The Last Eclipse of the 2nd Millennium!
Partial Solar Eclipse December 25, 2000
with Sunspots
As seen from Pretoria Drive, Silver Spring, MD

12/25/2000  12:29 PM EST

12/25/2000  1:12 PM EST

12/25/2000  1:12 PM EST


12/25/2000  1:28 PM EST

12/25/2000  1:43 PM EST

12/25/2000  1:53 PM EST

12/25/2000  2:04 PM EST

12/25/2000  2:11 PM EST

12/25/2000  2:18 PM EST

12/25/2000  2:18 PM EST
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The next day!
Note how the Sun Spots have moved.
Camera Horizontal

12/26/2000  11:00 AM EST
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Camera Vertical
Notice the spots have rotated!

12/26/2000  11:01 AM EST

Solar Images taken with a Sony Digital Mavica, MVC-FD91
Shooting through a #10 arc welding filter.
72.8 mm,  1/2000, f=9.5


Greg using the pin-hole viewer.
The Pinhole Projection Method
A great way to recycle empty Christmas gift-wrapping paper rolls!

Partial Solar Eclipse of December 25, 2000  - full details on the final eclipse of the Second Millennium on Christmas Day, visible for observers throughout most of North America.
A Partial Solar Eclipse for Christmas - overview from Sky & Telescope.
Partial Solar Eclipse - Christmas - 25 December 2000 - diagrams and information from the Discovery Channel.
Partial Solar Eclipse 2000 - offers a detailed map that can be used for estimating eclipse magnitudes and Universal Time of maximum eclipse for locations throughout the North American continent.

More Sunspot Links
Sunspots and the Solar Cycle - up-to-date monitoring of the sunspot cycle and Earth's aurora.
Exploratorium's Guide to Sunspots - explore the nature of sunspots and the fascinating history of our efforts to understand them.
Sunspot Numbers - introduction to how they were first computed by Rudolph Wolf in 1848, and how they are computed today.
 
 

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