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               The Total Solar Eclipse of 1999 August 11 in Europe.  | 
          
The world map is from Mac OS system software. Copyright by Apple Computer, Inc.
Key commands:
      You may use the keys "h", "d", "m" to increase hour, date, month,
      or shift key and "h",
      "d", "m"
      to decrease hour, date, month ! Click the
        applet first ! 
The diameters of the Sun (31.5 arcminutes) and Moon (32.5 arcminutes ) are enlarged by a factor of 10 (horizon view).
"Sun Eclipse Applet" is a special version of my "Sun, Moon & Earth Applet"
Details and explanations for "Sun, Moon & Earth Applet"
All data are written to the browser's Java Console
A solar eclipse can occur only at new Moon, if the Moon's orbit around the Earth (which is inclined at about 5 degrees) crosses the orbit plane of the Earth around the Sun.
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      Quelle: Presseinfomation VdS 
Watch animation for Munich
Vorbereitung der
        Totalen Sonnenfinsternis: Beobachtungsvorschläge
        und Foto-Tips 
Bezugsquellen für
        Sonnen-Sicht-Brillen und Filter-Folien:
      AstroMediaVerlag
      sunwatch
        Verlag
      Baader
        Planetarium GmbH
      Zeitschrift: Karl H. Feistel: Die totale Sonnenfinsternis am 11.
      August 1999, Spektrum der Wissenschaft, Heidelberg 1998.
      (mit Bausätzen für Sonnen-Sicht-Brillen und Objektiv-Schutzfilter)
    
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AstroWin (Dr. Wolfgang Strickling) 
      Berechnet Ephemeriden, Finsternisse, Jupiter-und
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      NEU: jetzt genauere Sonnenfinsternisse bis vor Christus und auch
      mit grafischer Darstellung des Zentrallinienverlaufes und
      vergrößerter Ortsdatenbank ! 
Links to the NASA Eclipse Bulletin (Frank Espenak, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Solar Physics Branch):
Figure 1: Orthographic Projection Map of the Eclipse Path
Figure 7: The Eclipse Path Through France, Belgium, Luxembourg and Germany
Figure 8: The Eclipse Path Through Germany and Austria
Table 17. Local Circumstances for Europe - Germany
Adalbert Stifter: Die Sonnenfinsternis am 8. Juli 1842
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