Hi Guys,
I have a question from my sister, do any of you know when the next solar eclipse is due. One of the lawyers she works with was taking about a solar eclipse and she wondered whether one was due.
I think he may of meant the lunar eclispe and got his solar's and lunar's mixed. Either that or the Darwin humidity has scorched his brain a wee bit.
Russia/China August 2008, India/China July 2009. The next total solar eclipse in Australia is visible from Darwin through Cairns in 2012. The sun rises mid eclipse in Darwin, so the view there won't be that great.
In February next year, there's a small partial for the East coast of Australia (Annular is in Antartica). There'll be some more info about that in the next month or so.
I hope to make the one in India in 2009-bad timing though monsoon activity could interfere..waiting for S &T and Astrnomy magazine to announce which country they are taking their eclipse tours to..hopefully those guys will do the homework
We have "pencilled in" China for the 2009. I am waiting for Sky & Tel to post further information about an itinerary. I was in China in 1997 (Helen Wong's tour) and enjoyed it. By going with a astronomical group this time though I would expect we would see things my other tour didn't, as well as the usual stuff. I believe the itinerary is Beijing, Xian, Shanghai and eclipse.
My wife said she would love to go to China some time, so I guess this makes it pretty easy to get it past the minister for finance!
It is 5 years tomorrow till the eclipse near Cairns on 14 Dec 2012. (13/12/12 UT)
You can check out the weather prospects for 14/12/07 at: http://www.bom.gov.au/sat/solrad.shtml
Definitely looking forward to that one. I guess I should start making accommodation arrangements etc. I guess people would be booking these things way in advance.
I doubt that local hotels etc would even have diaries or computer systems that would let them book that far into the future though
Yep, the best location for 2008 is western China. But if you haven't already booked your hotel rooms ... good luck! I've just returned from Jiayuguan, and it and the other cities in the area are fully booked by large travel companies. There might be some late cancellations, but I doubt it. And don't forget the Olympics start the following week.
2009 is looking messy. Most of the path will be in monsoon. I don't find 100% probability of cloud cover in eastern India very encouraging. I'm hoping to get to Iwo Jima.
For 2012, try to avoid Cairns. Good chance of cloud in the morning. Head inland, or go to the west coast of the Cape.
Looking ahead for AU/NZ:
2028 July 22: NW Aus, through central NT, then NSW to Sydney.
2030 Nov 25: Port Augusta, SA, into southern QLD.
2037 July 13: north of Perth, southern NT, Brisbane, NI NZ
2038 Dec 26: central WA, north of Adelaide, Murray River, Wellington NZ
