Re: Annular Eclipse - October 2005

On 5 Aug 2005 13:50:05 -0700, Ed_Zep wrote:

> Can anyone say whether it's worth travelling to see this?
> Have never seen an annular eclipse and there are cheap flights to
> Alicante.
>
> Is it worth the time/expense?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ed.

>From the beginning I have to say YMMV. It's really a very personal
judgement.

An annular is very interesting and has some of the excitement of a total
solar eclipse as the Sun is covered. It misses the excitement and wonder
of a total by quite a lot, though. I viewed the annular phase of the
hybrid eclipse in April from Panama and enjoyed it. It was worth the time
for me (including traveling to a new location) but I led the tour so I
didn't have to pay for it. Everyone else did and there were other tours
there (our small group included observers from Japan to Europe) so
obviously a lot of people think it's worth it.

Why not try it and see? Then you'll know for next time. :-)

Mike Simmons
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