Solar eclipse of 1999 August 11

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The eclipse as seen from France.

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, northern France, southern Germany, Austria and Hungary. Its maximum was at 11:03 UTC at [45.1° N 24.3° E] in Romania, and it continued across the Black Sea, Turkey, Iran, southern Pakistan and India.

It was the first total eclipse visible from Europe since that of 22nd July 1990, and the first visible in England since 29 June 1927.

Contents

0.1 Observations
0.2 Notable times and coordinates
0.3 Type of the eclipse

1 Photographs
2 References
3 External links

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 [link].

Notable times and coordinates

Event Time (UTC)
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

Event	Time (UTC)
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

Type of the eclipse

Nature of the eclipse	Total
Gamma	0.5063
Magnitude	1.0286
Duration at greatest eclipse point
Maximum width of band	112.3 km

Photographs

Totality observed from France

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]

External links

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	Solar eclipses

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) Previous total eclipse:
Solar eclipse of 1998 February 26 Next total eclipse:
Solar eclipse of 2001 June 21

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