Solar eclipse of January 24th, 1544
| Solar eclipse of January 24th, 1544 | |
|---|---|
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| classification | |
| Type | Hybrid |
| area |
Europe Hybrid: France , Switzerland , Austria , Czech Republic , Poland , Lithuania , Latvia , Estonia , Finland |
| Saros cycle | 133 (19 of 72) |
| Gamma value | 0.9533 |
| Greatest eclipse | |
| Duration | 0 minutes 16 seconds |
| place | Czech Republic |
| location | 49 ° 42 ′ N , 16 ° 0 ′ E |
| size | 1.0035 |
The solar eclipse of January 24, 1544 was a hybrid solar eclipse that was visible in Europe.
description
After a brief ring-shaped phase, the umbra area began over the Atlantic west of France and reached the mainland north of Bordeaux . It crossed France, the southern edge of Switzerland, Austria and the Czech Republic, Germany was only affected in the extreme southeast of Bavaria . The eclipse then crossed Poland, the Baltic States , the Baltic Sea , met Finland near Helsinki and continued north, becoming circular again and reaching the Barents Sea via Norway , where it finally ended.
The duration of the total eclipse was very short, the longest in the center of the eclipse (Czech Republic) lasted only 16 seconds. It was the 19th eclipse of the Saros cycle 133.
Historical observation
The Dutch astronomer Reinerus Gemma Frisius observed the solar eclipse in Leuven with a camera obscura and reported about it in his book De Radio Astronomica et Geometrica , published in 1545 . The accompanying drawing is the oldest illustration of a camera obscura.
Individual evidence
- ↑ solar eclipse of January 24, 1544 ( Engl. ) NASA
- ^ Inge Keil: Augustanus Opticus , Akademie Verlag 2000, ISBN 3-05-003444-0 , page 351.