Total Solar Eclipse 1999 August 11

• Find here some pictures taken during our observation efforts near Karlsruhe.

Total Lunar Eclipse 2001 Jan 09

• Observed from Munich using a Meade LX200 8" SC, no pictures though.

Total Lunar Eclipse 2003 May 16

• Observed from Valparaiso, Chile. Just one shaky picture for reference ;-)
• NASA's Eclipse Homepage

Annular Solar Eclipse 2003 May 31

• Observed as an 85% partial eclipse at sunrise from Munich using a Meade LX200 8" SC with focal reducer.
• More information on Fred Espenak's site

  Local circumstances
  1st Contact	04:29:06
  Mid Eclipse	05:23:27
  4th Contact	06:20:50

Total Lunar Eclipse 2003 November 09

• Observed from Munich. Find some pictures here.
• Featured on Astrowetter.com

Total Lunar Eclipse 2004 May 04

• Observed from the MAGIC telescope site at La Palma, Canary Islands, 2200 m a.s.l.
• Was in progress at moonrise from that location

Annular Solar Eclipse 2005 October 03

• For some impressions of the annular eclipse 2005 as observed from Madrid, Spain, see here.

  Local circumstances
  1st Contact	09:40:06
  2nd Contact	10:55:38
  Mid Eclipse	10:57:43
  3rd Contact	10:59:49
  4th Contact	12:23:12
  Annularity: 4:11.6min

Total Solar Eclipse 2006 March 29

• We stayed in Side, Turkey, from March 26th to 31st, 2006 and were able to observe the eclipse right from the beach. Details and pictures.
• My pictures featured on Astrowetter.com (Partial phases and totality gallery) and Eclipse-Reisen.de
• Also observed the preceeding penumbral lunar eclipse on March 14th, 2006 (from Munich).

  Local circumstances
  1st Contact	12:38:19
  2nd Contact	13:54:56
  Mid Eclipse	13:56:49
  3rd Contact	13:58:41
  4th Contact	15:13:31
  Totality: 3:45.2 min

Partial Lunar Eclipse 2006 September 07

• Visible from Europe at moonrise
• Observed from Munich, but clouded out soon after maximum eclipse
• See also on NASA's Eclipse Home Page

Total Lunar Eclipse 2007 March 03

• Was fully visible from Europe
• Observed from Munich, largely clouded out with few clear sky opportunities around totality
• Equipment: EOS 30D and Scopos Observer 62 f/8.4
• See also on NASA's Eclipse Home Page

Total Solar Eclipse 2008 August 01

• Took place over Northern Canada, Northern Greenland, Siberia, China.
• Totality for approx. 2:10 minutes
• Some details
• NASA' Eclipse bulletin
• See also on NASA's Eclipse Home Page
• Observed from Munich using a Meade LX200 8" SC with focal reducer.

Total Solar Eclipse 2009 July 22

• Visible as total eclipse from India, Nepal, China
• Totality for approx. 6 minutes
• We observed the eclipse from Jinshan, China, where 5 minutes 53 minutes of totality were expected.
• Stayed in China from 2009 July 11 to 25
• Equipment: Scopos TL 805 refractor
• See also on NASA's Eclipse Home Page

  

  Local circumstances
  1st Contact	08:23:01
  2nd Contact	09:36:05
  Mid Eclipse	09:39:02
  3rd Contact	09:41:58
  4th Contact	11:01:42
  Totality: 5:53 min

Annular Solar Eclipse 2010 January 15

Total Solar Eclipse 2015 March 20

• Visible as total eclipse from Svalvard, Färöer
• Totality for approx. 2:00 minutes (maximum totality 2:40 minutes)
• We travelled to Torshavn, Faroe Islands
• Equipment: Scopos TL 805 refractor

  Local circumstances
  1st Contact	08:38:49
  2nd Contact	09:40:51
  Mid Eclipse	09:41:51
  3rd Contact	09:42:51
  4th Contact	10:47:38
  Totality: 2:00 min

Total Solar Eclipse 2016 March 9

• Successful eclipse chasing at C2-30 min and observation in Belitung, Indonesia.
  Equipment: Scopos TL 805 refractor and Canon EOS 7D (f=896mm), Canon EF 100-400L and Canon EOS 6D (f=400mm), orchestrated by Xavier Jubier's Solar Eclipse Maestro 1.8.4v10.

  Local circumstances
  1st Contact	06:21:10
  2nd Contact	07:23:23
  Mid Eclipse	07:24:22
  3rd Contact	07:25:21
  4th Contact	08:36:36
  Totality: 1:58 min

Total Solar Eclipse 2017 August 21

• We observed this total solar eclipse in Glendo, Wyoming, USA from Thomas Memorial Airfield. (42°31.128'N 105°1.337'W)

  Equipment: Scopos TL 805 refractor and Canon EOS 7D (f=896mm), Canon EF 400L and Canon EOS 6D (f=400mm), orchestrated by Xavier Jubier's Solar Eclipse Maestro 1.8.6v2.

  Local circumstances
  1st Contact	10:24:00
  2nd Contact	11:45:02
  Mid Eclipse	11:46:17
  3rd Contact	11:47:31
  4th Contact	13:12:11
  Totality: 2:29,3 min

Total Lunar Eclipse 2019 January 21

• Observed at dawn in Sollentuna-Viby, Sweden (59.46°N, 17.89°E). Thanks to the long astronomical night in the North, observations could be performed until 07:20 UTC, i.e. almost until the end of the penumbral eclipse.

  Equipment: Scopos TL 805 refractor and Canon EOS 7D (f=896mm).

Annular Solar Eclipse 2021 June 10

• Observed as a 27% partial eclipse in Sollentuna-Viby, Sweden (59.46°N, 17.89°E).

  Equipment: Scopos TL 805 refractor and Canon EOS 7D (f=896mm) orchestrated by Xavier Jubier's Solar Eclipse Maestro 1.9.1.

Total Solar Eclipse 2026 August 12

• We observed this total solar eclipse from La Cerolleja, Catalunya, close to the Valle de la Luna (40°50'23" N, 0°2'26" W).

  Equipment: Canon EF 400L and Canon EOS 6D (f=400mm).

  Local circumstances
  1st Contact	19:36:05
  2nd Contact	20:29:59.8
  Mid Eclipse	20:30:24
  3rd Contact	20:31:35.4
  Sunset	21:02:35
  Totality: 1:35.6 min

My personal statistics

See also statistics at eclipse-chaser-log.com

General information on solar eclipses

• Solar eclipse at different focal lengths

Useful links

• Excellent predictor for the 2026 August eclipse local circumstances and visibility
• Eclipse photography timing software for Windows, very useful!
• Java application displaying contact times, very useful!
• Google Earth kmz files for solar eclipses
• Site Survey in Egypt and Turkey
• Solar Eclipses seen by Fred Bruenjes
• The Ultimate Almanac: Rare, unusual and/or spectacular sky events in the 21st century by D. Fischer

R. Wagner, 2006-09-07, 2009-02-12, 2015-07-07, 2017-09-03, 2026-08-15