Next Solar Eclipse

[Mr Giovanni Di Giovanni]

Good evening to all of you fellow amateur astronomers at the BAA. During the solar eclipse of August 12th, I intend to conduct a numerical study of the phenomenon. I would like to process data extracted from individual frames taken from various points, both inside and outside the totality band. If any fellow amateur astronomers are interested in this, please contact me. I will explain the entire work program and its purpose.
Thank you and best regards.
Giovanni
cross19@libero.it
P.S. I will be observing from my home in L’Aquila (Italy).

[Alex Pratt]

Hi Giovanni,

Have you seen this link

https://britastro.org/forums/topic/impact-of-the-2026-august-12-solar-eclipse-on-twilight

and on the website

https://eeq.astro-geo-gis.com/tse-2026/

there is an option to translate it into other languages, such as Italian.

Good luck with your project.

Alex.

[Dr Paul Leyland]

I hope to observe the eclipse from near Teruel in southern Spain.

Paul

[Mr Giovanni Di Giovanni]

Alex, you’ve included an excellent bibliography. I actually wasn’t familiar with it all. Thank you for your interest. However, my intention is to collect any images that may become available to complete a previous study of mine. These are numerical calculations aimed at determining the times of contacts and the maximum phase. This is in reference to the article published in our JBAA.

https://britastro.org/journal/baa-journal-volume-126-number-2-april-2016

Regarding variations in sky brightness, I specifically considered surveying and studying the anti-twilight sky. This is to expand on my previous study,

https://britastro.org/journal/baa-journal-volume-135-number-01-february-2025.

Already from a first examination, I saw that this would be a significant undertaking from the perspective of atmospheric physics. To go beyond that outline requires significant and time-consuming theoretical elaborations. Furthermore, at least here in central Italy, after a sunny day, the sky is always covered in low clouds and haze, which greatly attenuates even the few stars still visible. The twilight and anti-twilight colors are noticeably distorted compared to the past. And this has been happening for over a month, and it seems to be a summer condition.
Taking images of just the solar disk is what I would ask of those who intend to take a complete image of the eclipse.

Paul, I’ll contact you when I get back. I’ll be away from home for a few days from today

Thanks Alex, and thanks Paul

Regards
Giovanni

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