The last
3 october at 10:56 the Moon eclipsed the Sun, it
lost a lot of sheen, the temperature went down,
the city of Alcalá stopped its activity and
Cervantes square was converted during a few hours
into a big observatory. After some months preparing
this observation we only can say it has been a great
succes.
Around more
than 3.000 complutenses (people from Alcalá)
came to Cervantes Square to see this phenomenom
using our instruments, commentaries like "this
is the most incredible I´ve never seen"
could be listenen betwen the people of Alcalá.
In addition we had the presence of dozens of scientists
and astronomy fans who came with his own instruments
from all the corners of the planet as for example,
the components of the expedition of observation
of the prestigious magazine of astronomy Sky and
Telescope, with experts from Sydney, Texas, Arizona...
The coverage of the mass media also was spectacular
with the presence of Antenna 3, Localia, TV realized
a live connection for the whole Spain and an article
for the news, Telemadrid and Direct Madrid, TV Corredor,
Wave Zero, RNE, Diary of Alcala ... to all of them
thank you very much!
The next eclipse
in Spain will be on 12 august 2026, it will be a
total eclipse. You are invited to come to observe
this phenomenom with us, but if you can´t
wait you can travel with us on march 2006 to Turkey,
Egypt or Lybia where it will be a total eclipse.
We want to give
thanks to our friends of Sky & Telescope and
city hall of Alcalá de Henares for their
help.
IMAGES
OF THE ECLIPSE FROM ALCALA OF MOWING MEADOWS
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ECLIPSE WITH A BAADER FILTER |
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IMAGES
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First
contact |
The
annularity begins |
Anularity |
IMAGES OF THE OBSERVATORY
IN CERVANTES SQUARE
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All
ready at 08:30 |
08:45 |
09:00 |
09:10 |
09:15 |
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09:15 |
09:15 |
Ready |
People
to the observation |
People
waiting for telescopes |
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AAC
zone |
Sky&Telescope |
Antonio
with the PST |
More
telescopes |
Dobson |
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Young
astronomers |
Aitor
of Sondasespaciales |
Pedroscope |
Interview
with Antena 3 |
Interview
with members of Sky&Telescope |
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Roberto
Brasero of Antena 3 |
On
the air with Antena 3 |
Oriol Rigat an heliofísic expert |
I
come from Australia |
Effects |
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Effects
over Framauro |
Interview
with Madrid Direct |
Framauro
with Madrid Direct |
Checking
a solar filter |
Leo
interviewed with Wave Zero |
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Oriol,
Morán, Aitor and Enrique |
Annularity
with the dobson telescope |
Sky&Telescope |
Agrupación
Astronómica
Complutense |
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PANORAMISCHES
FOTOS
