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== Observations == |
== Observations == |
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Observed from [[Carrickfergus]], [[Scotland]], Dr. Wyberg, he said: |
Observed from [[Carrickfergus]], [[Scotland]], Dr. Wyberg, he said: |
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: "[The Sun was reduced] to a very slender crescent of light, the Moon all at once threw herself within the margin of the solar disc with such agility that she seemed to revolve like an upper millstone, affording a pleasant spectacle of rotatory motion." |
: "[The Sun was reduced] to a very slender crescent of light, the Moon all at once threw herself within the margin of the solar disc with such agility that she seemed to revolve like an upper millstone, affording a pleasant spectacle of rotatory motion."<ref> [http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SENL/SENL200304.pdf Solar Eclipse newsletter, April 2003]</ref> |
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== Related eclipses == |
== Related eclipses == |
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| Solar eclipse of April 8, 1652 | |
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 Map | |
| Type of eclipse | |
| Nature | Total |
| Gamma | 0.7713 |
| Magnitude | 1.0412 |
| Maximum eclipse | |
| Duration | 169 s (2 min 49 s) |
| Coordinates | 49°36′N 8°54′W / 49.6°N 8.9°W / 49.6; -8.9 |
| Max. width of band | 213 km (132 mi) |
| Times (UTC) | |
| Greatest eclipse | 10:22:28 |
| References | |
| Saros | 133 (25 of 72) |
| Catalog # (SE5000) | 8666 |
A total solar eclipse occurred on April 8, 1652. Template:Total solar eclipse summary
The path of totality intersected the United Kingdom, as well as passing just off the west coast of Norway.
Observed from Carrickfergus, Scotland, Dr. Wyberg, he said:
It is a part of solar Saros 133.
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