https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEcat5/SE1701-1800.html) The replies to Juli's inquiry were informative reading and after AJ's reply, I thought to look for a copy of The Canon of Eclipses (1887) by von Oppolzer. Error - Canon of Eclipses - von Oppolzer - Brady - Saros.jpg Thanks so much Omphalos for ...

... I'm looking for the origin of the SS N° N/S system. 🙏 Hi Juli, The first reference to this eclipse family numbering system that I, like yourself and many others here, encountered is Robert Carl Jansky’s Interpreting the Eclipses, published by Astro Computing Services in 1979. Bernadette Brady l...

Hello Juli, The NASA website gives Apr 11, 1736 as the first eclipse of the Saros 144. https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEsaros/SEsaros144.html You will find the Oct 2, 2024 Eclipse in the list with the First one Apr, 11, 1736 and the last one May 5, 2980. The earliest discovered historical record of ...

Hi Juli I have once experienced the same discrepancy regarding the first eclipse in a Saros Series. Bernadette said one thing in her book "Predictive Astrology", and Nasa said another thing in their catalogue, also with one eclipses difference. I wrote to Bernadette and asked about the di...

Hello, I'm trying to find info on the origin of the Saros Series numbering used by Robert Jansky, Bernadette Brady and others. This upcoming solar eclipse on October 2 is SS 8 South, or Saros 144 using the van den Bergh number. Both Jansky and Brady give the date SS 8 South started as April 1, 1718 ...