Solar eclipse of August 19, 1887
| Solar eclipse of August 19, 1887 | |
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| Type | Total |
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Europe , Asia , Arctic Total: German Empire , Russian Empire , Chinese Empire , Japanese Empire |
| Saros cycle | 143 (16 of 72) |
| Gamma value | 0.6313 |
| Greatest eclipse | |
| Duration | 3 minutes 50 seconds |
| place | Russia |
| location | 50 ° 36 ' N , 111 ° 54' E |
| time | August 19, 1887 05:32:11 UT |
| size | 1.026 |
The total solar eclipse of August 19, 1887 was visible in Europe and Asia and the Arctic . The path of totality stretched from Germany via Poland (then divided between the German and Russian empires), Lithuania and Belarus (both then the Russian Empire), Russia, China and Japan to the Pacific . The longest duration of the solar eclipse with 3 minutes and 50 seconds was reached about 200 km southwest of the city of Chita in the Transbaikalia region .
The solar eclipse of August 19, 1887 belongs to the Saros cycle 143.
The next central (ring-shaped) solar eclipse in Germany was the solar eclipse on April 17, 1912 . The next total solar eclipse in Germany was the solar eclipse on August 11, 1999 .
Observations
The expectations of the solar eclipse in Berlin , with its more than 1.3 million. Residents were clearly disappointed: one looked forward to it with great hopes, but the cloudy weather completely thwarted it. The sun rose eclipsed behind a thick haze of cloud, and pitch black darkness lay about five minutes over the earth . Further to the east, especially in Russia, the darkness could be better observed.
An expedition was sent to Japan from the United States .
Solar eclipse 1887, Nordhausen
Map of the 1887 solar eclipse
Solar eclipse 1887
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Dr. R. Buschick: Sternkunde und Erdgeschichte , 1927 p. 155.
- ↑ Todd, Mabel Loomis: Total eclipses of the sun , pp. 66,67,151. Retrieved March 30, 2015
- ↑ American Eclipse Expedition to Japan: The Total Solar Eclipse of 1887 . Retrieved February 22, 2016
- ^ National Astronomical Observatory of Japan: A solar eclipse, the likes of which hasn't been seen for 101 years . Retrieved March 30, 2015.
Web links
- NASA graphic overview
- NASA: Solar Eclipses of Saros 143
- NASA: Path of the solar eclipse in Google Maps
- Kupferberg solar observatory: Collection of newspaper clippings on the 1887 solar eclipse
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| March 16, 1885 (ring-shaped) |
September 8, 1885 (total) |
March 5, 1886 (ring-shaped) |
29 August 1886 (total) |
February 22, 1887 (ring-shaped) |
August 19, 1887 (total) |
February 11, 1888 (partial) |
July 9, 1888 (partial) |
August 7, 1888 (partial) |
January 1, 1889 (total) |
June 28, 1889 (ring-shaped) |
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