Observation by Alan Thomas: Partial Solar Eclipse drawings, 1959 Oct...

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Alan Thomas

Observer

Alan Thomas

Observed

1959 Oct 02 - 11:00

Uploaded

2021 Oct 27 - 14:33

Objects

The Sun
Eclipse

Equipment

Eleven-year-old eyes.

Location

Wilmslow, Cheshire UK.

Target name

The Sun

Title

Partial Solar Eclipse drawings, 1959 October 2.

About this image

In response to David Arditti's call at the AGM for 'old images', here are some drawings of a partial solar eclipse I made 60-odd years ago. I hope he wasn't joking!

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Partial Solar Ecipse drawing 1959.jpg (213.4 kB)

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Tor Schofield, stan armstrong, Philip Jennings, Mark Lee

Comments

stan armstrong, 2021 Oct 31 - 22:31 UTC

My reckoning Alan is that you may well have seen Sputnik 1 and it's successors? Noticed your recent GD Discussion entry and was until then Unaware of the AGM Request.. Agree with you.. but will expand on Humanities and 'members' when I submit my Input.. Noticed the 'bt' and wondered????? clear Skies stan

stan armstrong, 2021 Oct 31 - 22:32 UTC

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