Eclipses lunar eclipse over DSO

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Eclipses lunar eclipse over DSO
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Eclipses occur at new or full moon
Lunar
Solar
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Why not every full and new moon?
5 degree tilt of the Moons orbit means
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Most new and full shadow misses
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Leads to eclipse seasons
now Sep-Oct/March-April Advances 20days/yr
due to 18.6 year nutation
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Geometry for Lunar eclipses
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Looking out into the shadow
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Photo sequence through lunar eclipse
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Moon often appears red
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because of light path
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Next lunar eclipse
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Geometry of solar eclipses
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Eclipse starting with partial phases
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Safely viewing a solar eclipse
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Almost total diamond ring effect
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Totality
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Baileys Beads
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Sometimes not total. Why?
Annular eclipse
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Moon too far away
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Total Solar Eclipse Paths
Our next good one August, 2017 next
good one elsewhere
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Next solar eclipse
Ends in Mongolia
Russia
Turkey the avian flue eclipse?
Sahara
Starts in Brazil