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 Profile Effects on the Duration of Totality
  • Limb Corrections To The Path Limits: Graze Zones
  • Saros History
• Weather Prospects for the Eclipse
  • Overview
  • The British Isles
  • Western Europe
  • Eastern Europe to the Black Sea
  • Turkey, Iraq and Iran
  • Pakistan and India
  • The Atlantic Ocean and the Black Sea
  • Coping with the Weather on Eclipse Day
  • The Probability of Seeing the Eclipse
  • Summary
  • Weather Web Sites
• Observing the Eclipse
  • Eye Safety And Solar Eclipses
  • Sources for Solar Filters
  • IAU Solar Eclipse Education Committee
  • Eclipse Photography
  • Sky At Totality
  • Contact Timings from the Path Limits
  • Plotting the Path on Maps
• IAU Working Group on Eclipses
• NATO Workshop Proceedings for the 1999 Total Solar Eclipse
• Romanian Preparations for 1999 Eclipse
• JOSO Working Group for 1999 Eclipse
• Eclipse Data on Internet
  • NASA Eclipse Bulletins on Internet
  • Future Eclipse Paths on Internet
  • Downloading Bulletins and Path Tables Via Anonymous FTP
  • Special Web Site for 1999 Solar Eclipse
• Total Solar Eclipse of 2001 June 21
• Predictions for Eclipse Experiments
• Algorithms, Ephemerides and Parameters
• Bibliography
• Figures
• Tables
• Maps of the Umbral Path
• Request Form for NASA Eclipse Bulletins