China Olympic Total Solar Eclipse

Friday 1 August 2008

Δt=1.09 minutes

Saros 126 (18)

Gamma 0.8304

Maximum eclipse is of duration 2m 27s at 10:21:06 UT at location 65.64°N 72.25°E.

For those wishing to see two consecutive total solar eclipses from the same spot on Earth, this eclipse and the total eclipse of 29 March 2006 cross in Russia just north of Mongolia. Click here to see a map.

Cloud cover prospects in August courtesy of Jay Anderson, including photographs of the Hami, China site.

World View

Countries this eclipse passes through from west to east:

Canada at sunrise, Greenland, Arctic Ocean, Novaya Zemlya, Russia, Mongolia, China at sunset

Canada

Northern Canadian cloud prospects are about 80%

Arctic

Arctic Ocean cloud prospects are over 90%

Northern Russia

Northern Russia cloud prospects are about 80%

Russia (Western Siberia)

Cloud prospects above are about 70% in the north dropping to 50%

Mongolia and western China

Cloud prospects here are the best in the whole path and vary from 50% to 30%.

Click here to see detailed map of Mongolia  (300k file)

Click here to see detailed map of China Gobi desert area (300k file)

China and the end of the track at sunset

Cloud cover increases again from 40% at the west of the map to 50% at the east.

2006 and 2008 eclipse crossing point

Click here to see suggested coordinates and photographs of viewing locations

Click on the logo to see a web site with details on the Novosibirsk area:

Local circumstances

Places within (or very near) totality

Places outside totality

Ancient World Tours – Astronomy World Tours

AWT specialises in tours that explore sites with archaeological and cultural interest - we have a wealth of experience and have been operating for many years. This love of history and culture has seen us expand so that we now offer in depth and unusual tours to many of the great classical civilizations; from the Andes to Angkor Wat. We are also now establishing ourselves as a serious operator of astronomically-based tours (the eclipse being the most obvious example) which we try to tie in with our ethos of visiting wonderful sites off the standard tourist trail. We work closely with eclipse consultant Sheridan Williams.

Total Eclipse of the Sun - China -August 2008

It is not too early to put your name down for our next total eclipse tour to China in August 2008! The viewing locations will be far from the hustle and bustle of the Olympics. Severral tours are available allowing you to see the Terracotta Warriors, the Great Wall etc. These tours will be available by advance registration (no financial commitment but guaranteed first chance to book).

Ancient World Tours are also doing several trips to view the eclipse in Russia.

Ancient World Tours. PO Box 838, Guildford GU3 3ZR, UK.
+44 (0) 20 7917 9494
e-mail: tours@ancient.co.uk

Please click here to email me eclipse-related questions, such as timings for a particular location.

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