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Lunar Eclipse Observer view detail comment email this

Serious astronomers as well as backyard moon watchers will find valuable information here: analyses of lunar eclipses, moon topography, lunar animations and images, and links to relevant sites. Amateurs and professionals are invited to contribute observations of lunar eclipses or of the moon's surface features from their site. Maintained by Fadden Lunar Observatory, Australia.
http://www.netspeed.com.au/minnah/LEOx.html
Topics: Astronomy

Last updated Aug 26, 2002


MrEclipse.com: The Ultimate Resource For Eclipse Photography view detail comment email this

Find photographs of eclipses, information on upcoming solar and lunar eclipses, and selected links to related sites. Special features include a guide to solar and lunar eclipses for beginners, a chronology of discoveries about the sun, and information on safe viewing. A hobby site by an astrophysicist.
http://www.mreclipse.com/
Topics: Astronomy, Photograph Collections, Technology

Last updated Oct 26, 2004


NASA Eclipse Web Site view detail comment email this

Describes forthcoming and past solar and lunar eclipses. Features charts, maps, and the "Five Millennium Catalog of Lunar Eclipses," which provides historical information as well as eclipse predictions into the 30th century. Includes material such as a live webcast of the August 1, 2008, total eclipse of the sun. Also includes material about planetary transits across the sun and links to related sites. From the Planetary Systems Branch, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center.
http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse.html
Topics: Astronomy

Last updated Jul 28, 2008


SEMS, Sun, Earth, Moon Systems: Eclipses, Transits and Phases view detail comment email this

This site features webcasts of solar and lunar eclipses and planetary transits, including for the August 1, 2008, total solar eclipse over China. Also includes information and a blog about an expedition to view and film the eclipse in China, background about solar and lunar eclipses and moon phases, and material about webcasting. From the University of South Dakota Department of Computer Science.
http://sems1.cs.und.edu/~sems/
Topics: Astronomy

Last updated Jul 28, 2008


Solar Eclipse: Stories From the Path of Totality view detail comment email this

Webcasts and other material about solar eclipses since 1998, including August 1, 2008 (China), March 29, 2006 (Turkey), and June 10, 2002 (U.S.). Includes essays on why eclipses happen, how to view an eclipse, a world map of future solar eclipses (2017 is the next one viewable in the U.S.), and other features. From the Exploratorium.
http://www.exploratorium.edu/eclipse/
Topics: Astronomy

Last updated Jul 28, 2008




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