Two central eclipses of the Sun occur during 2010. The first is an annular solar eclipse on January 15 and is visible from a broad track across Africa, the Indian Ocean and south Asia. The second is a total solar eclipse on July 11 and is visible from a corridor that traverses the South Pacific.
Annular and Total Solar Eclipses of 2010 (NASA/TP-2008-214171) contains detailed predictions for both of these events and includes Besselian elements, geographic coordinates of the paths of annulatity and totality, physical ephemeris of the antumbra and umbra, topocentric limb profile corrections, local circumstances for hundreds of cities, maps of the eclipse paths, weather prospects, and lunar limb profile figures. Information on safe eclipse viewing and eclipse photography is also included.
NASA Eclipse Bulletins contain detailed predictions, maps and meteorology for future central solar eclipses of interest. These publications are prepared in cooperation with the Working Group on Eclipses of the International Astronomical Union and are provided as a public service to both the professional and lay communities, including educators and the media. In order to allow a reasonable lead time for planning purposes, subsequent bulletins will be published 18 to 24 months before each event.
The document Annular and Total Solar Eclipses of 2010 (NASA/TP-2008-214171) was written by Fred Espenak (NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland, USA) and Jay Anderson (Royal Astronomical Society of Canada, Winnipeg, Manitoba, CANADA). Hard copies of this publication may be ordered using the Bulletin Request Form. Note that you must include a SASE (self-addressed, stamped envelope) with postage for 12 ounces (340 grams) with your request. Do not send cash or checks.
The complete 2010 eclipse publication is also available in electronic format as a Portable Document Format (PDF) file:
The PDF file requires Adobe Reader in order to be read. This software is available free of charge at the above link for a number of different computer platforms (Window, Macintosh, UNIX).
A web page is also available which posts all known errata to this publication (applicable to both hard copy and PDF forms of this document).
Permission is freely granted to reproduce any portion of this NASA publication. All uses and/or publication of this material should be accompanied by an appropriate acknowledgment of the source (e.g.- Eclipse maps and data courtesy of Fred Espenak and Jay Anderson, "Annular and Total Solar Eclipses of 2010" (NASA/TP-2008-214171) ).
Comments, suggestions and corrections are solicited to improve the content and layout in subsequent editions of this publication series.
Fred Espenak Jay Anderson
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center Royal Astronomical Society of Canada
Planteary Systems Laboratory, Code 693 189 Kingsway Ave.
Greenbelt, MD 20771 Winnipeg, MB,
USA CANADA R3M 0G4
Email: fred.espenak@nasa.gov Email: jander@cc.umanitoba.ca
For more information, see the two NASA 2010 Eclipse Web Sites:
