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THE SOLAR ECLIPSE OF 1878, FEBRUARY 2.—The eclipse of the sun in February next will be annular, but the central line passes at such high southern latitudes that the annular phase is not likely to be observed unless it be in the western parts of Tasmania near sun-set. Thus the central eclipse will commence in longitude 103° 0′ west of Greenwich, latitude 73° 8′ south, and will end in longitude 149° 25′ east, latitude 40° 58′, and the eclipse is central at noon in longitude 112° 27′ west, and latitude 84° 3′ south. Another point upon the central line is in longitude 145° 25′ east, and latitude 42° 25′, where the sun's altitude, however, will be less than 4°; this point lies on the west coast of Tasmania. Launceston is near the central line, but at the middle of the eclipse the sun at that place is almost in the horizon.
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Our Astronomical Column . Nature 17, 36–37 (1877). https://doi.org/10.1038/017036a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/017036a0