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Total Solar Eclipse of 1999 August 11
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THE
LAST TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE OF THE MILLENNIUM
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ON 11 AUGUST 1999 We prepared this animation from individual frames rendered by the Solar System Simulator Time to download at 28.8K baud 1 min 25 sec, at 56 K baud 44 sec, over ISDN 19 sec. CLICK HERE 231K bytes |
| SITE INSPECTION |
| Site | Latitude | Longitude | B.P.E | B.T.E | E.T.E | E.P.E |
| Bartin | 41.63D North | 32.35D East | 12:55:31 | 14:20:42 | 14:22:23 | 15:41:28 |
| Kastamonu | 41.37D North | 33.78D East | 12:58:37 | 14:23:12 | 14:25:29 | 15:43:36 |
| OSMANCIK | 40.98D North | 34.82D East | 13:01:04 | 14:25:29 | 14:27:45 | 15:45:26 |
| Corum | 40.55D North | 34.97D East | 13:01:48 | 14:26:36 | 14:28:28 | 15:46:22 |
| Merzifon | 40.55D North | 35.48D East | 13:02:30 | 14:26:48 | 14:28:53 | 15:46:19 |
| Amasya | 40.65D North | 35.85D East | 13:03:28 | 14:27:43 | 14:29:53 | 15:47:08 |
| Turhal | 40.40D North | 36.10D East | 13:04:14 | 14:28:28 | 14:30:43 | 15:47:50 |
| Tokat | 40.32D North | 36.57D East | 13:05:16 | 14:29:23 | 14:31:33 | 15:48:29 |
| SIVAS | 39.75D North | 37.03D East | 13:06:51 | 14:31:04 | 14:33:11 | 15:49:59 |
| ELAZIG | 38.68D North | 39.23D East | 13:12:33 | 14:36:14 | 14:38:18 | 15:54:02 |
| DIYARBAKIR | 37.92D North | 40.23D East | 13:15:33 | 14:39:23 | 14:40:43 | 15:56:19 |
| BATMAN | 37.87D North | 41.12D East | 13:17:22 | 14:40:21 | 14:42:28 | 15:57:12 |
| Cizre | 37.33D North | 42.12D East | 13:20:13 | 14:42:49 | 14:44:55 | 15:59:03 |
| B.P.E.: The beginning of the partial eclipse | B.T.E.: The beginning of the total eclipse |
| E.T.E.: The end of the total eclipse | E.P.E.: The end of the partial eclipse |
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Prepared by Tamer Ataç 1997 October 01
Last Update 1999 May 17