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 Total Solar Eclipse of 2012 November 14
 in Australia

The point of greatest eclipse (totality phase during 4 min 2 sec) lies in the middle of the Pacific Ocean south of French Polynesia. A couple of cruise ships will in the vicinity, but they’ll get only a little more than three minutes of totality; one TSE flight will get a bit more. To observe the 2012 November 13 total solar eclipse, November 14 one hour after sunrise in Australia, I went to Trinity Beach, north of Cairns in Australia, where I joined my friends of the IAP (Institut d’Astrophysique de Paris), the MSFC (NASA Marshall Space Flight Center) and the IfA (Institute for Astronomy, University of Hawaii) but also the team of Miloslav Druckmüller. A scientific symposium was held in Palm Cove from November 12 to 16.

You can use this solar eclipse calculator to compute the local circumstances of the eclipse, and the solar eclipse timer notifies the beginning of the various events. A time exposure calculator is there to help you choose your camera settings.


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Only the inland viewing sites offered a nearly clear sky, the area located to the north being the most favorable. For the beaches from Cairns to Port Douglas the success rate was very variable.
The satellite image on the left is taken at 20:30 UT, 10 minutes before totality, and the one on the right at 21:30 UT, 50 minutes after totality.

Total Eclipse 2012 November 14 Satellite Cloud Cover Map
2012 November 14 satellite cloud cover 10 minutes before and 50 minutes after the time of totality

Total Eclipse 2012 November 13 Satellite Animation Umbral Shadow
2012 November 13 UTC satellite animation with umbral shadow

Total Eclipse 2012 2011 November 14 Satellite Cloud Cover Map
2011 November 14 satellite cloud cover 3 hours and 30 minutes after the time of totality

Early morning there were clouds lingering over the horizon. During the morning clouds started to build up.
The area around Cairns was to be avoided as clouds over the Cape Grafton peninsula obscured totality. However it was fine for the beaches to the north of Cairns up to Port Douglas.

Total Eclipse 2012 2011 November 14 Satellite Cloud Cover Map
2011 November 14 satellite cloud cover 3 hours and 30 minutes after the time of totality

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Last page update on November 15, 2012.
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