The August 1999 Eclipse Archive

This is an archive reference of all the information about the August 1999 eclipse.


Visible on 11 August 1999 in South West England (Cornwall and Devon), northern France, southern Germany, Austria, Hungary, Romania (including Bucharest), Turkey, Iran, southern Pakistan (including Karachi), India (Maximum Duration : 2m 23s).


Eclipse Maps and Tables

Path
A colour NASA map from Fred Espenak showing the complete eclipse path including the path of totality across the Atlantic, through Europe, the Middle East, South Asia and ending in the Bay of Bengal.

Europe
A b/w NASA map from Fred Espenak showing the eclipse path through the United Kingdom and Europe.

England
A colour map showing the eclipse path through England from Hermit's Eclipse 1999 site.

Cornwall
A colour map showing the eclipse path through the England region of Cornwall from Hermit's Eclipse 1999 site.

Eclipse Times England
From the Royal Greenwich Observatory, two tables listing the times of the 1999 solar eclipse in England . The first table lists places where the eclipse was total. The second table lists places where the eclipse was only partial.

Total Eclipse Times for Europe
A table listing the times of the 1999 Total Eclipse of the Sun in Europe from Fred Espenak and Jay Anderson. Only places experiencing totality are listed.

Total Eclipse Times for Asia
A table listing the times of the 1999 Total Eclipse of the Sun in Asia from Fred Espenak and Jay Anderson. Only places experiencing totality are listed.

Eclipse Sky
An image of the sky during totality from Cornwall from Andrew Brown's August Eclipse 99 site.


1999 Links (UK and Europe)

BBC Online Eclipse Page
An excellent reasourse centre for the 1999 eclipse.

Discovery TV
Detailed coverage of the 1999 eclipse throughout Europe.

Eclipse 1999 (Hermit)
An excellent site with lots of resources and information about the 1999 eclipse in the UK and Europe.

Eclipse 1999 Ltd
The eclipse is coming: A special site for the European eclipse of 11 August 1999 including merchandise. A page for Alderney and Guernsey (Channel islands) included.

Eclipse 99 UK Co-ordinating Group
This is the main UK site co-ordinating activities for the 1999 eclipse.

Eclipse 99 Online
Travel by train to Cornwall for the 1999 eclipse and UK wholesale of eclipse shades.

Moonshadow Rising
Eclipse family camp - practical information about Eclipse 1999.


Eclipse books available from Amazon (UK)

Amazon UK

The Royal Greenwich Observatory Guide to the 1999 Total Eclipse of the Sun
by Steve Bell

Total Eclipse of the Sun in Cornwall & South Devon Wednesday 11 August 1999
by Pam Hine


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