Solar eclipse of January 14, 1926
Solar eclipse of January 14, 1926 | |
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UTC) | |
Greatest eclipse | 6:36:58 |
References | |
Saros | 130 (47 of 73) |
Catalog # (SE5000) | 9341 |
A total
The event was observed by astronomers, of which several groups gathered in
The Dutch expedition, in
That theory, which was advanced a few years ago to support Newton's law of gravitation, has proved difficult to astronomers, since important data bearing upon it can only be gathered during periods of total eclipse of the Sun. The eclipse in January of last year, which was visible in sections of New England, was also a failure in that respect, since atmospheric conditions were not satisfactory for applying the Einstein theory to the test. Special photographic equipment for gathering data on the theory was taken to Sumatra by the Swarthmore scientists, and four playtes wer made during the eclipse, Dr. Miller cabled.
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"No authentic statement can be made until after the plates have been developed, but we believe that the ten plates exposed in the great 62-foot camera are not seriously affected; the ones in the shorter cameras may be, but it is not likely. We are apprehensive that the four plates exposed in the fifteen-foot twin-camera for the Einstein effect are damaged. The stars surrounding the sun were rather faint and we fear the thin clouds may have blotted the faint stars out. If this is so the Einstein experiment will have failed."[5]
The Swarthmore team had arrived in November 1925, and taken two months to set up the equipment for the observation.
Related eclipses
Solar eclipses 1924–1928
This eclipse is a member of a semester series. An eclipse in a semester series of solar eclipses repeats approximately every 177 days and 4 hours (a semester) at alternating nodes of the Moon's orbit.[6]
Solar eclipse series sets from 1924 to 1928 | ||||
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Ascending node | Descending node | |||
115 | Partial |
120 | January 24, 1925 Total | |
125 | July 20, 1925 Annular |
130 | January 14, 1926 Total | |
135 | July 9, 1926 Annular |
140 | January 3, 1927 Annular | |
145 | June 29, 1927 Total |
150 | December 24, 1927 Partial | |
155 | June 17, 1928 Partial |
Saros 130
This eclipse is a part of Saros cycle 130, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, containing 73 events. The series started with partial solar eclipse on August 20, 1096. It contains total eclipses from April 5, 1475 through July 18, 2232. There are no annular eclipses in the series. The series ends at member 73 as a partial eclipse on October 25, 2394. The longest duration of totality was 6 minutes, 41 seconds on July 11, 1619. All eclipses in this series occurs at the Moon’s descending node.[7]
Series members 43–56 between 1853 and 2300 | ||
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43 | 44 | 45 |
November 30, 1853 |
December 12, 1871 |
December 22, 1889 |
46 | 47 | 48 |
January 3, 1908 |
January 14, 1926 |
January 25, 1944 |
49 | 50 | 51 |
February 5, 1962 |
February 16, 1980 |
February 26, 1998 |
52 | 53 | 54 |
March 9, 2016 |
March 20, 2034 |
March 30, 2052 |
55 | 56 | 57 |
April 11, 2070 |
April 21, 2088 |
May 3, 2106 |
58 | 59 | 60 |
May 14, 2124 |
May 25, 2142 |
June 4, 2160 |
61 | 62 | 63 |
June 16, 2178 |
June 26, 2196 |
July 8, 2214 |
64 | 65 | 66 |
July 18, 2232 |
July 30, 2250 |
August 9, 2268 |
67 | ||
August 20, 2286 |
Inex series
This eclipse is a part of the long period inex cycle, repeating at alternating nodes, every 358 synodic months (≈ 10,571.95 days, or 29 years minus 20 days). Their appearance and longitude are irregular due to a lack of synchronization with the anomalistic month (period of perigee). However, groupings of 3 inex cycles (≈ 87 years minus 2 months) comes close (≈ 1,151.02 anomalistic months), so eclipses are similar in these groupings.
Inex series members between 1901 and 2100: | ||
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January 14, 1926 (Saros 130) |
December 25, 1954 (Saros 131) |
December 4, 1983 (Saros 132) |
November 13, 2012 (Saros 133) |
October 25, 2041 (Saros 134) |
October 4, 2070 (Saros 135) |
September 14, 2099 (Saros 136) |
Tritos series
This eclipse is a part of a tritos cycle, repeating at alternating nodes every 135 synodic months (≈ 3986.63 days, or 11 years minus 1 month). Their appearance and longitude are irregular due to a lack of synchronization with the anomalistic month (period of perigee), but groupings of 3 tritos cycles (≈ 33 years minus 3 months) come close (≈ 434.044 anomalistic months), so eclipses are similar in these groupings.
Series members between 1801 and 2100 | |||
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December 21, 1805 (Saros 119) |
November 19, 1816 (Saros 120) |
October 20, 1827 (Saros 121) | |
September 18, 1838 (Saros 122) |
August 18, 1849 (Saros 123) |
July 18, 1860 (Saros 124) | |
June 18, 1871 (Saros 125) |
May 17, 1882 (Saros 126) |
April 16, 1893 (Saros 127) | |
March 17, 1904 (Saros 128) |
February 14, 1915 (Saros 129) |
January 14, 1926 (Saros 130) | |
December 13, 1936 (Saros 131) |
November 12, 1947 (Saros 132) |
October 12, 1958 (Saros 133) | |
September 11, 1969 (Saros 134) |
August 10, 1980 (Saros 135) |
July 11, 1991 (Saros 136) | |
June 10, 2002 (Saros 137) |
May 10, 2013 (Saros 138) |
April 8, 2024 (Saros 139) | |
March 9, 2035 (Saros 140) |
February 5, 2046 (Saros 141) |
January 5, 2057 (Saros 142) | |
December 6, 2067 (Saros 143) |
November 4, 2078 (Saros 144) |
October 4, 2089 (Saros 145) | |
September 4, 2100 (Saros 146) |
In the 22nd century:
- Solar saros 147: annular solar eclipse of August 4, 2111
- Solar saros 148: total solar eclipse of July 4, 2122
- Solar saros 149: total solar eclipse of June 3, 2133
- Solar saros 150: annular solar eclipse of May 3, 2144
- Solar saros 151: annular solar eclipse of April 2, 2155
- Solar saros 152: total solar eclipse of March 2, 2166
- Solar saros 153: annular solar eclipse of January 29, 2177
- Solar saros 154: annular solar eclipse of December 29, 2187
- Solar saros 155: total solar eclipse of November 28, 2198
In the 23rd century:
- Solar saros 156: annular solar eclipse of October 29, 2209
- Solar saros 157: annular solar eclipse of September 27, 2220
- Solar saros 158: total solar eclipse of August 28, 2231
- Solar saros 159: partial solar eclipse of July 28, 2242
- Solar saros 160: partial solar eclipse of June 26, 2253
- Solar saros 161: partial solar eclipse of May 26, 2264
- Solar saros 162: partial solar eclipse of April 26, 2275
- Solar saros 163: partial solar eclipse of March 25, 2286
- Solar saros 164: partial solar eclipse of February 22, 2297
Notes
- ^ a b "Eclipse Brings Scientists Across World". Mount Vernon Argus. White Plains, New York. 1926-01-15. p. 25. Retrieved 2023-10-17 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b c d "Hopeful reports from scientists on sun's eclipse". The Butte Daily Post. Butte, Montana. 1926-01-15. p. 6. Retrieved 2023-10-17 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b c "50 Astronomers Watch Eclipse with Mixed Results". The Evening News. Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. 1926-01-15. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-10-17 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b c d "Astronomers view eclipse of the sun". Blackwell Journal-Tribune. Blackwell, Oklahoma. 1926-01-15. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-10-17 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b c "Einstein Solution By Eclipse Fails". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 1926-01-15. p. 7. Retrieved 2023-10-17 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ van Gent, R.H. "Solar- and Lunar-Eclipse Predictions from Antiquity to the Present". A Catalogue of Eclipse Cycles. Utrecht University. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
- ^ "Saros Series catalog of solar eclipses". NASA.
References
- Earth visibility chart and eclipse statistics Eclipse Predictions by GSFC
- Photo of Solar Corona January 14, 1926
- Personal Experiences at Eclipse Expeditions, By S. A. Mitchell, Director of the Leander McCormick Observatory, University of Virginia