space. Home Search Site Map email webmaster@earthview.com Earth View Inc.

84. Eclipse Quotations QUOTATIONS ABOUT eclipses. This collection of quotations concentrates on solar eclipses, but a few referring to lunar eclipses are included. http://dspace.dial.pipex.com/town/estate/vs76/quotes.htm

QUOTATIONS ABOUT ECLIPSES Compiled by David Le Conte This collection of quotations concentrates on solar eclipses, but a few referring to lunar eclipses are included. Some are from literary sources, while others are predictions and records. I have avoided scientific reports, preferring to include descriptive accounts. The quotations are in chronological order. Dates are generally in the Julian Calendar until 1582, and in the Gregorian Calendar thereafter. Some links are provided to maps of historic eclipses by Fred Espanak, Goddard Space Flight Center. Additional quotations and comments on this page are welcome, and should be sent to: David Le Conte. " Here lie the bodies of Ho and Hi, Whose fate, though sad, is risible; Being slain because they could not spy Th' eclipse which was invisible. " Author unknown Said to refer to the Chinese eclipse of 2136 BC or 2159 BC.) " On day kuei-yu (the 10th day of a 60-day cycle), it was inquired (by divination): 'The Sun was eclipsed in the evening; is it good?' On day kuei-yu it was inquired: 'The Sun was eclipsed in the evening; is it bad?'

85. Main Page Images of lunar and solar eclipses, comets, aurorae and satellites with links. http://w1.195.telia.com/~u19508145/

Welcome to Owe Dahren´s homepage Visit my page with digital photography The Total Solar Eclipse on August 11th 1999 photographed in Vama Veche Romania Link to Eclipse 99 page The Total Lunar Eclipse on January 9th 2001 fotographed in Kumla Sweden Link to Eclipse 2001 page I live in Kumla in southern Sweden, 20 km south of Örebro, at 59° North, 15° East. My main interest is astronomy, and I´m an active member of Kumla Astronomi Klubb , a local amateur astronomy club with approx. 25 members. The long exposures on these pages have been shot with a home-made device that tracks the stars. Comets My Comet Observations 2004 Comet Nights C/2002 T7 LINEAR C/2001 Q4 NEAT My Comet Observations 2003 Comet Nights Juels Holvorcem 2002 V1 NEAT Click here to see a list of my comet observations from 1987 to 2004. Click on the images to see high resolution images. More recent comet images can be found on my digital astro imaging page. Comet Hyakutake 26.3.96 55mm, f/1.8 4 min Comet Hale Bopp 29.3.97 135 mm f/3.5 6 min

86. On The Nature Of Eclipses on the nature of eclipses. Lunar eclipses are therefore categorised as total umbral (the entire Moon enters the inner shadow cone); http://www.inconstantmoon.com/cyc_ecl1.htm

on the nature of eclipses The Sun is the only body in the solar system which shines with its own light. All of the others, including the Earth and Moon, reflect the Sun's light. They also cast shadows, and when, in the course of their orbits, the Moon's shadow falls on the Earth, or vice versa, it is known as an eclipse. There are two parts to these shadows. The umbra is a central cone of darkness which tapers away from the Earth or Moon, whilst the penumbra is an outer cone of partial shadow which diverges instead of tapering. solar eclipse The Moon's shadow cast on the Earth appears as a solar eclipse. An observer inside the circle of the penumbra will see a partial solar eclipse: the Moon shows as a bite taken out of the Sun's disc. Within the smaller, inner circle of the umbra the Sun will be entirely blotted out by the Moon. Anyone outside the the area covered by the penumbra (and therefore also the umbra) will see no eclipse at all. The shadow travels across the surface of the Earth, generally along a curved track. The zone covered by the umbra is called the path of totality, and although no more than 270km (170 miles) wide (when the Moon is directly overhead) it may be thousands of kilometers long. There is a system of terms and notations for the key stages of a solar eclipse: First Contact (P1) - The observer enters the penumbra, the start of the partial eclipse.

87. Qadiani (Ahmadiyya) Claim Of Eclipses As A Proof Of Mehdi Examined Scientist Syed Khalid Shaukat investigates the validity of Mirza's claim of eclipses as alleged proof for being Mehdi. http://www.moonsighting.com/2eclipses.html

Qadianis' (Ahmadiyya) Claim of Eclipses as a Proof of Mehdi Examined by Syed Khalid Shaukat Qadianis (Ahmadiyya) attribute the claim of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad being Mehdi based on a writing in a book of Hadith (Dar Qutni) as follows: Amr bin Shimr narrates from Jabir who told him that Muhammad bin Ali said that for our Mehdi, two signs are given which never occurred in the past from the creation of the heavens and the earth. One is that a lunar eclipse will occur on the first night of Ramadan and the second sign is that a solar eclipse will occur in the middle of Ramadan and these signs had never happened from the creation of the heavens and the earth (Dar Qutni). Qadianis (Ahmadiyya) assert that a Hadith of the Messenger, Muhammad (SAW) says that the signs of Mehdi is that in his time lunar and solar eclipses will occur in the month of Ramadan and this sign is a clear proof that Mirza Ghulam Ahmad Qadiani is the real Mehdi according to the (Hadith-e-Nabavi) saying of the Messenger (SAW). ANSWER: 1. The narration mentioned above is definitely not the saying of the Messenger (SAW), as the narrator clearly assigns it as the saying of Imam Muhammad Baqir bin Ali which was written in the book of Dar Qutni. Attributing this to Imam Muhammad Baqir is also wrong as the

88. Educator's Guide To Eclipses Educator s Guide to eclipses Courtesy of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Astronomical Alignments. eclipses have long been a source of mystery and spectacle. http://www.solarviews.com/eng/edu/eclipses.htm

Activities Weighing In Age Is Relative Planetary Icosahedrons Teachers Lesson Activities Student Resources Using Views of the Solar System Text Add A Search Box To Your Pages Educator's Guide to Eclipses Courtesy of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory Astronomical Alignments Eclipses have long been a source of mystery and spectacle. These events were viewed with fear and dread in the past and, even today, still thrill. There is a lot of special vocabulary involved in eclipses but there is a way to keep from being confused. The eclipse is named for the object that is being eclipsed, or obscured. In a solar eclipse you observe the Sun (using only safe methods, of course). You will see the Sun with a piece apparently cut out of it. In a lunar eclipse you observe the Moon. A portion of its surface will be obscured. Another way to avoid confusion is to consider the time at which you will be viewing the eclipse. Because of the geometry described below, you can only view a solar eclipse when the Sun is up. You view lunar eclipses when the Moon is up. Eclipses occur when the Sun, Earth and Moon line up. They are rare because the Moon usually passes above or below the imaginary line connecting Earth and the Sun. In a solar eclipse the Moon passes directly in front of the Sun. This can only happen when the phase of the Moon is "new." That occurs because, for Earth-based observers, the far side of the Moon is illuminated while the side facing Earth is in darkness. The Moon, like any sphere, casts a shadow. A solar eclipse occurs when that shadow sweeps across Earth. The black cone is called the

89. The Africlipse Web Site Detailed information about all total and annular solar eclipses visible in Africa from 2001 through 2030. http://www.eclipse.za.net

Acknowledgments Information on these pages is gleaned from many eclipse sites all over the world. Thanks to them, and especially to Fred Espenak of the Goddard Space Flight Center. Fred has unarguably the best eclipse resource on the Internet - be sure to visit his page. Click here to go there in a new window. Please feel free to e-mail me e-mail me. All artwork for the Africlipse Logos on this website are by kind favour of good friends at Online Advertising , Click here to e-mail them HOME PAGE Jump right to the Site Index! WELCOME TO THE AFRICLIPSE WEBSITE! "Now eclipses are elusive and provoking things... visiting the same locality only once in centuries. Consequently, it will not do to sit down quietly at home and wait for one to come, but a person must be up and doing and on the chase." Rebecca R. Joslin (1929) Click on a year to go straight to the eclipse of that year. 2004 Transit of Venus World Map of African Solar Eclipses from 2001 - 2030 The Africlipse Website is dedicated to providing as much information as possible on solar eclipses where the path of totality or annularity is visible from the African Continent. Eclipses covered on this site are the total solar eclipses of 21 June 2001 and 4 December 2002 , both of which traversed southern Africa. The

90. Eclipses At Greenwich : National Maritime Museum You are here NMM Home / What s on / Online exhibitions features / eclipses at Greenwich, eclipses at Greenwich. The first recorded http://www.nmm.ac.uk/site/navId/00500100400a

Low graphics version Site map About us Contact us Search NMM Home Planning a visit What's on News ... Shop You are here: NMM Home What's on / Eclipses at Greenwich Go back one level Alan Villiers (1903-82) Eclipses at Greenwich George Airy's Observatory ... Tycho's star maps Eclipses at Greenwich The first recorded astronomical observation by John Flamsteed, the first Astronomer Royal, was a solar eclipse from his home in Derby 12 September 1662, when he was just 16 years old. Solar astrophysics started at the Royal Observatory with Airy's observation of the solar eclipse of 1842 The two most famous sets of solar eclipse photographs in the archive are de la Rue's pictures taken at the solar eclipse of 1860 and the Sobral eclipse in 1919 From 1842 until 1954 there were many eclipse expeditions from the Royal Observatory. The observatory archives contain photographic plates from the eclipses of: 1860 Spain 1898 India 1901 Sumatra, Mauritius 1914 Sweden 1922 Australia 1927 England 1900 Portugal 1905 Tunisia 1919 Brazil 1926 Sumatra 1929 Malaya © NMM London In this series Eclipses at Greenwich Turin 1842 Spain 1860 Sobral 1919 Giggleswick 1927 Useful tools PDF version Find similar Email this document Print this page Home of the Prime Meridian of the World Longitude 0° 0' 0", Latitude 51° 28' 38"

91. Eclipses : National Maritime Museum eclipses. We generally talk of eclipses of the Sun and Moon but other bodies inside and outside the Solar System exhibit eclipses http://www.nmm.ac.uk/site/request/setTemplate:singlecontent/contentTypeA/conWebD

Low graphics version Site map About us Contact us Search NMM Home Planning a visit What's on News ... Shop You are here: NMM Home Learning Fact files / The solar system Go back one level Astronomical instruments Comets, meteors and asteroids Explorers and leaders ... The solar system Eclipses We generally talk of eclipses of the Sun and Moon but other bodies inside and outside the Solar System exhibit eclipses and are very important in astronomy. Eclipses of the moons of Jupiter were used in one of the first measures of the speed of light and eclipsing binary stars give us fundamental data on the masses of stars. An eclipse occurs when a body cuts off the light from a light source so that we can no longer see it shining. An eclipse can be due either to a dark body coming between us and a light emitter, so that we can no longer see the source, or it can be a body coming between a light source and the body that the light is illuminating, so that we no longer see the illuminated body. An eclipse of the Sun occurs when the Moon comes directly between the Sun and the Earth so that the Earth lies in the shadow of the Moon. An eclipse of the Moon occurs when the Earth lies directly between the Sun and the Moon and the Moon lies in the shadow of the Earth. If the orbit of the Moon about the Earth lay in the same plane as the orbit of the Earth about the Sun then there would be eclipses of the Sun and Moon at every New and Full Moon respectively. The orbits are inclined, however, and eclipses can only occur when the Moon is close to the nodes of its orbit (when it is near to the places where the orbital planes cross).

92. Dale Ireland's Astronomy Page eclipses, comets, satellites, and occulations. http://www.drdale.com/

PLANET DALE DALE IRELAND'S ASTRONOMY PAGE Photographs, Diagrams, Charts, Fabrications( LIVE VIDEO CAMERA Weather and astronomical events from my back porch This web site is a collection of my personal work over the past few years. All of the photographs, images, diagrams, and charts were created by me. This page has been officially designated as Messier object Comets Eclipses Satellites Nature Photography ... Satellite Weather Images of the western U.S. and Canada I receive daily with my low budget "ground station". (These are low orbit images, NOT those you see on TV or internet weather sites) click on images below to select topic ECLIPSES...... Total Lunar Eclipse November 08, 2003 Video of the Moon's shadow in Australia, Dec4, 2002 My photographs and videos of solar and lunar eclipses of the last twenty years. Including the total solar eclipses of 1979, Mexico 1991, Bolivia 1994, Aruba 1998, Hungary 1999 , the annular solar eclipse in Texas 1994, the recent lunar eclipses and many others. Selected as an ASTRONOMY MAGAZINE WEBWEAVER PICK for January 1998 COMETS......

93. SkyEye - Eclipses eclipses. However, it is completely safe to view a lunar eclipse with the naked eye. eclipses and Planetary Transits in the Year 2004. http://www.obliquity.com/skyeye/misc/eclipse.html

Eclipses A solar eclipse occurs when the new Moon passes between the Sun and the Earth, casting a shadow on the Earth. There are three types of solar eclipses: annular partial , and total A partial solar eclipse occurs when the Sun and the Moon are not quite lined up. In this case, the Moon covers only a section of the Sun. This kind of eclipse usually goes unnoticed by most people on Earth because the sunlight is scarcely dimmed. A total solar eclipse, however, is much more spectacular. At totality, the disc of the Sun is completely obscured by the new Moon, and only the ghostly solar corona and perhaps gigantic solar flares are visible around the edges of the Moon. Those parts of the Earth experiencing totality become very dark and it is possible to see stars in the sky. An annular solar eclipse is similar to a total eclipse except that the new Moon is near apogee and its disc appears slightly smaller than that of the Sun. Thus, a bright ring or annulus of the solar disc remains at maximum eclipse, and the sky does not become dark. There are at least two and sometimes as many as five solar eclipses every year. Why don't we have a solar eclipse during every new Moon? This is because the Moon's orbit around the Earth is at an angle to the ecliptic. The new Moon usually passes above or below the Sun as seen from the Earth and thus there is no eclipse. The proper alignment for a solar eclipse occurs only a few times a year.

94. Une Page D`astronomie eclipses, images, le coud©e et liens. http://david.bieder.free.fr

Bonjour, Bienvenue sur ma page Web sur l`astronomie Sommaire Le coudée: les photographies Le coudée: les schémas Le tableau des planètes Les photographies astronomiques ... Mon C.V Photographies faites dans le cadre de la convention OCA-NOVAE. Pour m'écrire

95. About Eclipses Of The Moon Lunar eclipses. eclipses of the Moon occur when the Moon passes into the shadow cast by Earth. They always take place when the Moon is full. http://www.eclipse.org.uk/lunar.htm

Lunar Eclipses Eclipses of the Moon occur when the Moon passes into the shadow cast by Earth. They always take place when the Moon is full. They can be seen from anywhere on Earth if the Moon happens to be in the sky at the time. This means that, over time, far more lunar eclipses than solar eclipses can be seen from any particular location. The Earth's shadow has two parts. The inner part - called the 'umbra' - is uniformly dark. The outer greyish part - called the 'penumbra' - gets lighter towards its outer edge. If the Moon only goes through the penumbra, the dimming can be hardly noticeable. The Moon is not normally completely dark during an eclipse because some sunlight is scattered towards the Moon by Earth's atmosphere. Usually, the Moon appears a deep coppery-orange colour even during totality. However, the colour and brightness are variable from one eclipse to another. They depend on factors such as the amount of volcanic dust and cloud in the atmosphere at the time. To make this multiple exposure of a total lunar eclipse, the camera was tracked across

96. Eclipse Café | Eclipse Discussions & Information Images, discussion, information and resources for solar and lunar eclipses. http://www.skyrover.net/eclipsecafe/

forums postcards menu eclipse links ... contact us Welcome! Welcome to Eclipse Café. This is a place dedicated to discussion and sharing of experience related to eclipses, solar and lunar. Like a traditional counterpart, this virtual café is meant to be an informal meeting place for all people interested in eclipses. Eclipses are some of the most dramatic phenomena a person can witness, from the darkening of daylight that reveals the solar corona and the spectacular inner planets to the blood-red full moon hanging in the midnight sky. Anyone fortunate to witness these events cannot help but be moved by the spectacle. Witnessed on only 5 occasions in human history by just a tiny handful of people, the transit of Venus is one of most unique solar-system phenomena. Expeditions were mounted, ships dispatched to far corners of the globe, lives lost just to see a tiny dot move across the face of the sun. The reward was the solution to one of the most vexing problems of astronomy: "How big is the solar system?" Now we have a chance to witness this extraordinary event ourselves. more information Here you'll find a discussion area dedicated exclusively to eclipses. Please share your experience or ask a question.

97. About Solar Eclipses Understanding solar eclipses eclipses in general. How solar eclipses happen Annular eclipses. ..and where? Partial eclipses. http://www.eclipse.org.uk/eclipses.htm

Understanding solar eclipses... Eclipses in general How solar eclipses happen... Annular eclipses ..and where? Partial eclipses ... Publications about eclipses Projecting the sun using a pinhole camera or a mirror How to get further information Top

98. Eclipses Solar eclipses. 1995 October 24 Total. Observations by Martin Mobberley from India. 2003 May 31 Annular. Lunar eclipses. 1996 April 3/4 Total. http://www.theastronomer.org/eclipse.html

Last Updated: 2004 May 05 19:56 UTC Source file: eclipse.txt Contents TA details Homepage Latest updates Magazine contents Our history ... Meeting reports Members' services E-circular archive On-line charts Sales Chart catalogue Special publications Back issues Videos ... Advertising rates Observations Aurora Comets Deep sky Eclipses/Transits ... Variables Links Central Bureau BAA JPL Horizons Weather images ... Further links Solar eclipses 1995 October 24 Total . Observations by Martin Mobberley from India. 1997 March 8/9 Total . Observations by Hazel McGee from Mongolia. 1998 February 26 Total . Observations by Nick James from Venezuela. 1998 August 22 Annular eclipse . Observations by Mike Harlow from Indonesia. 1999 August 11 Total . BAA observation archive. 2001 June 21 Total Orwell AS report of the 2001 December 14 annular solar eclipse 2003 May 31 Annular Lunar eclipses 1996 April 3/4 Total . An image of the eclipse taken at 2324 on 1996 April 3 by Nick James using a 0.30m, f/5.25 Newtonian and a 5s exposure on Gold 200 film. 1996 September 27 Total . This image was taken at 0223UT by Pedro Re , Portugal. He used a C14 at f/6 and Fujichrome Sensia 100 film exposed for 10s. The 7th magnitude star near to the limb is SAO 109078.

99. Sky Guide Astronomy program that draws star maps showing the constellations and positions of the Sun, Moon and Planets. Lunar and solar eclipses can be predicted as well as interesting planetary alignments. http://freespace.virgin.net/alan.senior/comlink/sky.htm

100. Eclipse Chasers Eclipse chasing history, about solar eclipses, photography of eclipses, and a gallery of images. http://www.eclipse-chasers.com

Welcome to Picture Gallery, Information, Photography, Stories, and more about Solar and Lunar Eclipses The Next Total Solar Eclipse! Click the picture or title of the area you are interest in visiting... Eclipse picture Gallery Eclipse chasing experiences Solar Eclipse Photography All about Solar Eclipses ... Links to More Great Solar and Lunar Eclipse Sites. Fill out our guest book and come j oin us for an eclipse! The images and content found on this web page are not to be used without the written consent of the webmaster of this site, the authors, or the photographers. Contact us if you are interested in using them for any reason, commercial or private. If you have any questions about solar eclipses, upcoming travel to an eclipse, or wish to contribute a link to another Solar Eclipse web page, please email the webmaster of this page. We all make mistakes - if you spot one on these pages, please email the webmaster for correction.Your help is greatly appreciated in this matter! From the webmaster : This effort is dedicated to the memories of my father, Frank A. Kramer. When we first went to see a solar eclipse, we really didn't have any idea what we were getting into. We enjoyed several together and have always enjoyed sharing our experiences with others who were interested. Since starting this web site in September of 1999 many thousands of visitors have stopped by and we currently average hundreds of unique visitors per day with tens of thousands per day surrounding eclipse events. Your comments are most welcomed!

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