Solar eclipse of October 3, 2005
| Solar eclipse of October 3, 2005 | |
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Annular from Spain
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| Type of eclipse | |
| Nature | Annular |
| Gamma | 0.3306 |
| Magnitude | 0.9576 |
| Maximum eclipse | |
| Duration | 272 sec (4 m 32 s) |
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| Max. width of band | 162 km (101 mi) |
| Times (UTC) | |
| (P1) Partial begin | 3:53:56 |
| (U1) Total begin | 18:40:59 |
| Greatest eclipse | 10:32:47 |
| (U4) Total end | 1:22:35 |
| (P4) Partial end | 24:27:52 |
| References | |
| Saros | 134 (43 of 71) |
| Catalog # (SE5000) | 9520 |
An annular solar eclipse occurred on October 3, 2005 with a magnitude of 0.958. 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. An annular solar eclipse occurs when the Moon's apparent diameter is smaller than the Sun's, blocking most of the Sun's light and causing the Sun to look like an annulus (ring). An annular eclipse appears as a partial eclipse over a region of the Earth thousands of kilometres wide. It was visible from a narrow corridor through the Iberian peninsula and Africa. A partial eclipse was seen from the much broader path of the Moon's penumbra, including all of Europe, Africa and southwestern Asia.
The path of the eclipse began in the North Atlantic ocean at 08:41 universal time (UT). The antumbra reached Madrid, Spain at 08:56 UT, lasting four minutes and eleven seconds and 90% of the Sun was covered by the Moon. The antumbra reached Algiers at 09:05 UT, then passed through Tunisia and Libya before heading southeast through Sudan, Kenya and Somalia. The shadow then moved out over the Indian Ocean until it terminated at sunset, 12:22 UT.[1]
The maximum eclipse duration occurred in central Sudan at 10:31:42 UT, where it lasted for 4m 31s when the Sun was 71° above the horizon.[1] The theoretical maximum duration for a modern solar eclipse is 7 minutes, 32 seconds.[2]
The motion of the shadow was supersonic and it generated gravity waves that were detectable as disturbances in the ionosphere. These gravity waves originate in the thermosphere at an altitude of about 180 km. Because of the obscuration of solar radiation, the ionization level dropped by 70% during the eclipse.[3][4] The eclipse caused a 1–1.4 K drop in the temperature of the ionosphere.[5]
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Eclipse shadows from a tree
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Degania A, Israel : Partial
Related eclipses
Solar eclipses 2004-2008
Each member 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.
| Ascending node|124 | 2004 October 14 Partial (north) |
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| 129 | Descending node | |||
| Saros | Map | Saros | Map | |
| 119 | 2004 April 19 Partial (south) |
2005 April 8 Hybrid |
134 Annular from Spain |
2005 October 3 Annular |
| 139 150px Totality from Side, Turkey |
2006 March 29 Total |
144.jpg) Partial from São Paulo, Brazil |
2006 September 22 Annular |
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| 149 | 2007 March 19 Partial (north) |
154 | 2007 September 11 Partial (south) |
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Saros 134
It is a part of Saros cycle 134, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, containing 71 events. The series started with partial solar eclipse on June 22, 1248. It contains total eclipses from October 9, 1428 through December 24, 1554 and hybrid eclipses from January 3, 1573 through June 27, 1843, and annular eclipses from July 8, 1861 through May 21, 2384. The series ends at member 71 as a partial eclipse on August 6, 2510. The longest duration of totality was 1 minutes, 30 seconds on October 9, 1428.[6]
Series members 38-48 occur between 1901 and 2100:
| 38 | 39 | 40 |
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 August 10, 1915 |
 August 21, 1933 |
 September 1, 1951 |
| 41 | 42 | 43 |
 September 11, 1969 |
 September 23, 1987 |
October 3, 2005 |
| 44 | 45 | 46 |
 October 14, 2023 |
 October 25, 2041 |
 November 5, 2059 |
| 47 | 48 | |
 November 15, 2077 |
 November 27, 2095 |
Metonic cycle
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).
| This series has 21 eclipse events between July 22, 1971 and July 22, 2047 | ||||
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| July 21-22 | May 9-11 | February 26-27 | December 14-15 | October 2-3 |
| 116 | 118 | 120 | 122 | 124 |
 July 22, 1971 |
 May 11, 1975 |
 February 26, 1979 |
 December 15, 1982 |
 October 3, 1986 |
| 126 | 128 | 130 | 132 | 134 |
 July 22, 1990 |
 May 10, 1994 |
 February 26, 1998 |
 December 14, 2001 |
October 3, 2005 |
| 136 | 138 | 140 | 142 | 144 |
 July 22, 2009 |
 May 10, 2013 |
 February 26, 2017 |
 December 14, 2020 |
 October 2, 2024 |
| 146 | 148 | 150 | 152 | 154 |
 July 22, 2028 |
 May 9, 2032 |
 February 27, 2036 |
 December 15, 2039 |
 October 3, 2043 |
| 156 | ||||
| 150px July 22, 2047 |
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Notes
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- ↑ http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEsaros/SEsaros134.html
References
- Earth visibility chart and eclipse statistics Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC
Photos:
- Photos of solar eclipse around the world
- Spaceweather.com solar eclipse gallery
- Annular Solar Eclipse at High Resolution APOD 10/5/2005, annularity from Spain
- Annular Eclipse Madrid APOD 10/7/2005, annularity from Buen Retiro Park, Madrid, Spain
- Annular Eclipse Shirt APOD 10/14/2005, from Madrid, Spain
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