Solar eclipse of April 16, 1893
Solar eclipse of April 16, 1893 | |
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Map | |
Type of eclipse | |
Nature | Total |
Gamma | -0.1764 |
Magnitude | 1.0556 |
Maximum eclipse | |
Duration | 287 sec (4 m 47 s) |
Coordinates | 1°18′N 34°36′W / 1.3°N 34.6°W |
Max. width of band | 186 km (116 mi) |
Times (UTC) | |
Greatest eclipse | 14:36:11 |
References | |
Saros | 127 (51 of 82) |
Catalog # (SE5000) | 9264 |
A total solar eclipse occurred on April 16, 1893. A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby totally or partly obscuring the image of the Sun for a viewer on Earth. A total solar eclipse occurs when the Moon's apparent diameter is larger than the Sun's, blocking all direct sunlight, turning day into darkness. Totality occurs in a narrow path across Earth's surface, with the partial solar eclipse visible over a surrounding region thousands of kilometres wide.
Observations
Schaeberle observed the eclipse and made drawings of the Corona:
Predicted by Schaeberle |
Observed by Schaeberle |
Observed by Schaeberle |
According to Edward S. Holden, John Martin Schaeberle discovered a comet like object on the plates of the eclipse from Chili. The comet was 0.8 moondiameters from the moon.[1]
Related eclipses
Saros 127
It is a part of Saros cycle 127, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, containing 82 events. The series started with partial solar eclipse on October 10, 991 AD. It contains total eclipses from May 14, 1352 through August 15, 2091. The series ends at member 82 as a partial eclipse on March 21, 2452. The longest duration of totality was 5 minutes, 40 seconds on August 30, 1532.[2]
Series members 52–62 occur between 1901 and 2100 | ||
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52 | 53 | 54 |
April 28, 1911 |
May 9, 1929 |
May 20, 1947 |
55 | 56 | 57 |
May 30, 1965 |
June 11, 1983 |
June 21, 2001 |
58 | 59 | 60 |
July 2, 2019 |
July 13, 2037 |
July 24, 2055 |
61 | 62 | |
August 3, 2073 |
August 15, 2091 |
Notes
- ↑ SENL200304 (PDF) at NASA.gov
- ↑ http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEsaros/SEsaros127.html
References
- NASA graphics
- Fotos of Solar Corona April 16, 1893
- ,, Eclipse of April 16, 1893. Contact print from the original glass plate negative.] Lick Observatory Plate Archive, Mt. Hamilton.
- Total Eclipses of the Sun, By Mabel Loomis Todd, 1894, new and revised edition by David P. Todd, 1900.
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