The total phase of the annular/total solar eclipse of 8 April 2005 will
not be visible from land anywhere along the path of the central eclipse.
The eclipse begins in annularity at sunrise south of New Zealand at 18:54
UT, and becomes a zero second duration "total" eclipse 13 minutes later
1,190 nautical miles south of Tahiti. At 19:57:59 UT, the center
of the umbral shadow will be at 127° 51.7 W longitude, 20° 43.8S
latitude - the planned location of the MS Paul Gauguin, where totality
will be enjoyed for 35.4s with the eclipsed Sun 61° above the
horizon.
CLICK HERE for a summary of the
imaging programming we are planning.
The local centerline circumstances of TSE 2005 along are represented
on the above graphs (by time and by longitude). Negative duration
and shadow width indicates when/where the central eclipse will be annular.
The eclipse will be total as seen on centerline for regions/times
above the red dashed lines.
The planed route of the M/S Paul Gauguin (blue) shown with respect to
a portion of the centerline of the path of totality (yellow) with the confluence
of the two on 08 April 2005. Oeno
Island is the closest the path of totality will approach land, but for
those seeking a point on land to view totality - there isn't one! Oeno
Atoll/Island (aka on some maps "Sand" or "Sandy Island"; one of two areas
of "land" within the confines of the atoll) is *NOT* in the path of totality:
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Oeno Island
(Where "dry land" shifts with the wind and tide)
Click HERE
for more detailed
Earth-orbital imagery of Oeno Island.
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Oeno Island -- "A miss is as good as a mile" on 08 April
2005 - literally in this case. (But come back on 02 July 2019 and you will
enjoy 2m54s of totality!)
N.B.: The Pitcairn Islands Philatelic Bureau will issue
a special 3-stamp set and
first day cover commemorating the total eclipse near Oeno.
M/S PAUL GAUGUIN: POINT-TO-POINT GREAT CIRCLE ROUTE
LOCATION
ARRIVE DEPART LONGITUDE LATITUDE DISTANCE
COURSE Time*
Papeete, Tahiti -- -- 02d
22h 149 32.0W 17 32.0S
-.-- -.-- -.--
Adamstown, Pitcairn
06d 08h 06d 18h 130 06.0W 25 04.0S 1176.56 115.83 65.36
Eclipse Site*
TDB TBD 127 51.7W 20 43.8S
287.42 25.91 15.97
Atouana, Hiva Oa
11d 08h 11d 18h 139 02.0W 09 48.0S 919.06
313.61 51.06
Talohae, Nuka Hiva
12d 08h 11d 18h 140 12.0S 08 49.0S 91.35
310.65 5.08
Atol Fakarava
14d 07h 14d 13h 145 14.0W
16 05.0S 524.96 213.73 29.16
Moorea, Tahiti
15d 08h 15d 17h 149 45.7W 17 29.4S 273.86
251.48 15.21
Papeete, Tahiti
15d 21h -- -- 149
32.0W 17 32.0S 13.35 101.22
0.74
Distances are in Nautical Miles
based on WGS84/NAD83/GRS80
* Time in Hours at CRUISE for 18
knots (excludes port operations)
ECLIPSE CIRCUMSTANCES FOR M/S PAUL
GAUGUIN
Longitude = 127 51.7W, Latitude
= 20 43.8S
Duration = 35.4s, Magnitude @ Mid-Eclipse=
1.0032
Lunar/Solar Angular Diameter @
Mid-Eclipse = 1.0065
EVENT
UT(H:M:S) ALT AZM PA VA
Contact I 18:30:00.1
+49 50 224 003
Contact II 19:57:41.4
+60 18 042 153
Mid-Eclipse 19:57:59.1 +61
18 --- ---
Contact III 19:58:16.9 +61
18 224 333
Contact IV 21:30:34.1
+58 332 043 108
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