Eclipse: A Celestical Shadow Play

16 February 24 October Africa Algol aligned annular eclipse appears arc seconds astronomers Atlantic Bangalore beginning binary stars Brahmagupta bright calculated celestial Central Pacific century chromosphere corona coronium Crab nebula crescent dark edge degrees descending node diameter distance duration of totality Earth Earth's atmosphere Earth's orbit Earth's shadow eclipse occur eclipse of 24 eclipse records eclipsed Sun event experiments explained Figure full moon Indian Institute Indian Ocean Institute of Astrophysics Jupiter Kepler layers longitude look lunar eclipse Madras Observatory measuring Mercury and Venus month Moon Moon's orbit motion moving nebula objects Observatory observed occultation Paramesvara partial eclipse partial phase passing path of totality penumbra perigee perihelion phenomenon photographs photosphere planet predicted Rahu records of eclipses saros cycle satellite Science scientists seen shift speed Sun's sunlight sunset take place telescope total eclipse total solar eclipse transit of Venus twilight umbra Uranus Varahamihira