Total Solar Eclipse 2012 November 13/14

by Byron Soulsby


It is proposed to observe this total solar eclipse from Cairns, Queensland at the Aquarius Motel, 107 Florence Street near the Esplanade. The position from Google Earth is 16°55'05.5" S, 145°46'31.1"E, at 38 meters elevation.

A movie has been produced for this location using Maris Redshift 3

See the movie of this eclipse.

An alternative site can be used to observe Baily Beads West of Cairns as given here.



The circumstances at this location found from the interactive web page
2002 TSE Java Script Calculator V3.2b2 are shown here.

and from Occult Version 3

screen save

The Bailys Beads likely to be visible just before Totality have been listed here.


Produced by the Theodore Lunar Observatory, Australia 2007 April 23.