Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Oct 1983
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1983jbaa...93..241h&link_type=abstract
Journal of the British Astronomical Association, vol.93, no.6, p.241-246
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
Solar Eclipses
Scientific paper
Conventionally, predictions of second and third contacts at solar eclipses are computed assuming a smooth lunar limb. However, the irregularities of the lunar limb may introduce sizeable errors in such predictions, which are dependent upon the observer's location within the path of central eclipse. The correction to be applied to a smooth limb contact time to incorporate the effect of the irregular limb can be ascertained from an appropriately constructed chart, and precepts are given for the construction of such a chart. Additionally, the limiting magnitude of both a total and an annular eclipse is investigated.
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