Table of Contents

• Preface
• Eclipse Predictions
  • Introduction
  • Umbral Path And Visibility
  • General Maps of the Eclipse Path
    • Orthographic Projection Map of the Eclipse Path
    • Stereographic Projection Map of the Eclipse Path
    • Equidistant Conic Projection Maps of the Eclipse Path
    • Equidistant Cylindrical Projection Maps of the Eclipse Path
  • Elements, Shadow Contacts and Eclipse Path Tables
  • Local Circumstances Tables
  • Detailed Maps of the Umbral Path
  • Estimating Times of Second And Third Contacts
  • Mean Lunar Radius
  • Lunar Limb Profile
  • Limb Corrections To The Path Limits: Graze Zones
  • Saros History
• Weather Prospects for the Eclipse
  • Overview
  • The Galápagos Islands
  • South America
  • Aruba and Curaçao
  • The Leeward Islands
  • Cruising
• Observing the Eclipse
  • Eye Safety During Solar Eclipses
  • Sources for Solar Filters
  • Eclipse Photography
  • Sky At Totality
  • Contact Timings from the Path Limits
  • Plotting the Path on Maps
• Eclipse Data on Internet
  • NASA Eclipse Bulletins on Internet
  • Future Eclipse Paths on Internet
• Predictions for Eclipse Experiments
• IAU Working Group on Eclipses
• National Eclipse Committee of Venezuela
• Total Solar Eclipse of 1999 August 11
• Algorithms, Ephemerides and Parameters
• Bibliography
• Figures
• Tables
• Maps of the Umbral Path
• Request Form for NASA Eclipse Bulletins