Re: Solar Eclipse Ephemerides Software

Bjoern Gimle (b_gimle@algonet.se)
Mon, 19 Jul 1999 20:33:34 +0200

Using Dellingen coordinates from GSOC site (48.567N 10.483E)
and SkyMap, I get totality center at 10:37:04 UT, with Moon
2 arc seconds N of the Sun, corresponding to 3 km.


Neighbouring locations are found in:
http://www2.gsoc.dlr.de/scripts/satvis/Neighbours.asp?PlaceID=11923

The size difference, 55.8", and relative RA motion 6.26s
(92,6"along the ecliptic) in 244 s would make the (maximum)
duration 147 seconds (?)


            Date/Time: 1999/ 8/11 10:33:00 Local
  Local Apparent Sidereal Time:  8:32:44.681 (128.18617°)

Object        RA             Decl       Dist (au)  Ang Size
------- --------------  --------------  ---------  --------
Sun      9h 23m  4.54s  +15° 19' 56.8"   1.013543  31'33.6"
Moon     9h 22m 58.28s  +15° 20' 25.2"   0.002460  32'28.4"
Mercury  8h  7m 33.09s  +18°  8' 41.6"   0.819982   0' 8.2"
Venus   10h  6m 50.26s  + 4° 18' 12.1"   0.300496   0'56.0"
Mars    14h 55m 29.68s  -18° 27' 59.8"   1.068093   0' 8.8"
Jupiter  2h 11m 32.47s  +11° 47' 56.7"   4.614404   0'42.7"
Saturn   3h  0m 29.05s  +14° 34' 42.3"   9.134134   0'18.2"
Uranus  21h  9m 25.07s  -17°  6' 42.5"  18.898722   0' 3.6"
Neptune 20h 19m  4.15s  -19° 19'  9.1"  29.148802   0' 2.5"
Pluto   16h 31m 23.46s  -10° 14'  6.7"  29.848175   0' 0.1"

            Date/Time: 1999/ 8/11 10:37:04 Local
  Local Apparent Sidereal Time:  8:36:49.349 (129.20562°)

Object        RA             Decl       Dist (au)  Ang Size
------- --------------  --------------  ---------  --------
Sun      9h 23m  5.17s  +15° 19' 53.8"   1.013543  31'33.6"
Moon     9h 23m  5.17s  +15° 19' 55.8"   0.002460  32'28.4"


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>
>At Fri, 16 Jul 1999 15:33:02 -0500, jdellinger@amoco.com (Joe Dellinger)
said:
>
>> PS: I'm planning on trying to observe the upcoming total solar eclipse
>>from "Dillingen" in Bavaria. I thought since that's where my last name
comes
>>from, and it's almost on the center line, I just had to go there for it.