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Total Solar Eclipse 2008 & 2009Author: Sheridan WilliamsMAY 200848 PAGES
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This guide tells you all you need to know about watching total solar eclipses, explained in a readable style accessible even to those with little experience of astronomy. The eclipses of August 2008 and July 2009 are covered in depth, with further details of eclipse events until 2019.
For the main eclipses of 2008 and 2009 there is advice on travelling to the regions of totality to witness the event, including path maps, local climatology, and tables showing how each stage of the eclipse will be seen from each location.
• Additional details of eclipses to 2019. • Advice on safe eclipse-watching, and successfully photographing/videoing eclipses.
Eclipses can have a powerful effect on us as Aisling Irwin explains in her preface: 'A total solar eclipse is the most moving experience on Earth for many of those who witness one. While some feel unrestrained joy at the sight of totality, others feel an equally powerful sense of desolation. No-one can really explain why a total eclipse of the Sun has the power to unleash such varied emotions, leaving us so momentously disorientated. After all, the movements of the Earth, Moon and Sun have been predictable for thousands of years – and explicable for hundreds. They are hardly a surprise anymore. Yet they still overwhelm us.'
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Table of ContentsIntroduction Chapter 1 – Total Solar Eclipse Explanations: Why eclipses happen, the Saros, Anatomy of the sun, choosing where to see the eclipse, what to watch for as the eclipse unfolds, pictures of the stages of a total solar. Eclipses in history including humans and eclipses, eclipse chasers, eclipses in Asia, India, Thailand, Tahiti. Chapter 2 – The Total Solar Eclipse of 1 August 2008 The eclipse path & map, UK, climatology of the 2008 eclipse track, overview, the Canadian archipelago, across the top of Greenland, Spitsbergen Island to the Russian coast, Siberia, local conditions around Novosibirsk, Barnaul, Biysk and Gorno Altayask. China & Mongolia, local conditions around Hami. 2008 eclipse facts. Local conditions near Xi’an, a chart to show the four different stages of the eclipse at different times in over 40 locations. Recurring eclipse locations, sky chart, the Saros to which the 2008 eclipse belongs. Chapter 3 – The Total Solar Eclipse 22 July, 2009 Where it goes, the eclipse path, climatology of the 2009 eclipse track, overview, India, China, Japanese Islands, Pacific Islands and cruises, chart to show local eclipse circumstances ie the four stages of the eclipse and what can be seen from what location for almost 50 different locations. 2009 Eclipse facts, recurring eclipse locations, sky chart, the Saros to which the 2009 eclipse belongs. Chapter 4 – Planning, Preparation and Photography Health & safety, including viewing eclipses safely, safety for local people, what to take, photography including digital, compact cameras, SLR, filter, lenses, tripod and cable release and sequence control, how to image using an SLR camera, prior to totality, during totality, how to use a camcorder to capture the eclipse, Local eye safety. Chapter 5 – Conclusion Future eclipses in 2010, 2012, 2013, 2015 and up to 2019. Chapter 6 – Further reading 
About the AuthorSheridan Williams is a council member of the British Astronomical Association. In 1966 he built his own telescope and has since travelled to and seen ten eclipses and one annular eclipse. Publications include a book on UK Total Solar Eclipses, he was a consultant for Africa and Madagascar Total Solar Eclipse 2001 and 2002 and co-author of Total Solar Eclipse 2006 (both published by Bradt Travel Guides).He has appeared on television and radio, including presenting Sky TV's total eclipse programme from Cornwall in 1999. He writes regular features for his local newspaper and lectures widely to astronomical societies, and other interest groups. Related Titles
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