Observing a Sun eclipse is quite a task, as it depends on a series of circumstances that one can´t hardly control... We the staff of
Observatorio del Pangue, have been granted with the rare opportunity of watching
three eclipses in less than a full year, actually of all the distinct existing types : annular, total and partial.
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Tha partial eclipse (pictured above) was quite "extreme", with only 3% of the Sun disk covered, but it helped to complete the series... Can you spot the tiny black border of the Moon at the upper left of the solar limb?
Now we just got to watch the next one, a Total Eclipse of the Sun, that will happen again right here at the observatory, on next July 2nd, 2019...
Top view:
Annular eclipse, observed from Coyhaique, chilean Patagonia, on February 26th, 2017
Middle view:
Total eclipse, observed from Boise, Idaho (USA), on August 21st, 2017
Bottom view:
Partial eclipse, observed from Observatorio del Pangue, Chile, on February 15th, 2018
