Solar Eclipses
Bibliography

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Dunham, J. B, Dunham, D. W. and Warren, W. H., IOTA Observer's Manual, (draft copy), 1992

Espenak, F., Fifty Year Canon of Solar Eclipses: 1986-2035, NASA RP-1178, Greenbelt, MD, 1987

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Meteorology and Travel

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Further Reading

Astrophotography Basics, Kodak Customer Service Pamphlet P150, Eastman Kodak, Rochester, 1988

Brewer, B., Eclipse, Earth View, Seattle, 1991

Covington, M., Astrophotography for the Amateur, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1988

Espenak, F., "Total Eclipse of the Sun," Petersen's PhotoGraphic, June 1991, p. 32

Fiala, A. D., DeYoung, J. A., and Lukac, M. R., Solar Eclipses, 1991-2000, USNO Circular No. 170, U. S. Naval Observatory, Washington, DC 1986

Harris, J., and Talcott, R., Chasing the Shadow, Kalmbach Pub., Waukesha, 1994

Littmann, M., and Willcox, K., Totality, Eclipses of the Sun, University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu, 1991

Lowenthal, J., The Hidden Sun: Solar Eclipses and Astrophotography, Avon, New York, 1984

Mucke, H., and Meeus, J., Canon of Solar Eclipses: -2003 to +2526, Astronomisches Büro, Vienna, 1983

North, G., Advanced Amateur Astronomy, Edinburgh University Press, 1991

Oppolzer, T. R. von, Canon of Eclipses, Dover Publications, New York, 1962

Ottewell, G., The Under-Standing of Eclipses, Astronomical Workshop, Greenville, NC, 1991

Pasachoff, J. M., and Covington, M., Cambridge Guide to Eclipse Photography, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge and New York, 1993

Pasachoff, J. M., and Menzel, D. H., Field Guide to the Stars and Planets, 3rd edition, Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 1992

Reynolds, M. D. and Sweetsir, R. A., Observe Eclipses, Astronomical League, Washington, DC, 1995

Sherrod, P. C., A Complete Manual of Amateur Astronomy, Prentice-Hall 1981

Zirker, J. B., Total Eclipses of the Sun, Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York, 198