Solar eclipse of November 23, 2003
Solar eclipse of November 23, 2003 | |
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Type of eclipse | |
Nature | Total |
Gamma | −0.9638 |
Magnitude | 1.0379 |
Maximum eclipse | |
Duration | 117 s (1 min 57 s) |
Coordinates | 72°42′S 88°24′E / 72.7°S 88.4°E |
Max. width of band | 495 km (308 mi) |
Times (UTC) | |
Greatest eclipse | 22:50:22 |
References | |
Saros | 152 (12 of 70) |
Catalog # (SE5000) | 9516 |
A total solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's descending node of orbit on Sunday, November 23, 2003,[1] with a magnitude of 1.0379. 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. It was visible from a corridor in the Antarctic region. A partial eclipse was seen from the much broader path of the Moon's penumbra, including the southern tip of South America and most of Australia.
For most solar eclipses the path of totality moves eastwards. In this case the path moved south and then west round Antarctica.
Observations[edit]
A Russian icebreaker departed from Port Elizabeth, South Africa carrying tourists to observe the eclipse near the Shackleton Ice Shelf and Novolazarevskaya Station, and then sailed to Hobart, Tasmania. About 100 people from 15 countries were on board, including Iranian amateur astronomer Babak Amin Tafreshi, NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center astrophysicist Fred Espenak, Williams College professor Jay Pasachoff. There are also about 200 scientists and tourists taking two commercial charter flights to observe it over Antarctica. This was the first time humans observed a total solar eclipse from Antarctica.[2][3][4]
Images[edit]
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Related eclipses[edit]
Eclipses of 2003[edit]
- A total lunar eclipse on May 16.
- An annular solar eclipse (one limit) on May 31.
- A total lunar eclipse on November 9.
- A total solar eclipse on November 23.
Metonic[edit]
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of February 5, 2000
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of September 11, 2007
Tzolkinex[edit]
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of October 12, 1996
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of January 4, 2011
Half-Saros[edit]
- Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of November 18, 1994
- Followed by: Lunar eclipse of November 28, 2012
Tritos[edit]
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of December 24, 1992
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of October 23, 2014
Solar Saros 152[edit]
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of November 12, 1985
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of December 4, 2021
Inex[edit]
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of December 13, 1974
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of November 3, 2032
Triad[edit]
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of January 23, 1917
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of September 23, 2090
Solar eclipses of 2000–2003[edit]
This eclipse is a member of a semester series. An eclipse in a semester series of solar eclipses repeats approximately every 177 days and 4 hours (a semester) at alternating nodes of the Moon's orbit.[5]
The partial solar eclipses on February 5, 2000 and July 31, 2000 occur in the previous lunar year eclipse set.
Solar eclipse series sets from 2000 to 2003 | ||||||
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Ascending node | Descending node | |||||
Saros | Map | Gamma | Saros | Map | Gamma | |
117 | July 1, 2000![]() Partial |
−1.28214 | 122![]() Partial projection in Minneapolis, MN, USA |
December 25, 2000![]() Partial |
1.13669 | |
127![]() Totality in Lusaka, Zambia |
June 21, 2001![]() Total |
−0.57013 | 132![]() Partial in Minneapolis, MN, USA |
December 14, 2001![]() Annular |
0.40885 | |
137![]() Partial in Los Angeles, CA, USA |
June 10, 2002![]() Annular |
0.19933 | 142![]() Totality in Woomera, South Australia |
December 4, 2002![]() Total |
−0.30204 | |
147![]() Annularity in Culloden, Scotland |
May 31, 2003![]() Annular |
0.99598 | 152![]() |
November 23, 2003![]() Total |
−0.96381 |
Saros 152[edit]
This eclipse is a part of Saros series 152, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, and containing 70 events. The series started with a partial solar eclipse on July 26, 1805. It contains total eclipses from November 2, 1967 through September 14, 2490; hybrid eclipses from September 26, 2508 through October 17, 2544; and annular eclipses from October 29, 2562 through June 16, 2941. The series ends at member 70 as a partial eclipse on August 20, 3049. Its eclipses are tabulated in three columns; every third eclipse in the same column is one exeligmos apart, so they all cast shadows over approximately the same parts of the Earth.
The longest duration of totality will be produced by member 30 at 5 minutes, 16 seconds on June 9, 2328, and the longest duration of annularity will be produced by member 53 at 5 minutes, 20 seconds on February 16, 2743. All eclipses in this series occur at the Moon’s descending node of orbit.[6]
Series members 1–22 occur between 1805 and 2200: | ||
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1 | 2 | 3 |
![]() July 26, 1805 |
![]() August 6, 1823 |
![]() August 16, 1841 |
4 | 5 | 6 |
![]() August 28, 1859 |
![]() September 7, 1877 |
![]() September 18, 1895 |
7 | 8 | 9 |
![]() September 30, 1913 |
![]() October 11, 1931 |
![]() October 21, 1949 |
10 | 11 | 12 |
![]() November 2, 1967 |
![]() November 12, 1985 |
![]() November 23, 2003 |
13 | 14 | 15 |
![]() December 4, 2021 |
![]() December 15, 2039 |
![]() December 26, 2057 |
16 | 17 | 18 |
![]() January 6, 2076 |
![]() January 16, 2094 |
![]() January 29, 2112 |
19 | 20 | 21 |
![]() February 8, 2130 |
![]() February 19, 2148 |
![]() March 2, 2166 |
22 | ||
![]() March 12, 2184 |
Metonic series[edit]
The metonic series repeats eclipses every 19 years (6939.69 days), lasting about 5 cycles. Eclipses occur in nearly the same calendar date. In addition, the octon subseries repeats 1/5 of that or every 3.8 years (1387.94 days). All eclipses in this table occur at the Moon's descending node.
22 eclipse events between September 12, 1931 and July 1, 2011. | ||||
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September 11-12 | June 30-July 1 | April 17-19 | February 4-5 | November 22-23 |
114 | 116 | 118 | 120 | 122 |
![]() September 12, 1931 |
![]() June 30, 1935 |
![]() April 19, 1939 |
![]() February 4, 1943 |
![]() November 23, 1946 |
124 | 126 | 128 | 130 | 132 |
![]() September 12, 1950 |
![]() June 30, 1954 |
![]() April 19, 1958 |
![]() February 5, 1962 |
![]() November 23, 1965 |
134 | 136 | 138 | 140 | 142 |
![]() September 11, 1969 |
![]() June 30, 1973 |
![]() April 18, 1977 |
![]() February 4, 1981 |
![]() November 22, 1984 |
144 | 146 | 148 | 150 | 152 |
![]() September 11, 1988 |
![]() June 30, 1992 |
![]() April 17, 1996 |
![]() February 5, 2000 |
![]() November 23, 2003 |
154 | 156 | |||
![]() September 11, 2007 |
![]() July 1, 2011 |
Notes[edit]
- ^ "Eclipse of sun viewed on Antarctic for first time". Whitehorse Daily Star. 2003-11-24. p. 16. Retrieved 2023-10-25 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Ice and fire: A total solar eclipse over Antarctica". Australian Antarctic Division. Archived from the original on 4 February 2016.
- ^ "Antarctica – 23 November 2003". Archived from the original on 7 March 2016.
- ^ Glenn Schneider. "TSE 2003 & TOTAL ECLIPSE IMAGING From the Flight Deck of QF2901/Antarctica 23 November 2003". Archived from the original on 20 December 2015.
- ^ van Gent, R.H. "Solar- and Lunar-Eclipse Predictions from Antiquity to the Present". A Catalogue of Eclipse Cycles. Utrecht University. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
- ^ "NASA - Catalog of Solar Eclipses of Saros 152". eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov.
References[edit]
- Fred Espenak and Jay Anderson. "Total Solar Eclipse of 2003 November 23". NASA, July 2003.
- Earth visibility chart and eclipse statistics Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC
- Google Map
Photos:
- Prof. Druckmüller's eclipse photography site. Flight over Antarctica
- Images from Antarctica by Crayford Manor House Astronomical Society Archived 2009-07-26 at the Wayback Machine
- [1] APOD 8/5/2004, An Antarctic Total Solar Eclipse
- [2] APOD 11/27/2003, The Long Shadow of the Moon, Total solar eclipse from satellite over Antarctica