Solar eclipse of May 28, 1900
Solar eclipse of May 28, 1900 | |
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UTC) | |
Greatest eclipse | 14:53:56 |
References | |
Saros | 126 (41 of 72) |
Catalog # (SE5000) | 9281 |
A total
Viewing
In 1900 the
In addition to the team from the Smithsonian:
[s]cientific expeditions were mounted from some of the world’s preeminent astronomy programs including Princeton University, the University of Chicago, . . . and the British Astronomical Association.
S. P. Langley and C. A. Young, two of the founders of modern astronomy, were also there.According to Wadesboro's newspaper, the Anson Independent, the public came out in droves. Extra trains—including a special excursion train from Charlotte—brought out hundreds of people, and by the time the eclipse’s effects were beginning to be seen around 7:30 a.m., the streets were packed, and people were vying for better spots from rooftops and windows..
The same local newspaper described the total eclipse itself as lasting for less than a minute and a half, and recorded that though a large crowd was on hand, it was nearly silent during that entire time. The paper also mentioned that the drop in temperature from the shadow caused by the eclipse was quite significant.[2]
The eclipse was filmed by Nevil Maskelyne in North Carolina.[4] It was also observed from Mahelma in Algeria by John Evershed.[5]
A map from 1900 |
The stars during total eclipse |
Recording of the eclipse |
Next Solar Eclipses in Central Europe (120° east of USA)
Related eclipses
Solar eclipses of 1898–1902
This eclipse is a member of the 1898–1902 solar eclipse 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.
Solar eclipse series sets from 1898 to 1902 | ||||
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Ascending node | Descending node | |||
111 | December 13, 1898 Partial |
116 | June 8, 1899 Partial | |
121 | December 3, 1899 Annular |
126 | May 28, 1900 Total | |
131 | November 22, 1900 Annular |
136 | May 18, 1901 Total | |
141 | November 11, 1901 Annular |
146 | May 7, 1902 Partial | |
151 | October 31, 1902 Partial |
Saros 126
It is a part of Saros cycle 126, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, containing 72 events. The series started with partial solar eclipse on March 10, 1179. It contains annular eclipses from June 4, 1323 through April 4, 1810, hybrid eclipses from April 14, 1828 through May 6, 1864 and total eclipses from May 17, 1882 through August 23, 2044. The series ends at member 72 as a partial eclipse on May 3, 2459. The longest duration of central eclipse (annular or total) was 6 minutes, 30 seconds of annularity on June 26, 1359. The longest duration of totality was 2 minutes, 36 seconds on July 10, 1972. All eclipses in this series occurs at the Moon’s descending node.
Series members 42–52 occur between 1901 and 2100 | ||
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42 | 43 | 44 |
June 8, 1918 |
June 19, 1936 |
June 30, 1954 |
45 | 46 | 47 |
July 10, 1972 |
July 22, 1990 |
August 1, 2008 |
48 | 49 | 50 |
August 12, 2026 |
August 23, 2044 |
September 3, 2062 |
51 | 52 | |
September 13, 2080 |
September 25, 2098 |
Notes
- ^ "SOL'S FACE WAS VEILED. Wonderful Eclipse Observed at Many Places". Knoxville Sentinel. Knoxville, Tennessee. 1900-05-28. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-10-27 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b "Wadesboro Prime for Viewing of 1900 Solar Eclipse". This Day in North Carolina History. N.C. Department of Natural & Cultural Resources. 28 May 2016. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
- ^ Foresta, Merry. "Smillie and the 1900 Eclipse". Smithsonian Institution Archives.
- ^ "‘Captivating’ – BFI shares first footage of a solar eclipse from 1900" (retrieved 30 May 2019)
- ^ J. Evershed (1900-01-01). Solar Eclipse of May 28, 1900. Preliminary Report of the Expedition to the South Limit of Totality to Obtain Photographs of the Flash Spectrum in High Solar Latitudes. The Royal Society.
References
- Media related to Solar eclipse of 1900 May 28 at Wikimedia Commons
- NASA graphic
- Photos and sketches of the Solar Corona May 28, 1900
- The Total Solar Eclipse, 1900 Report of the expeditions organized by the British Astronomical Association to observe the total solar eclipse of 1900, May 28, A Publication of the British Astronomical Association, Chapter VII: "Elche" (Spain), by Mr. E. W. Johnson
- Total Eclipses of the Sun, By Mabel Loomis Todd, 1894, new and revised edition by David Peck Todd, 1900.
- Lewis E. Jewell et al. "Reports concerning the total solar eclipse of May 28, 1900 and of May 17, 1901”, Publications of the U.S. Naval Observatory 4 (1906) app. 1, 94–97, 121–151, 203–215, 299–307 and pl. LXXII.
- Russia expedition for solar eclipse of May 28, 1900 Archived August 8, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
- "Print from Glass Plate Negative of eclipse, Wilkes County, Georgia, 1900 May 28". Vanishing Georgia, Georgia Archives. Digital Library of Georgia. Retrieved 5 April 2018.