Solar eclipse of August 19, 1887
Solar eclipse of August 19, 1887 | |
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Type of eclipse | |
Nature | Total |
Gamma | 0.6312 |
Magnitude | 1.0518 |
Maximum eclipse | |
Duration | 230 s (3 min 50 s) |
Coordinates | 50°36′N 111°54′E / 50.6°N 111.9°E |
Max. width of band | 221 km (137 mi) |
Times (UTC) | |
Greatest eclipse | 5:32:05 |
References | |
Saros | 143 (16 of 72) |
Catalog # (SE5000) | 9251 |
A total solar eclipse occurred on August 19, 1887. Template:Total solar eclipse summary
It was visible across Europe, Asia, and Japan.
Observations
The Russian chemist Dmitri Mendeleev ascended in a balloon near Moscow to observe this eclipse.
Partiality at sunrise from Berlin, Germany |
Related eclipses
Solar 143
It is a part of Saros cycle 143, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, containing 72 events. The series started with partial solar eclipse on March 7, 1617 and total event from June 24, 1797 through October 24, 1995. It has hybrid eclipses from November 3, 2013 through December 6, 2067, and annular eclipses from December 16, 2085 through September 16, 2536. The series ends at member 72 as a partial eclipse on April 23, 2873. The longest duration of totality was 3 minutes, 50 seconds on August 19, 1887. All eclipses in this series occurs at the Moon’s ascending node.
Series members 17–28 occur between 1741 and 2100 | ||
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8 | 9 | 10 |
May 23, 1743 |
June 3, 1761 |
June 14, 1779 |
11 | 12 | 13 |
June 24, 1797 |
July 6, 1815 |
July 17, 1833 |
14 | 15 | 16 |
July 28, 1851 |
August 7, 1869 |
August 19, 1887 |
17 | 18 | 19 |
August 30, 1905 |
September 10, 1923 |
September 21, 1941 |
20 | 21 | 22 |
October 2, 1959 |
October 12, 1977 |
October 24, 1995 |
23 | 24 | 25 |
November 3, 2013 |
November 14, 2031 |
November 25, 2049 |
26 | 27 | 28 |
December 6, 2067 |
December 16, 2085 |
Notes
References
- NASA graphic
- Googlemap
- NASA Besselian elements
- American Eclipse Expedition to Japan: The Total Solar Eclipse of 1887 "Preliminary Report of Prof. David P. Todd, Astronomer in Charge of the Expedition." Published by the Observatory Amherst, Mass., 1888
- Total Eclipses of the Sun, By Mabel Loomis Todd, 1894, new and revised edition by David P. Todd, 1900. [1]
- The total solar eclipse of August 19, 1887 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Vol. 48, p. 202
- Sketchs of Solar Corona August 19, 1887
- Solar eclipse of August 19, 1887 in Russia