Total Solar Eclipse

IAA LECTURE , Wednesday 18 November.  7.30pm Larmor Lecture Theatre, Astrophysics Research Centre, Physics Building, QUB.  By Terry Moseley , IAA

 “Syzygy: Everything you wanted to know about the Total Solar Eclipses”. A look at the last, and the next, TSE.

SYNOPSIS

Eclipse fever gripped Ireland, and a lot of Europe and further afield, for the eclipse last August. It will be even greater for the next one, on 2 August 2027, dubbed ‘The Eclipse of the Century’. I’ll talk about TSE’s in general, my own trip to Spain to view totality last August, and all you need to know to observe the next one.

BIOGRAPHY

Terry is a life-long amateur astronomer with interests in everything from meteors and aurorae to the most distant objects in the universe. Although always an observer at heart, he’s more an ‘armchair astronomer’ at present, with the exception of Total Solar Eclipses, which he has chased to the far ends of the Earth – usually successfully

Admission free, including light refreshments. All welcome.

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