An expedition to Bangka Island, Indonesia was undertaken by the Canberra Astronomical Society in 1988 to observe the Total Solar Eclipse.
Two groups travelled to observe Baily's Beads and Cathie and Byron Soulsby were successful after setting up near the coastal beach known as Pantai Tengarri at Point Lajang near the village of Sungailiat, Bangka Island. The publicaton gives a detailed account of this successful observation.
The eclipse circumstances at Palohwaru and some of the Baily's Beads predicted for this site are included in the images below:
Below is a screen capture of several Baily's Beads as predicted. The solution for these beads shows that correction to the Sun's radius is -0.70" of arc. It is expected that a full analysis of the beads reported will enhance this value.
