Solar_eclipse_of_August_29,_1867

Solar eclipse of August 29, 1867

Solar eclipse of August 29, 1867

Total eclipse

A total solar eclipse occurred on August 29, 1867. A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby totally or partly obscuring the image of the Sun for a viewer on Earth. A total solar eclipse occurs when the Moon's apparent diameter is larger than the Sun's, blocking all direct sunlight, turning day into darkness. Totality occurs in a narrow path across Earth's surface, with the partial solar eclipse visible over a surrounding region thousands of kilometres wide. Totality occurred across central Argentina and the southern Atlantic Ocean.

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Observations

José J. Vergara and Luis Grosch observed the eclipse from a small hill close to Santiago.[1]

It is a part of solar Saros 123.

References

  1. [1]
    L. Grosch (1869). "Beobachtung der Sonnenfinsterniss am 29. August 1867". Astronomische Nachrichten. 73 (9): 137–138. Bibcode:1869AN.....73..137G. doi:10.1002/asna.18690730903.
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