TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE of 2006 MARCH 29



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SECOND CONTACT

THIRD CONTACT



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T1: time in seconds relative to Second Contact (total eclipse begins) - T2: time in seconds relative to Third Contact (total eclipse ends)



CONTOUR OF HIGH LUNAR MOUNTAINS CLOSE TO THE MOON'S SOUTHPOLE





SUNSPOTS





TWILIGHT





SHADOW PLAY



the "eyes of the dog" showed the advanced partial phase of the eclipse



DISTRAUGHT PIGEONS AFTER ECLIPSE


pigeons returning from their dovecot after the eclipse
while most of the sunlight was obscured by the moon this flock of doves - like many other birds - flew back to their places for sleep



ECLIPSE GAZERS

All astronomical images where photographed by Thomas Zwach at Çolakli / Antalya / Turkey within 3 kilometres of the Central Line of the Total Solar Eclipse 2006 March 29 with a CANON 300D via a SOLIGOR 2x converter through a TMB APO 80/600 - partial phases where filtered with a Baader Astro Solar Sonnenfilterfolie ND4
The guided tour to the Eclipse was organized by the team of the Kuffner Sternwarte Vienna together with the Wiener Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Astronomie - [report of Total Solar Eclipse of 2006 March 29 in German].


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created: 2.4.2006 - updated: 21.4.2006 - minor changes : 13.1.2022/3.2.2023 - © astronomical photos: Thomas Zwach - © non-astronomical photos, montage & webpage: Th.Gramanitsch