This section describes the calculation by which Aristarchus used the duration of a total lunar eclipse to deduce the distance of the Moon. ... This lesson plan supplements: "How Distant is the Moon--1", section #8c: on disk Shipprc2.htm , on the web . ... The shadow of the Earth at the Moon's distance is narrower than the Earth, because the Sun is seen not as a point but as a disk 0.5 degrees wide. ... An eclipse of the Moon is the passage of the Moon through the shadow of the Earth. ...

Hipparchus, who used an eclipse of the Moon to deduce the precession of the equinoxes ( here ), used a total eclipse of the Sun --probably in 129 BC--to estimate how far the Moon was. But he also derived the Moon's distance from a lunar eclipse--see here .) That eclipse was total at the Hellespont--the Dardanelles, part of the narrow strait that separates the European and Asian parts of Turkey--but only 4 / 5 of the Sun were covered in Alexandria of Egypt, further to the south. ...

... 2013 November 3 . A Rare Hybrid Solar Eclipse . ... Explanation: A spectacular geocentric celestial event of 2005 was a rare hybrid eclipse of the Sun - a total or an annular eclipse could be seen depending on the observer's location. ... Today's hybrid solar eclipse is most widely visible beyond the central shadow track as a brief partial eclipse from northeastern Americas through Africa, and along the track in an annular phase for only the first 15 seconds. Tomorrow's APOD?: ... About APOD | ...

... An Active Sun During a Total Eclipse . ... Taking advantage of such, the above image shows the solar eclipse earlier this month as covered and uncovered by several different solar observatories. Comet Between Fireworks and Lightning . ... The Sun's disk was totally eclipsed for a brief 20 seconds as the Moon's dark umbral shadow raced across Pokwero in northwestern Uganda on November 3rd. ... Timing was critical to catch this image of November 3rd's solar eclipse. ... Creature Aurora Over Norway . ...

HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE DAILY REPORT #1123 PERIOD COVERED: 0700 EST Daily Status Report as of 112/1200Z. 1.0 ACTIVITIES SCHEDULED AND ACCOMPLISHED: 1.1 Completed WF/PC-2 5475 (A Snapshot Survey for Blue Stragglers in Magellanic Cluster Cores)) The WF/PC-2 was used to make short exposure snapshot images of the blue straggler stars located in populous cluster NGC-2004. ... 1.2 Completed Three Sets of WF/PC-2 5561 (WF/PC-2 Cycle 4 Calibration: Internal Monitor 2. ...

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... On the morning of Thursday, 26 February, amid the Gal pagos Islands, the Sun will fade from view. Not the culmination of ancient prophecy, but none less mystical, Earth's small Moon will be executing a slow slide past the enormous Sun. ... And anyone living in southern North America, Central America, northern South America, or on islands and cruise ships in the Caribbean Sea will, weather permitting, have the opportunity to experience the wonder of a solar eclipse. ...

... Photos . Rainbow in Cambridge . ... Different phases of the lunar eclipse . ... Копосов Сергей , 2003-2007 . Koposov Sergey , 2007 ...

We present the results of our observations of the white-light corona in polarized light performed at Criciuma eclipse, Brazil. During the observation of 3.11.94 we have made five couple of pictures of the solar corona in polarization light. ... Koutchmy S., Molodensky M., Starkova L., Ershov A., Matsuura O .: ... Molodensky M., Starkova L., Koutchmy S., Ershov A .: ... Koutchmy S., Molodensky M.M., Starkova L.I . ... Koutchmy S., Molodensky M.M., Starkova L.I. Koutvitsky V. and Ershov A . ...

Having studied the solar corona and its radio emissions sunspot cycles ago, I was keen to verify its existence optically during the total solar eclipse of Wednesday, 4 December 2002, the first on Australian soil since 1976. The moon's shadow was to travel from the south-Atlantic west of The Congo, across southern Africa, the Indian Ocean and into the Great Australian Bight, finally making Australian landfall at Ceduna, South Australia (SA). ... The favoured site to observe the eclipse was Ceduna. ...

Astronomy Discussion Forums . ... Total Lunar Eclipse May 15-16 . ... Post Message | ... A total Lunar Eclipse. On the night of May 15-16 the Earth will come between the Sun and the Moon casting a shadow that will slowly cover the Moon. ... The last total Eclipse was on a day where it snowed 10? all day. ... www.astronomy.net . About Astronomy Net | ... Forum posts are Copyright their authors as specified in the heading above the post. "dbHTML," "AstroGuide," "ASTRONOMY.NET" & "VA.NET" . ...