The eclipse as seen from France

On August 11, 1999, a total eclipse of the Sun, with an eclipse magnitude of 1.029, occurred. Download high resolution version (1276x179, 14 KB) oder phase photography: http://fr. ... Download high resolution version (1276x179, 14 KB) oder phase photography: http://fr. ... August 11 is the 223rd day of the year (224th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... Photo taken during the 1999 eclipse. ... The Sun is the star at the center of the Solar System. ... In a solar eclipse, the magnitude of the eclipse is the ratio between the apparent sizes of the Moon and that of the Sun during the eclipse. ...

The path of the Moon's shadow began in the Atlantic Ocean, before noon traversing Cornwall, Devon, northern France, southern Germany, Austria, Hungary, and northern Serbia. Its maximum was at 11:03 UTC at 45.1° N 24.3° E in Romania, and it continued across Bulgaria, the Black Sea, Turkey, Iran, southern Pakistan and India. Apparent magnitude: up to -12. ... Cornwall (Cornish: Kernow) is a county in South West England, United Kingdom, on the peninsula that lies to the west of the River Tamar. ... For other uses, see Devon (disambiguation). ... Anthem: Capital (and largest city)  Belgrade Official languages Serbian written with the Cyrillic alphabet1 Government Republic  - President Boris Tadić  - Prime Minister Vojislav KoÅ¡tunica Establishment    - Formation 8th century   - Independence c. ... NASA satelite image of the Black Sea Map of the Black Sea The Black Sea is an inland sea between southeastern Europe and Anatolia that is actually a distant arm of the Atlantic Ocean by way of the Mediterranean Sea. ...

It was the first total eclipse visible from Europe since July 22, 1990, and the first visible in the United Kingdom since June 29, 1927. July 22 is the 203rd day (204th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 162 days remaining. ... 1990 (MCMXC) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... June 29 is the 180th day of the year (181st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 185 days remaining. ... 1927 (MCMXXVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Observations

There is little doubt that this was the most-viewed total solar eclipse in human history, although some areas in the path of totality offered impaired visibility due to adverse weather conditions.

The San Francisco Exploratorium featured a live webcast from a crowded town square in Amasya, Turkey. The moon's shadow was also observed from the Russian Mir space station; during the eclipse, video from Mir was broadcast live on television. Some of the organized eclipse-watching parties along the path of totality set up video projectors on which people could watch the shadow as it raced towards them [1]. Smoke billows at the exploratorium The Exploratorium is a public science museum located in the Marina District at the Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco, California. ... Ottoman houses and a Pontic tomb in Amasya Amasya (formerly Amaseia or Amasia from Greek: Αμάσεια) is a town in northern Turkey, the capital of Amasya Province with approximately 80,000 inhabitants. ... Mir (Мир, which can mean both world and peace in Russian) was a Soviet (and later Russian) orbital station. ...

Notable times and coordinates

NASA-produced map of the eclipse with coordinates, click here for detail.

Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1121x1452, 54 KB)NASA-produced diagram uploaded 27 Dec 2006 http://sunearth. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1121x1452, 54 KB)NASA-produced diagram uploaded 27 Dec 2006 http://sunearth. ... The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is an agency of the United States Government, responsible for that nations public space program. ... ...

Type of the eclipse

Photograph

Totality observed from France

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References

• View of eclipse from the Mir space station
• Fred Espenak and Jay Anderson. "Total Solar Eclipse of 1999 August 11". NASA, November 2004.
• http://umbra.nascom.nasa.gov/eclipse/990811/rp.html
• http://www.hermit.org/Eclipse1999/
• Exploratorium Webcast: Solar Eclipse August 11, 1999

Dr. Fred Espenak is an astrophysicist who works at the Goddard Space Flight Center. ... The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is an agency of the United States Government, responsible for that nations public space program. ...

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Solar eclipses
Previous eclipse: Solar eclipse of 1999 February 16 (annular)	Solar eclipse of 1999 August 11 (total)	Next eclipse: Solar eclipse of 2000 February 05 (partial)
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