There are people who travel thousands of miles every year to witness a total eclipse of the Sun in some remote part of our planet. We will have the opportunity to see it from our home or making short trips.
And it won't matter if you are interested or not in astronomy, because you will see and participate for a few hours of this celestial spectacle. I can assure you that it will not leave you indifferent. In fact, the sight of a total solar eclipse is one of the most impressive natural spectacles that we can see on our planet. And frankly!
This book will give you the necessary guidelines to observe it safely. It will show you 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 more eclipses around the world.
Publication date:
06/11/2025
ISBN:
9788426740830
Type of binding:
Tapa Tova
Product dimensions:
15x21
Number of pages:
100
INDEX
INTRODUCTION
The nearest universe
1. ANCIENT COSMOLOGY
1.1 India
1.2 Xina
1.3 Antic Egypt
1.4 Classical Greece
1.5 Maies
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 remarkable phenomena in a total solar eclipse
3.3 Where the Moon enters in an eclipse
3.4 Duration of a solar eclipse
4. WAYS 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 high-motorized high-motor mount
5.5 German equatorial mount
5.6 Special optics for observing the Sun
6. PHOTOGRAPHING THE ECLIPSE
6.1 With mobile 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 Make sure we have a good observing site
7.3 Calculating the position of the Sun per day
8. SAROS CYCLE
9. TRIO D'ECLIPSOS
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 HUNTERS
CONCLUSIONS
ANNEX
Lunar Eclipse
AGRAÏMENTS
