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Eclipse expeditions

Over the years, the Observatory was involved in numerous exclipse expeditions, of which some are listed below:

 
Year
Location
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1905, Aug 30 Tunis Total Eclipse of the Sun, 1905, August 30. Preliminary Account of the Observations Made at Sfax, Tunisia. Chrisite, W. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series A, 1906-01-03. 77 (514):28–41

 


1919, May 29
 Sobral, Brazil General Relativity and the 1919 Solar Eclipse

 

1922, Sep 21
 Christmas Island The British eclipse expedition to Christmas Island
 
1927, Jun 29 Giggleswick, England The solar eclipse of June 29 (The Observatory, Vol. 50, p. 216-218 (1927))

 

1929, May 9 Siam (Thailand) Total solar eclipse of 1929 May 9. Reports of the British expeditions (Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Vol. 90, p.121)