Table 21. Local Circumstances for Astronomical
Observatories Worldwide
Solar Eclipse of 1998 February 26
Location Name Latitude Longitude Elev First Contact Second Contact Third Contact Fourth Contact Maximum Eclipse Eclip. Eclip. Umbral
U.T. P V Alt U.T. P V U.T. P V U.T. P V Alt U.T. P V Alt Azm Mag. Obs. Durat.
° ' ° ' m h m s ° ° ° h m s ° ° h m s ° ° h m s ° ° ° h m s ° ° ° °
CANADA
Algonquin Radio Obs. 45 57.3N 078 04.4W 260 17:45:25 177 173 35 -- -- 18:40:57 135 120 33 18:13:23 156 146 34 194 0.066 0.020
David Dunlap Obs. 43 51.8N 079 25.3W 244 17:37:15 181 179 38 -- -- 18:44:13 131 115 35 18:11:01 156 147 37 193 0.094 0.034
Mont Mégantic Ast. Obs. 45 27.3N 071 09.2W 1114 17:44:01 187 177 35 -- -- 19:02:42 125 100 29 18:23:57 156 138 33 206 0.145 0.065
Ottawa River Solar Obs. 45 23.2N 075 53.6W 58 17:42:55 181 176 36 -- -- 18:50:05 130 111 32 18:16:51 156 143 34 198 0.099 0.037
U. of Western Ontario Ob 43 11.5N 081 18.9W 323 17:34:36 180 181 38 -- -- 18:40:07 132 118 36 18:07:36 156 149 38 189 0.088 0.031
COLOMBIA
National Ast. Obs. 04 35.9N 074 04.9W 2640 16:17:00 250 295 71 -- -- 19:19:50 53 343 55 17:51:17 330 292 73 219 0.878 0.855
ECUADOR
Quito Ast. Obs. 00 13.0S 078 29.9W 2818 15:59:39 254 324 67 -- -- 19:03:23 49 337 65 17:32:36 331 321 81 190 0.814 0.775
MEXICO
Guillermo Haro Aph. Obs. 31 03.2N 110 23.0W 2480 16:24:26 183 230 30 -- -- 17:25:23 137 174 40 16:54:24 160 202 35 129 0.074 0.024
Natl. Ast. Obs.-S.Felipe 31 02.6N 115 27.8W 2830 16:20:05 181 231 25 -- -- 17:10:18 142 185 34 16:44:50 161 208 30 123 0.054 0.015
Natl. Ast. Obs.-Tonant. 19 02.0N 098 18.8W 2150 15:53:52 213 270 39 -- -- 18:21:55 99 112 62 17:05:27 156 198 53 136 0.436 0.326
PORTUGAL
Coimbra Ast. Obs. 40 12.4N 008 25.8W 99 18:09:46 235 185 2 -- -- -- 18:21:24 - - 0 259 0.195 0.101
Lisbon Ast. Obs. 38 42.7N 009 11.2W 111 18:10:00 237 187 3 -- -- -- 18:25:54 - - 0 260 0.269 0.162
Prof. Manuel de Barros O 41 06.5N 008 35.3W 232 18:09:37 233 185 2 -- -- -- 18:22:09 - - 0 259 0.208 0.111
PUERTO RICO
Arecibo Obs. 18 20.6N 066 45.2W 496 16:55:22 235 226 63 -- -- 19:43:56 70 10 37 18:24:04 152 108 53 226 0.896 0.879
SPAIN
Millimeter Radio Ast. In 37 04.1N 003 24.0W 2870 18:10:39 0 0 0 -- -- -- 18:11:52 - - 0 226 0.896 0.879
Naval Obs. 36 28.0N 006 12.2W 27 18:10:45 242 189 1 -- -- -- 18:15:05 - - 0 260 0.076 0.025
Ramon Maria Aller Obs. 42 52.5N 008 33.6W 240 18:09:23 230 183 1 -- -- -- 18:20:21 - - 0 259 0.178 0.088
Roque de los Muchachos O 28 45.6N 017 52.9W 2326 18:10:30 251 193 12 -- -- -- 19:09:36 340 279 0 261 0.973 0.972
VENEZUELA
Cagigal Obs. 10 30.4N 066 55.7W 1026 16:44:23 246 243 71 -- -- 19:38:33 56 349 42 18:16:00 331 279 60 232 0.925 0.915
Llano del Hato Obs. 08 47.4N 070 52.0W 3610 16:31:14 246 266 72 -- -- 19:30:54 57 350 48 18:04:56 331 286 66 225 0.942 0.936
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