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to 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2026 shadow bands and Computer aided eclipse
My first total eclipse, on 1999 aug 11 took place under a thick layer of clouds near Metz in France. Although I did not succeed in taking good photographs, neither saw the corona, we saw the approach of the lunar shadow very excellent. The clouds formed a good screen for viewing the shadow. And we were not disturbed by Baileys beads, shadow bands, coronal beauty and othe eclipse stuff like that ;-(
Nevertheless, my meteorological registrations
succeded, using a notebook-Computer with self-written software for
meteo registrations an photocamera operation.
Click on the image to get my comlete report of the eclipse 1999!
To get that page in German,
, click here.
My next eclipse was the great
'Africlipse' of 2001, enjoyed in Zimbabwe.
Get my report in German or
English language
We got excellent photos, weather recordings and videos. Download videos of the shadow bands (3 seconds, MPEG-1 (552 kB, 9 seconds, MPEG-2,783 kB and 3rd contact, 2 seconds, 375 kB)! All to be seen on my above website.
im schatten. A virtual exhibition of my photos and texts of Adalbert Stifter (Grerman language)
A great partial one was the eclipse of 2003-31-05, with its maximum at sunrise.
I took registrations of the dawn, showing clearly the drop of light before sunrise.
Read my report in German or
English language.
Here you get picutures of my venus
and mercury transit, showing the venus' atmosphere and
providing images for determinign the solar parallax.
Text in German and English.
Near Jumilla, Spain, I saw the annular eclipse close (500m) to the southern grazing border.
my report is only available in German language
or English
translation by Google
2006 I was at the Jalu Eclipse Campsite in Libya. Here is my report of the superb desert eclipse.
We have had optimal conditions for observing.
In 2008 I observed the eclipse high in the arctic regions
Franz-Joseph-Land.
See my preliminary 2008 webpage for my
full report.
I observed the Asian eclipse in Wuhan, China. Check my website for a full report of the longest
eclipse of the century.
and English
translation
by Google ;-)
It was a high partial eclipse, like that of 2003. Again with my automatic weather logging.
I observed the great Indonesian Eclipse in Sulawesi under perfect
skies. Click here for my report.
For these eclipses I am planning excurions to Mallorca and to the Red Sea.
Shadow bands Are you fascinated by the mysterious shadow bands
during a solar eclipse? Learn more about it in my
shadow bands explanation page in English
or German language with videos, pictures and
explanations.
To make the most of an eclipse while still capturing photos and taking
interesting measurements, it makes sense to have a mobile computer
handle various tasks. So I built myself a mobile camera control and
measurement setup using a notebook and an old battery-powered pocket
organizer. This allowed me to automatically control multiple cameras
while simultaneously taking measurements of temperature, wind speed, and
sky brightness.
For meteorological measurements and simple camera control, I use two C-Control microcontrollers.
When more complex exposure programs need to be executed, I use my EclipseDroid software.
This allows me to control an SLR or mirrorless camera via USB and
program any sequences with different exposure times, sensitivities,
etc., see below.
Do you like an eclipse-desktop for your pocket PC
(PPC)?
Here you get it: eclipse.tsk
Download the file, send it to your PDA an chose as today screen.
On the right you see my EclipseObserver for the PC or a PPC. Look here for more details.
What else do you need? Of course, the Eclipse Calculator! A javascript calculator, working fine offline with the a browser or on a PPC.
The Psion Organiser and its interface.
For more details see my
eclipse organiser page (German) and
technical documentation of the interface (English).
back to my German Homepage
Links for solar observers
and special eclipse
links (both in German)
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last updated: 2017-08-30
URL:
http://www.strickling.net/eclipse_pro.htm
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