Solar eclipse of April 6, 1875

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Solar eclipse of April 6, 1875
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Type of eclipse
NatureTotal
Gamma −0.1292
Magnitude 1.0547
Maximum eclipse
Duration277 s (4 min 37 s)
Coordinates 0°12′S84°48′E / 0.2°S 84.8°E / -0.2; 84.8
Max. width of band182 km (113 mi)
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse6:37:26
References
Saros 127 (50 of 82)
Catalog # (SE5000) 9222

A total solar eclipse occurred on April 6, 1875. 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 was visible on the southern tip of Africa, across the Indian Ocean, and across southeastern Asia and Northern Philippines.

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Observations

Astronomers J. N. Lockyer and Arthur Schuster traveled to observe the eclipse and measure spectral lines to determine the elemental contents of the solar corona. [1]

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Saros 127

It is a part of Saros cycle 127, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, containing 82 events. The series started with partial solar eclipse on October 10, 991 AD. It contains total eclipses from May 14, 1352 through August 15, 2091. There are no annular eclipses in this series. The series ends at member 82 as a partial eclipse on March 21, 2452. The longest duration of totality was 5 minutes, 40 seconds on August 30, 1532. All eclipses in this series occurs at the Moon’s ascending node. [2]

Series members 52–68 occur between 1901 and 2200
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April 28, 1911
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May 9, 1929
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May 20, 1947
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May 30, 1965
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June 11, 1983
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June 21, 2001
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July 2, 2019
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July 13, 2037
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July 24, 2055
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August 3, 2073
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August 15, 2091
August 26, 2109 (Partial)
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September 6, 2127 (PartialSeptember 16, 2145 (Partial)September 28, 2163 (Partial)
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October 8, 2181 (Partial)October 19, 2199 (Partial)

Notes

  1. Report on the Total Solar Eclipse of April 6, 1875 by J. N. Lockyer and Arthur Schuster, 1878, The Royal Society
  2. "Solar Saros series 127". NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. NASA. Retrieved 2 November 2017.

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