Solar eclipse of January 1, 1889 explained

A total solar eclipse occurred on January 1, 1889. A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby totally or partly obscuring the image of the Sun for a viewer on Earth. A total solar eclipse occurs when the Moon's apparent diameter is larger than the Sun's, blocking all direct sunlight, turning day into darkness. Totality occurs in a narrow path across Earth's surface, with the partial solar eclipse visible over a surrounding region thousands of kilometres wide.It was visible across western United States, and central Canada. Partiality was visible across the northern Pacific Ocean including Hawaii, and all of the United States.

Impact

Wovoka the Paiute prophet received visions during the solar eclipse of January 1889. These visions were framework for the Pan-Indian religious movement known as the Ghost Dance.^[1]

Related eclipses

Saros 120

Further reading

• On the solar eclipse of January 1, 1889 . Holden . E. S. . Edward S. Holden . The Observatory . 12 . 130–134 . 1889 . 1889Obs....12..130H .
• On the photographs of the corona at the solar eclipse of 1889, January 1 . Holden . E. S. . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society . 49 . 343 . April 1889 . 6 . 10.1093/mnras/49.6.343 . 1889MNRAS..49..343H . free .
• The Total Solar Eclipse of January 1 . Lockyer . J. Norman . Norman Lockyer . Nature . March 1889 . 39 . 1012 . 487–488 . 10.1038/039487b0 . 1889Natur..39..487L . 4097907 . free .
• Total Solar Eclipse, Jan 1, 1889 . Payne . William W. . Sidereal Messenger . 8 . 64–68 . February 1889 . 1889SidM....8...64P .
• The Total Solar Eclipse of January, 1889 . Pickering . William H. . William Henry Pickering . Sidereal Messenger . 8 . 336.1–339 . August 1889 . 1889SidM....8..336P .
• The Solar Corona of January, 1889, from the Photographs . Pritchett . H. S. . Henry Smith Pritchett . Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific . 3 . 16 . 155 . June 1891 . 10.1086/120281 . 1891PASP....3..155P . 123421425 . free .
• The total solar eclipse of December 21-22, 1889 . Taylor . A. . The Observatory . 13 . 348–351 . November 1890 . 1890Obs....13..348T .
• Book: Todd, Mabel Loomis . Total Eclipses of the Sun . 1900 . Little, Brown .
• Meteorological and other observations made at Willows, California, in connection with the total solar eclipse of January 1, 1889 . Upton . Winslow . Winslow Upton . Rotch . Abbott Lawrence . Abbott Lawrence Rotch . Pickering . Edward Charles . Edward Charles Pickering . Annals of the Astronomical Observatory of Harvard College . 29 . 1 . Cambridge . J. Wilson and Son . 1893 . 1 . 1893AnHar..29....1U .

External links

• NASA chart graphics
  • Googlemap
  • NASA Besselian elements
• Photo of Solar Corona January 1, 1889
• Eclipse of June 1, 1889. Contact print from the original glass negative. Lick Observatory Plate Archive, Mt. Hamilton. [January 1, 1889?!]
• C.E. Watkins photo / eclipse / lick observatory 1889?, The J. Paul Getty Museum, Object Number: 88.XM.92.83

Notes and References

1. Web site: Andrew . Sherry . Wovoka . apps.lib.umich.edu/ . University of Michigan . 6 May 2021.