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Astronomers Studying an Eclipse, Antoine Caron, 1571

Eclipses of the Sun and of the Moon have been described by nearly every culture. In cultures without an astronomical explanation, eclipses were often attributed to supernatural causes or regarded as bad omens.

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Eclipses in mythology and culture

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Eclipses of the Sun and of the Moon have been described by nearly every culture. In cultures without an astronomical explanation, eclipses were often attributed...

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Lists of solar eclipses

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partially. List of solar eclipses visible from Australia List of solar eclipses visible from the British Isles List of solar eclipses visible from China List...

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List of solar eclipses visible from the Philippines

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the country. Solar eclipses visible as partial on the country for the 21st century "Catalog of Solar Eclipses: 1901 to 2000". eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov. Retrieved...

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List of solar eclipses in the 21st century

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224 solar eclipses of which 77 will be partial, 72 will be annular, 68 will be total and 7 will be hybrids between total and annular eclipses. Of these...

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Solar eclipse

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by eclipsing it as seen from Earth Eclipses in history and culture: treatment of solar and lunar eclipses by historical and contemporary society and religion...

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Solar prominence

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photographed during the solar eclipse of July 18, 1860, by Angelo Secchi. From these photographs, altitude, emissivity, and many other important parameters...

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List of solar eclipses visible from Australia

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solar eclipses visible on the Australian continent, 1800–2100. Solar eclipses visible partially on the Australian continent, 1800–2100. Total and annual...

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List of solar eclipses in the 20th century

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This is a list of solar eclipses in the 20th century. During the period 1901 to 2000 there were 228 solar eclipses of which 78 were partial, 73 were annular...

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Eclipse

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produce eclipses if the plane of the orbit of its constituent stars intersects the observer's position. For the special cases of solar and lunar eclipses, these...

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List of films featuring eclipses

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featuring stellar eclipses and eclipses of natural satellites. Compared to other astronomical events featured in films, such as full moons and asteroid strikes...

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Lunar eclipse

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eclipses, lunar eclipses are safe to view without any eye protection or special precautions. The symbol for a lunar eclipse (or indeed, any body in the...

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Solar eclipses on Mars

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minutes long, meaning that Phobos can create two eclipses per Martian day. These are annular eclipses, because Phobos is not quite large enough or close...

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List of solar eclipses visible from the British Isles

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list of solar eclipses visible from Britain and Ireland between AD 1 – AD 2091. A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby...

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List of solar eclipses visible from the United States

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This is an incomplete list of solar eclipses visible from the United States between 1901 and 2100. All eclipses whose path of totality or annularity passes...

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Solar Saros 139

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solar eclipses occurs at the Moon's ascending node repeating every 18 years and 11 days, containing 71 eclipses, including 55 umbral eclipses, 12 of...

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Solar Saros 126

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series 126 for solar eclipses occurs at the Moon's descending node, repeating every 18 years and 11 days, containing 72 eclipses, 41 of which are umbral...

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