Solar eclipse of 1999 August 11
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On August 11, 1999, a total eclipse of the Sun, with an eclipse magnitude of 1.029, occurred.
The path of the Moon's shadow began in the Atlantic Ocean, before noon traversing Cornwall, Devon, northern France, southern Germany, Austria, Hungary, and northern Serbia. Its maximum was at 11:03 UTC at in Romania, and it continued across Bulgaria, the Black Sea, Turkey, Iran, southern Pakistan and India.
It was the first total eclipse visible from Europe since July 22, 1990, and the first visible in the United Kingdom since June 29, 1927.
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[edit] Observations
There is little doubt that this was the most-viewed total solar eclipse in human history, although some areas in the path of totality offered impaired visibility due to adverse weather conditions.
The San Francisco Exploratorium featured a live webcast from a crowded town square in Amasya, Turkey. The moon's shadow was also observed from the Russian Mir space station; during the eclipse, video from Mir was broadcast live on television. Some of the organized eclipse-watching parties along the path of totality set up video projectors on which people could watch the shadow as it raced towards them [1].
[edit] Notable times and coordinates
Event | Time (UTC) |
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Beginning of the general eclipse | 08:26:17 |
Beginning of the total eclipse | 09:29:55 |
Beginning of the central eclipse | 09:30:53 |
Greatest eclipse | 11:03:07 |
End of the central eclipse | 12:35:33 |
End of the total eclipse | 12:36:26 |
End of the general eclipse | 13:40:08 |
[edit] Type of the eclipse
Nature of the eclipse | Total |
Gamma | 0.5063 |
Magnitude | 1.0286 |
Duration at greatest eclipse point | 142 s (2 min 22 s) at 11:03:07 UTC, in Romania: |
Maximum width of band | 112.3 km |
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[edit] References
- View of eclipse from the Mir space station
- Fred Espenak and Jay Anderson. "Total Solar Eclipse of 1999 August 11". NASA, November 2004.
- http://umbra.nascom.nasa.gov/eclipse/990811/rp.html
- http://www.hermit.org/Eclipse1999/
- Exploratorium Webcast: Solar Eclipse August 11, 1999
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Previous eclipse: Solar eclipse of 1999 February 16 (annular) |
Solar eclipse of 1999 August 11 (total) |
Next eclipse: Solar eclipse of 2000 February 05 (partial) |
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Previous total eclipse: Solar eclipse of 1998 February 26 |
Next total eclipse: Solar eclipse of 2001 June 21 |