There are people who travel thousands of kilometers every year to witness a total solar eclipse in some remote place of our planet. We will have the opportunity to see it from our home or making short trips. And it doesn't matter if you are interested in astronomy or not, because you will see it and participate for a few hours of this celestial spectacle. I assure you that it will not leave you indifferent. In fact, the vision of a total solar eclipse is one of the most impressive natural spectacles that we can see on our planet. And for free! This book will give you the necessary guidelines to observe it safely. It will indicate the best places in our territory to see it with guarantees and will explain in a simple way what eclipses are and why they occur. It also includes an interview with Josep Masalles, the Spaniard who has seen the most eclipses in the world.
Index
TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION
The nearest universe
1. ANCIENT COSMOLOGY
1.1 India
1.2 China
1.3 Ancient Egypt
1.4 Classical Greece
1.5 Mayan
1.6 Renaissance
1.7 Back to the present
2. MAIN ACTORS OF AN ECLIPSE
2.1 The Earth
2.2 The Moon
2.3 The Sun
3. HOW A TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE WORKS
3.1 Phases of an eclipse
3.2 Other outstanding phenomena in a total eclipse of the Sun
3.3 Where does the Moon enter an eclipse?
3.4 Duration of a solar eclipse
4. TOOLS TO MEASURE THE SKY
5. HOW TO OBSERVE THE SUN SAFELY
5.1 Observation with binoculars 5.2 Solar Projector
5.3 Telescope 5.4 Motorized altazimuth mount
5.5 German equatorial mount
5.6 Special optics for observing the Sun
6. PHOTOGRAPHING THE ECLIPSE
6.1 With cell phone
6.2 Telescope and DSLR camera
6.3 Photography with telescope and CMOS type planetary cameras
7. ECLIPSE PLANNING
7.1 How to choose a good place to observe it
7.2 Securing a good observing site
7.3 Calculating the position of the Sun per day
8. SAROS CYCLE
9. TRIO OF ECLIPSES
9.1 Total solar eclipse, August 12, 2026
9.2 Total solar eclipse, August 2, 2027
9.3 Annular solar eclipse, January 26, 2028
10. ECLIPSE CHASERS
CONCLUSIONS
ANNEX Lunar Eclipses
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Language:
Spanish
Date of publication
06/11/2025
Country:
Spain
ISBN:
9788426740823
Binding type:
Softcover
Dimensions
15x21
Pages:
100
