IAU

International Astronomical Union

Commission 46 on Education and Development
Program Group on Public Education on the Occasions of Solar Eclipses

Working Group on Solar Eclipses

IAU

IAU Homepage for the Working Group on Solar Eclipses

Eclipse Reference Materials | Eye Safety | Solar Filters | American Eclipse Path for 2017 | The Four Partial Eclipses of 2011
Annular and the Total Eclipse of 2010 | The Partial, Annular, and Total Solar Eclipses of 2009 | Partial, Annular, and Total Solar Eclipses of 2008
Eclipse Expeditions | Shadow Bands | Satellites | Solar Links | Observatories | Sunspots | General Information

 

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  • Xavier Jubiers online repository of Google Maps for eclipses
     
  • Xavier Jubier's links to interactive maps for the next solar eclipses http://xjubier.free.fr/en/site_pages/Solar_Eclipses.html
     

  • Fred Espenak's "Five Millennium Solar Eclipse Search Engine"
    "Eclipses of the Sun"     http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse.html
     

  • On Google Earth, Xaviers kmz files for many eclipse tracks
     
  • Program Group on Public Education
     
  • IAU working group on eclipses, list of members 

     
  • [Espenak] NASA World Atlas of Solar Eclipse Paths

     
  • [Espenak] NASA Solar Eclipse Page

     
  • [Espenak] NASA Lunar Eclipse Page

     
  • Eclipse Resources Page
     
  • NASA Eclipse Web Site
     
  • Interactive Eclipse Maps 1900-2100
     
  • Magda Stavinschi's "Small Dictionary of Eclipses"
     
  • Solar Eclipse Mailing List
     
  • Miloslav Druckmller's processed images
    http://www.zam.fme.vutbr.cz/~druck/eclipse/
     

  • Pasachoff's Complete Idiot's Guide to the Sun (freely downloadable)
     http://books.google.com/books?id=uB_l_OgKf3kC
     

  • Bill Kramer's Eclipse Chaser's site
     http://www.eclipse-chasers.com/
     

  • Jay Pasachoff's Williams College eclipse expedition site
     www.williams.edu/astronomy/eclipse
     

  • Jay Pasachoff's Google knol on eclipses
     http://knol.google.com/k/jay-m-pasachoff/eclipse/IDZ0Z-SC/wTLUGw?domain=knol.google.com&locale=en#
     

  • Xavier Jubier's eclipse site
     http://xjubier.free.fr/en/site_pages/Solar_Eclipses.html
    TOTALITY! (a Newzine), TOTALITYNewzine@aol.comhttp://xjubier.free.fr/en/site_pages/Solar_Eclipses.html
     

  • 5MCSE "Five Millennium (1999 to +3000) Canon of Solar Eclipses"
    Using the 5MCSE link will get you to any eclipse type:
    http://xjubier.free.fr/en/site_pages/solar_eclipses/5MCSE/xSE_Five_Millennium_Canon.html

     

  • For TSE 2010 it will generate an URL such as
     http://xjubier.free.fr/en/site_pages/solar_eclipses/xSE_GoogleMapFull.php?Ecl=+20100711&Acc=2&Umb=1&Lmt=1&Mag=1&Max=1
    &Lmt=x (x set to 1 or 0) will display or not the penumbral limits, maximum on horizon and rise/set curves
    &Mag=x (x set to 1 or 0) will display or not the equal magnitude curves
    &Max=x (x set to 1 or 0) will display or not the maximum eclipse curves

     

     

 

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  • Solar Eclipses and Public Education by Jay Pasachoff

  • Jay Pasachoff's comments on eye safety at eclipses

  • Eye Safety and Solar Eclipses, by Ralph Chou

  • Eye Safety During Solar Eclipses, by Fred Espenak

  • OK, Look directly at a Total Solar Eclipse, by Dick Land

  • Human View of Solar Eclipse vs Images, by Dick Land


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    The list of solar-filter providers is for information only and the International Astronomical Union and its subsidiaries and members do not vouch for any particular brand or provider. There are other sources for safe solar filters, as well. Fred Espenak has listed several sources in his NASA Technical Publications on total and annular eclipses.

     

  • Thousand Oaks Optical Solar Filters
     
  • Baader Planetarium
     
  • Rainbow Symphony Eclipse Shades
     

     For a list of addresses and telephone numbers of suppliers, click here: http://umbra.nascom.nasa.gov/eclipse/010621/text/filter-sources.html.


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With Partial Eclipse Contours

  • http://xjubier.free.fr/en/site_pages/solar_eclipses/xSE_GoogleMapFull.php?Ecl=+20170821&Acc=2&Umb=1&Lmt=1&Mag=1
     

Without Partial-Eclipse Contours

  • http://xjubier.free.fr/en/site_pages/solar_eclipses/xSE_GoogleMapFull.php?Ecl=+20170821&Acc=2&Umb=1&Lmt=0&Mag=0

NASA Eclipse Website

  • http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEgoogle/SEgoogle2001/SE2017Aug21Tgoogle.html

 

 

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  • Fred Espenak's NASA site for 2011 eclipses
     http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/OH/OH2011.htm
  • 4 January 2011 partial solar eclipse throughout Europe, northern Africa, east to India
     http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEplot/SEplot2001/SE2011Jan04P.GIF
http://tinyurl.com/2011Jan04
  • 1 June 2011 partial solar eclipse throughout northern Alaska, northern Canada, Greenland
     http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEplot/SEplot2001/SE2011Jun01P.GIF
http://tinyurl.com/2011Jun01
  • 25 November 2011 partial solar eclipse only in the ocean off Antarctica
     http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEplot/SEplot2001/SE2011Jul01P.GIF
http://tinyurl.com/2011Jul01
  • 10 December 2011 partial solar eclipse in Antarctica, New Zealand, barely Cape Town, South Africa
     http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEplot/SEplot2001/SE2011Nov25P.GIF
http://tinyurl.com/2011Nov25

 

 

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  • 2010 annular eclipse, image by Haibin Zhao, Purple Mountain Observatory, from Teng Chong, Yunnan, China
     

  • 2010 annular eclipse, Jay Pasachoff's images, www.williams.edu/astronomy/eclipse/eclipse2010
     

  • Annular Eclipse from Abouazza Elmhamdi, Astronomical Observatory, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
     

  • 2010 annular eclipse, Stefan Kraus's list of links
     http://www.sonnenfinsternis2010.de/index.htm#reports
     

  • 2010 annular eclipse image over a Greek temple
     http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap100118.html
     

  • 2010 annular eclipse ring    http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap100122.html
     

  • 2010 annular eclipse pinhole images   http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap100123.html
     

  • 2010 annular eclipse series   http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap100126.htm
     

  • 2010 spaceweather.com eclipse gallery
     http://www.spaceweather.com/archive.php?view=1&day=16&month=01&year=2010
     

  • Xavier Jubiers online repository of Google Maps for eclipses:
     http://xjubier.free.fr/en/site_pages/SolarEclipsesGoogleMaps.html
    On Google Earth, Xaviers kmz files for many eclipse tracks:
     http://xjubier.free.fr/en/site_pages/SolarEclipsesGoogleEarth.html
     
  • Espenak (NASA) 2010 Eclipse Homepage
    Arnold B    armettlers maps: http://eclipse.astroinfo.org/sofi/activemaps.html
    Jay Andersons maps with weather information:     http://home.cc.umanitoba.ca/~jander/
     
  • Pasachoff article on eclipse science and plans of expeditions from Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics  (2009) Vol. 9, No. 6, pp. 613 634: http://www.raa-journal.org/raa/index.php/raa/article/view/182
     
  • TOTALITY! Newzine including list of eclipse tours:
     http://xjubier.free.fr/download/TOTALITY/TOTALITY_Issue_9.pdf
     
  • TOTALITY! Newzine including list of eclipse tours:
    http://xjubier.free.fr/download/TOTALITY/TOTALITY_Issue_10.pdf

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Composite Picture    The Partial, Annular, and Total Solar Eclipses of 2009  
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  • Xavier Jubiers online repository of Google Maps for eclipses:
     http://xjubier.free.fr/en/site_pages/SolarEclipsesGoogleMaps.html
     
  • On Google Earth, Xaviers kmz files for many eclipse tracks:
     http://xjubier.free.fr/en/site_pages/SolarEclipsesGoogleEarth.html
     
  • Espenak (NASA) 2009 Eclipse Homepage
    Arnold Barmettlers maps:
    http://eclipse.astroinfo.org/sofi/activemaps.html
     
  • Jay Andersons maps with weather information
     http://home.cc.umanitoba.ca/~jander/
     
  • Miloslav Druckmller's images
     http://www.zam.fme.vutbr.cz/~druck/eclipse/Ecl2008m/Tse2008_200_mo1/0-info.htm
     
  • Daniel Fischer's links to various eclipse images
     http://www.sofi2008.de/df/
     

  • Pasachoff article on "Solar Eclipses as an Astrophysical Laboratory" as part of Nature's International Year of Astronomy coverage (2009) Vol. 459, pp. 789-795:
     http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v459/n7248/pdf/nature07987.pdf
     

  • Pasachoff article on eclipse science and plans of expeditions from Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics  (2009) Vol. 9, No. 6, pp. 613 634:
     http://www.raa-journal.org/raa/index.php/raa/article/view/182
     
  • TOTALITY! Newzine including list of eclipse tours
     http://xjubier.free.fr/download/TOTALITY/TOTALITY_Issue_9.pdf
     

  • New York Times Travel section article about eclipse-chasing
    http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/17/travel/17journeys.html?_r=1&ref=travel
     

  • Pasachoff article on Solar Eclipses as an Astrophysical Laboratory in Nature's coverage of the International Year of Astronomy
     http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v459/n7248/pdf/nature07987.pdf
     

  • Williams College expedition and links http://www.williams.edu/astronomy/eclipse/eclipse2009/2009total/index.html

     


     

 

 

Composite Picture   Partial, Annular, and Total Solar Eclipses in 2008  
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  • Xavier Jubiers online repository of Google Maps for eclipses:
     http://xjubier.free.fr/en/site_pages/SolarEclipsesGoogleMaps.html
    On Google Earth, Xaviers kmz files for many eclipse tracks:
     http://xjubier.free.fr/en/site_pages/SolarEclipsesGoogleEarth.html
     
  • Espenak (NASA) 2008 Eclipse Homepage
    Arnold Barmettlers maps:     http://eclipse.astroinfo.org/sofi/activemaps.html
    Jay Andersons maps with weather information:     http://home.cc.umanitoba.ca/~jander/
     
  • Plans of various expeditions

 

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    Professionals are invited to send expedition reports, so that the Working Group can keep track.      

 


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  • Explanation from Barrie Jones, Open University      

 


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  • The Transition Region and Coronal Explorer Spacecraft    
      

  • Solar and Heliospheric Observatory at NASA
     

  • Solar and Heliospheric Observatory at ESA


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  • Paper on use of eclipses for public information

  • Golub and Pasachoff's "Nearest Star: The Exciting Science of Our Sun"

  • Golub and Pasachoff's "The Solar Corona"

  • Pasachoff's "Complete Idiot's Guide to the Sun"

  • Koutchmy and Guillermier eclipse book

  • Stanford Solar Center

  • Sheridan Williams's list of eclipse web sites

  • Lockheed master list of solar web sites

  • Phil Harrington's eclipse home page

  • Bassa's list of links

  • The solar section of the Association of Lunar and Planetary observers (ALPOSS)

  • Daily Big Bear solar observatory images

  • Fred Espenak's Eclipse Page

  • Bill Kramer's Eclipse Page

  • Glenn Schneider's images

  • Espenak Atlas of Eclipse Paths (1800-2200)


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  • The Solar Data Analysis Center at Goddard Space Flight Center      

  • The National Solar Observatory

  • The Space Environment Center

  • The Ulysses Mission home page

  • Home Page of the CfA Solar and Stellar X-ray Group

  • SOHO Observatory home page


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  • Sunspot Number and Butterfly Diagram

  • Sunspot Index Data Center


Composite Picture   General Information  
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  • GONG (Global Oscillations Network Group)

  • The Nine Planets -- background information, photos & mirror sites      

  • NASA Space Physics Division

  • Solar Monitor

  • Space Weather

  • Solar and Upper Atmospheric Data Services

  • The Sun On the Web, Minute by Minute

    Solar Eclipse Mailing List:
    To subscribe send E-mail to     SEML-subscribe@yahoogroups.com with in the body SUBSCRIBE SOLARECLIPSES name, country


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Eclipse Reference Materials | Eye Safety | Solar Filters | American Eclipse Path for 2017 | The Four Partial Eclipses of 2011
Annular and the Total Eclipse of 2010 | The Partial, Annular, and Total Solar Eclipses of 2009 | Partial, Annular, and Total Solar Eclipses of 2008
Eclipse Expeditions | Shadow Bands | Satellites | Solar Links | Observatories | Sunspots | General Information

Thumbnail eclipse images used on this page are from the Williams College 1998 Expedition in Aruba.
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