Eclipse links

The Net is crammed with information about eclipses. Here are some of the best links available.

Most of them relate to the total solar eclipse of August 99 but there is also material here about past and future eclipses.

UK sites/ International sites/ Science sites/ Images/ Weather/ Young Surfers/ Safe viewing

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UK sites

• UK Eclipse Group - the official UK eclipse Website

• Alderney, Guernsey, Sark and Herm - Eclipse information for the islands

• BBC Online's Eclipse site - BBC programmes, quizzes and information.

• Cornwall Online - Cornish tourist board, vacancies, history

• Devon County Council - Advice on where to stay, what to see

• Devon and Cornwall Police Eclipse Site - Advice on safety and travel

• Eclipse 99 - This is Cornwall, This is Plymouth - accommodation, news and events related to the eclipse

• Giggleswick School Site - Featuring photo archive of the 1927 eclipse

• Highways Agency - Traffic, transport and tourism information for the eclipse

• New Scientist site - British science magazine, provides information covering all aspects of the eclipse

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International sites

• Fred Espenak's Eclipse Site (Nasa) - The definitive eclipse Website

• Bogazici University - Turkish Eclipse 99 Website

• Ciel & Espace - French site linked to 40 webcams, with maps and teaching tools

• Eclipsa 99 - Romanian Space Agency official Website

• Eclipse 99 - University of Strasbourg, France, eclipse site

• Eclipse 1999 - Hermit.org's site, with lots of information and maps on eclipses from 1900 to 2200

• European Eclipse Website - From the International Astronomical Union

• European Space Agency - ESA Science eclipse 99 site

• The Exploratorium's Eclipse Site - Information, images and input

• Hungarian eclipse site - Local information and maps

• Im Schatten des Mondes - Planetarium Laupheim's site in Germany. Live webcam, information and maps of totality

• Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris - Paris Astrophysics Institute eclipse site

• NASA eclipse bulletins - Solar eclipse information from the Solar Data Analysis Center

• Sonne - Total eclipse web site from University of Mainz, Germany

• Sky and Telescope Magazine - Astronomy and eclipse links

• Fred Espenak on the August 99 eclipse - Sky and Telescope magazine

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Science sites

• Eclipsecast.com - Science@NASA's new web site devoted to sights, sounds, and science news from the eclipse

• European Space Agency science pages - Latest news and images

• International Astronomical Union Site - Information on eclipse expeditions, experiments and reference materials

• Joint Organisation for Solar Observation - Special eclipse page

• UK Science Museum - Special eclipse section

• Open University - Dr Barrie Jones' shadow bands experiment

• Royal Astronomical Society - Data, documents and books on eclipses throughout history.

• Royal Greenwhich Observatory - Guide to the stars and solar eclipses

• Solar Eclipse Corona Imaging System - conducting experiment during eclipse

• SOHO - The Solar and Heliospheric Observatory - Information, solar observations, images, educational material

• Transition Region and Coronal Explorer - Small explorer spacecraft observing the Sun's corona

• Yohkoh Soft X-ray Telescope - Images and observations from the Yohkoh satellite

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Images

• Astronomy Picture of the Day - Image and brief explanation by a leading astronomer

• Eclipse Photographs - from B. Ralph Chou

• Eumetsat - View the eclipse from space - watch the Moon's shadow cross the Earth from the Meteosat 6 satellite

• Hubble Space Telescope - Images from our own Solar System and the Universe

• Geophysical Institute Solar Activity Display - Soho and Yohkoh satellite images

• Mr Eclipse.com - Fred Espenak's solar eclipse photos and information on how to photograph an eclipse safely

• Newquay Online - How Newquay saw the eclipse

Weather sites

• BBC Weather Centre - The latest weather update

• UK Meteorological Office - Eclipse page

• Nasa GOES & Meteosat - meteorological satellite data and pictures

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Young surfers sites

• Association for Science Education - Activity packs for primary and secondary schools related to the eclipse

• Kidseclipse - Includes award-winning teaching section

• Royal Astronomical Society - Eclipse newspaper competition for schools

• Stanford Solar Centre - Stanford University's solar science centre with activities and quizzes

• Sunblock 99 - Fact files, video clips and Sun-related fun

Safe viewing

• Fight for Sight - UK charity working to avoid eye damage during the eclipse

• Professor John Parkinson's site - Sheffield Hallam University. Useful examples of how to stay safe while viewing.

• Royal National Institute for the Blind - Warning on eye safety during the eclipse

• Solar eclipse eye safety - by B. Ralph Chou

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This page was prepared for the 1999 total solar eclipse on 11 August. The next total eclipse can be seen across southern Africa on 21 June, 2001.