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The solar eclipse science is based on the world’s best publications and pioneering observations, which have led to new insights into this celestial event.
There is a fascinating, albeit unusual, eclipse phenomenon that occurs on the daylight side of the Earth. Moreover, this event applies to occultations of stars, although it’s a topic for another occasion. It refers to the moment of “earliest maximum eclipse” and “latest maximum eclipse”, which don’t occur precisely in the place where the edge … Read more
This is another lengthy text summarizing the solar eclipse from a scientific perspective. This time, it’s focused on the visibility of the Great American Eclipse in Europe. By understanding the Great American Eclipse, we mean the totality visible from North America on April 8, 2024. Notwithstanding the partial phase, which could be, at least theoretically, observed … Read more
As an eclipse chaser, I try to conduct as many professional observations as possible from every eclipse. Practically, I miss some of them because of a lack of funds or, at the very least, decent webcams in the areas where they occur. Last, my scientific conundrum isn’t covered by anyone who attends on-site. Therefore, the … Read more
We are over a month ahead of the last partial solar eclipse on Saturday, March 29, 2025. It wasn’t a big eclipse in most European countries. Because of the largest magnitude of 0.9376, this eclipse was classified as a deep partial. Considering the Gamma factor 1.0405, the totality was visible about 210 km above the … Read more
Stellarium is the astrosoftware developed for many years. There were quite a lot of versions of 0. x meaning, that the work is still in progress. Since 2021, when Stellarium reached the version of 1.0 we can enjoy pretty much the full functionality of this amazing astronomical application. One of the core features is the … Read more
The 2024 total solar eclipse is coming. Anyone interested will be in North America. We cannot forget about the people, who live or will temporarily stay in Western Europe on the day when the event occurs. Therefore I decided to prepare the text, which presents the guideline for this specific kind of observation. The guideline … Read more
This text shows some guidelines for the brief moment of the total solar eclipse 2024 occurrence at twilight, which presumably will allow for a fantastic view of the 12P/Pons-Brooks comet being close to its perihelion point. 1. 12P/PONS – BROOKS COMET – GENERAL INFORMATION 12P/Pons-Brooks is a periodic, Halley-type comet, … Read more
This text is aimed at explaining to you what roughly is the hybrid solar eclipse phenomenon. In my opinion, most sources define the hybrid solar eclipse incorrectly, defining it as the eclipse, in which one type morphs into another or sometimes, just a total solar eclipse, which most people want to see under these oddball … Read more
This article is probably a compression of the ebook, which I would like to release in the nearest future about the 500 spots, from where you could observe both annular and total solar eclipses worldwide in the 2021-2040 period. I have inspiration from the Sky and Telescope magazine, which has prepared recently a similar list … Read more
This text is somewhat the continuation of the previous one, tailored for the most unique celestial events or group of celestial events, which will occur in the 2021-2030 decade. This time you will read about 10 of the best occurrences in the sky within the next 20 years. Some of the astronomical events described in … Read more
Recently we have entered the new decade 2021-2030. This is a good time to take a look at what major astronomical events will occur throughout this time. I don’t mean typical celestial events, as known from a vast majority of astronomical calendars issued usually on a yearly basis. I would like to take a deep … Read more
It’s still quite a lot of time to the 2026 total solar eclipse event, which has been already considered by me in terms of the possibility of seeing its impact on the atmosphere when the phenomenon happens below the horizon. However, the character of this path of totality requires attention far earlier than normal, as … Read more
The total solar eclipse on December 14, 2020, was the last one in the 2nd decade and obviously the first “Twenty Years Solar Eclipse Path Tables” of the XXI century. Most people call this eclipse the COVID eclipse, due to omnipresent travel restrictions, which kept a lot of eclipse chasers in their homes. They could … Read more
If you are an astronomer, astrophotographer, or even amateur tourist, you have some dreams about long-haul trips for sure. Quite often these trips are such long-range plans, because of our financial situation or spare time available in the foreseeable future. In astronomy or astrophotography, these plans are mostly determined by rare celestial events, which often … Read more
My third remote observation of the solar eclipse was aimed at the fleeting lunar shadow when the Sun was already below the horizon. Previously I hadn’t had occasion to see a similar effect, as I watched the partial phases only. This observation was spectacular, because of the circumstances. I know only a few publications presenting … Read more
It’s been about half a year since Windy.com launched an option to upload .kml, .gpx and .geojson files into the weather map. It happened thanks to the Leaflet-kml plugin, available here. Apart from the Leaflet Javascript API map software, where we can use this plugin for loading our own .kml files, we can add them … Read more
In this short post, I would like to share with you my ideas, on how can we use the Hydrogen-alpha filter for solar observations during exceptional situations. The situations, that I am going to take into account are mostly solar eclipses, but also internal planet transits. We have less than 2 months to Mercury transit … Read more
At the finish of my considerations about the solar eclipse phenomena observations, done during the last total solar eclipse in the USA as well as another few partial solar eclipses, which I have been fortunate to witness in my life, I would like to summarize all things and put them in one piece. I was … Read more
A solar eclipse is the most spectacular natural phenomenon, as we can see on Earth. It induces at least a dozen or so other events, which occurrence can be observed during this time. In this article, I would like to list 10 of the most intriguing and uncommon phenomena, which an observer is able to … Read more
Except for many phenomena related to the total solar eclipse, that I observed away from the Sun there is one, which is worth attention. This is a prominences movement against the lunar disk, as we can observe during totality. As we know, everything moves in the sky. A fleeting solar eclipse is an effect of … Read more