solar eclipses

[Tsanten Eywa 'eveng]

25th of november 2011:
visible: Mostly part of New Zealand and Antarctica

Spoiler

This eclipse will be visible across Antarctica in its summer 24 hour day sunlight, and New Zealand near sunset with less than 20% of the sun obscured. Parts of the western Antarctic Peninsula will experience nearly 90% obscuration of the sun.

20th of may 2012:
visible:
The annular phase will be visible from the Chinese coast, the south of Japan, and the western part of the United States and Canada. Tokyo will be on the central path. Its maximum will occur in the North Pacific, south of the Aleutian islands for 5 min and 46.3 s, and finish in the western United States.

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13th of november 2012:
visible:
For this eclipse totality will be visible from northern Australia and the southern Pacific Ocean. The most populous city to experience totality will be Cairns, which will experience 2 minutes of totality just an hour after daybreak (6:38 am AEST) with the sun at an altitude of just 14°.
Parts of northern New Zealand including Auckland will experience a partial eclipse with over 80% of the sun obscured. Christchurch and points north will see at least 60% of the sun obscured. Maximum eclipse over New Zealand will occur around 10:30 AM NZDT (21:30 UTC).
Parts of central Chile, specifically the Los Ríos and Los Lagos regions from Valdivia (63% obscured) south to Quellón (54% obscured) will see a partial eclipse with over half the sun obscured at sunset, over the coast. Points north up to about Santiago will see the eclipse begin as the sun is setting.
When seen from west of the International Date Line, for example from Port Douglas and Cairns in Australia, the eclipse will take place on the morning of November 14. Greatest eclipse, of duration 4 min 2 sec, will occur east of the International Date Line on November 13, approximately 2000 km east of New Zealand, and 9600 km west of Chile.
This particular total solar eclipse will play host to the worlds first Solar Eclipse Marathon to take place in Port Douglas. The race of over 2,000 international competitors and race ambassador Steve Moneghetti will commence as the first rays of the sun re-emerge from behind the moon

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[Ningey]

I should record these since I would want to see a total eclipse (do you have knowledge of any more total eclipses one could fairly easily observe?). The one on Aug 11, 1999 in Germany I missed (I may have been in the path of totality at that time, but unfortunately clouds had covered the sun by the time of the totality).

If I had known that, I would have traveled a few km further to Karlsruhe. There the sky had been clear...

[Tsanten Eywa 'eveng]

here is the list of other total eclipses:

20th of march 2015:
It will last: 2 minutes and 47 seconds
Visible(total): Faroe Islands, Svalbard, North Atlantic and North Pole
Visible(Partial): Greenland, Europe, Central Asia, Western Russia

9th of march 2016:
It will last: 4 minutes and 9 seconds
Visible(total): Indonesia, Micronesia, Marshall Islands
Visible(Partial): Southeastern Asia, Korea, Japan, Eastern Russia, Alaska, Northwestern Australia, Hawaii and Pacific

21st of august 2017:
It will last: 2 minutes and 40 seconds
Visible(total): Oregon, Idaho, Wyoming, Nebraska, Northeastern Kansas, Missouri, southern Illinois, western Kentucky, Tennessee, southwestern North Carolina, northeastern Georgia and South Carolina
Visible(Partial): North America, Hawaii, Grennland, Iceland, British Isles, Portugal, Central America, Caribbean, northern South America and Chukchi Peninsula

2nd of july 2019:
It will last: 4 minutes and 33 seconds
Visible(total): Central Argentina, Chile and Tuamotu Archipelago
Visible(partial): South America, Easter Island, Galapagos Islands, southern Central America and Polynesia

14th of december 2020:
It will last: 2 minutes and 10 seconds
Visible(total): Southern Chile, Argentina, Kiribati and Polynesia
Visible(partial): Central and southern South America, southwest Africa, Antarctic Peninsula, Ellsworth Land, western Queen Maud Land

4th of december 2021:
It will last: 1 minute and 54 seconds
Visible(total): Antarctica
Visible(partial): South Africa and South Atlantic

8th of april 2024:
It will last: 4 minutes and 28 seconds
Visible(total): Mexico, central United States and East Canada
Visible(partial): North America and Central America

12th of august 2026:
It will last: 2 minutes and 18 seconds
Visible(total): Arctic, Greenland, Iceland and Spain
Visible(partial): South Argentina, Chile, South Africa and Antarctica

2nd of august 2027:
It will last: 6 minutes and 23 seconds
Visible(total): Morocco, Spain, Algeria, Libya, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Yemen and Somalia
Visible(partial): Africa, Europe, Mid West, west and south Asia

[Kamean]

Irayo

[Seze Mune]

srane, irayo nìtxan.   

[Tsanten Eywa 'eveng]

Where tomorrow's partial solar eclipse will be visible and how much the sun will be covered:

• Antarctica; 78%
• Cape Province in South Africa; 11%
• Tasmania; 6%
• South Island on New Zealand
• Dunedin on South Island; 31%

and remember folkz, use protection glasses for your eyes, if you see on The Sun in a second or two, it will do damage on your eyes

http://www.space.com/13725-partial-solar-eclipse-viewing-tips.html

[`Eylan Ayfalulukanä]

My home, Reno, NV will be a particularly good place to see the May 20th, 2012 eclipse. If you come, the Astronomical Society of Nevada (of which I am the president) is doing a big eclipse viewing event. We will be working with WPBT TV (of 'Stargazer' fame) to cover this event!