Seeing the planets move *in real time* was so special it gets me wondering about eclipse-chasing again already...my capture from last year's eclipse in Indiana, "Atmospheres".
There has been some confusion about a solar eclipse on August 02, 2025. To clarify, astronomical agencies confirm there is no solar eclipse on that date. The much-anticipated total solar eclipse will occur on
August 02, 2027. See the attached video.
The Solar Eclipse in Venice on 8 July, 1842 by Ippolito Caffi
via illustratus
Two European satellites mimic a total solar eclipse as scientists aim to study its corona.
The satellites have created the first artificial solar eclipse by flying in precise formation, providing hours of on-demand totality for scientists.
Dubbed Proba-3, the €181 million mission has generated 10 successful solar eclipses so far.
ESA released the eclipse pictures at the Paris Air Show on Monday.
More Masana slides about the geography and road network of relevance for the 2026 Total #SolarEclipse - beware of shadows and traffic. 11/n
Tons of valuable information about the 2026 Total #SolarEclipse at the Belgian conference today, esp. about the preferred Spain: some slides by Jay Anderson - see https://eclipsophile.com/tse2026/ for his full analysis - and Eduard Masana. 10/n
O.k., more screencaps from Michael Zeiler's #SolarEclipse Conference talk: stills from animations of the umbra moving over Spain in 2026 and 2027, setting the stage for tomorrow when most of the sessions will deal with future eclipses and planning. This summer a new website, EclipseAtlas.com (not up yet) will collect all old and new eclipse maps material. 9/n
Yay, the German math and astronomy wizard Erhard Weigel - see https://bonnstern.wordpress.com/2022/06/02/auf-den-spuren-von-erhard-weigel/ for other achievements - is credited with the first-ever published #SolarEclipse map by Michael Zeiler during the final SEC talk, and it's already a pretty modern and clever one! 8/n - more tomorrow.