Reply to : Laren Dart

>> There is another eclipse I've been trying to chase down without

enough information. 6 or 8 years ago, I was talking on the phone with
someone at an astronomy SW company (don't remember which) about the
difficulty of pinning down eclipses. He told me there was "an eclipse which
was pretty solid because it was observed in 600 from a small island in the
Caribbean." He didn't say if it was B.C. or A.D. I've looked with Guide,
but there just isn't enough information. Would you see if it's in
Stephenson's book?
Thanks, Larry <<

No it isn't. In AD 600 there were three partial eclipses (none total) and
in 600 BC there was a total eclipse, but over the Pacific area. (My source
for those is another planetarium program)

Richard.


E-mail from: Richard Mallett, 18-Jun-2001