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Eclipse Reference Materials

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Xavier Jubier´s 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, Xavier´s 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 Druckmüller'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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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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American Eclipse Path for 2017

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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

The Four Partial Eclipses of 2011

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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

The Annular and the Total Eclipse of 2010

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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 Jubier´s online repository of Google Maps for eclipses:
http://xjubier.free.fr/en/site_pages/SolarEclipsesGoogleMaps.html
On Google Earth, Xavier´s kmz files for many eclipse tracks:
http://xjubier.free.fr/en/site_pages/SolarEclipsesGoogleEarth.html
Espenak (NASA) 2010 Eclipse Homepage
Arnold Barmettler´s maps: http://eclipse.astroinfo.org/sofi/activemaps.html
Jay Anderson´s 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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The Partial, Annular, and Total Solar Eclipses of 2009

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Xavier Jubier´s online repository of Google Maps for eclipses:
http://xjubier.free.fr/en/site_pages/SolarEclipsesGoogleMaps.html
On Google Earth, Xavier´s kmz files for many eclipse tracks:
http://xjubier.free.fr/en/site_pages/SolarEclipsesGoogleEarth.html
Espenak (NASA) 2009 Eclipse Homepage
Arnold Barmettler´s maps:
http://eclipse.astroinfo.org/sofi/activemaps.html
Jay Anderson´s maps with weather information
http://home.cc.umanitoba.ca/~jander/
Miloslav Druckmüller'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

Partial, Annular, and Total Solar Eclipses in 2008

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Xavier Jubier´s online repository of Google Maps for eclipses:
http://xjubier.free.fr/en/site_pages/SolarEclipsesGoogleMaps.html
On Google Earth, Xavier´s kmz files for many eclipse tracks:
http://xjubier.free.fr/en/site_pages/SolarEclipsesGoogleEarth.html
Espenak (NASA) 2008 Eclipse Homepage
Arnold Barmettler´s maps: http://eclipse.astroinfo.org/sofi/activemaps.html
Jay Anderson´s maps with weather information: http://home.cc.umanitoba.ca/~jander/
Plans of various expeditions

	Eclipse Expeditions
I A U	Professionals are invited to send expedition reports, so that the Working Group can keep track.

	Eye Safety
I A U	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

	Shadow Bands
I A U	Explanation from Barrie Jones, Open University

	Satellites
I A U	The Transition Region and Coronal Explorer Spacecraft Solar and Heliospheric Observatory at NASA Solar and Heliospheric Observatory at ESA

	Observatories
I A U	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

	Sunspots
I A U	Sunspot Number and Butterfly Diagram Sunspot Index Data Center

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

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

Working Group on Solar Eclipses