Location: Amasya, Turkey some distance just N of the eclipse centre line, at Longitude 35o 51' 00"(E), Latitude 40o 39" 00"(N) and an estimated Altitude of 200 m.
1. Using David Herald's Occult.exe Windows95 program:
Maximum eclipse is at 11h 28m 50s with Totality from 11h 27m 45s to 11h 29m 54s
2. Using David Herald's BailyBead.exe Windows95 Program, the following Beads were predicted for the LEFT hand cusp (as viewed directly by a telescope) BEFORE TOTALITY:
|
Time (UT) |
Leading Watt's Angle (degrees) |
Number of Beads |
Time (UT) |
Leading Watt's angle (Degrees) |
Number of Beads |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
11h 27m 40s |
120.04 |
3 small |
11h 28m 07s |
92.15 |
2 |
|
41s |
117.80 |
1 |
09s |
88.54 |
2 |
|
43 |
116.46 |
1 |
11 |
84.31 |
1 |
|
46 |
115.00 |
1 large |
12 |
81.70 |
1 Extra large |
|
50 |
111.05 |
1 large |
13 |
81.70 |
2 |
|
51 |
111.16 |
1 |
14 |
80.89 |
3 |
|
52 |
108.97 |
1 large |
15 |
72.01 |
1 large |
|
53 |
109.16 |
2 large |
16 |
69.66 |
1 |
|
54 |
106.77 |
1 large |
17 |
67.90 |
7 |
|
55 |
106.73 |
1 large |
18 |
65.35 |
3 |
|
58 |
102.81 |
1 large |
19 |
64.03 |
2 |
|
28m 02s |
99.00 |
1 very large |
20 |
Totality |
|
|
03 |
99.35 |
2 |
|
|
|
3. Again using David Herald's BailyBead.exe Windows95 Program, the following Beads were predicted for the RIGHT hand cusp (as viewed directly by a telescope) AFTER TOTALITY:
|
Time (UT) |
Leading Watt's Angle (degrees) |
Number of Beads |
Time (UT) |
Leading Watt's angle (Degrees) |
Number of Beads |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
11h 30m 17s |
1295.28 |
1 small |
11h 30m 38s |
258.37 |
1 |
|
18s |
282.85 |
2 |
43s |
252.45 |
2 |
|
19 |
284.12 |
8 |
46 |
250.00 |
1 |
|
20 |
280.00 |
2 large |
47 |
248.63 |
1 |
|
21 |
308.74 |
1 |
49 |
246.76 |
1 |
|
22 |
as above |
1 |
59 |
239.08 |
1 |
|
25 |
272.04 |
1 |
31 00 |
237.74 |
1 |
|
26 |
270.79 |
2 |
05 |
234.69 |
1 |
|
29 |
268.24 |
1 |
11 |
232.50 |
1 |
|
30 |
as above |
1 |
To 45 |
none |
|
|
32 |
264.70 |
1 large |
|
|
|
|
33 |
as above |
1 |
|
|
|
|
37 |
258.37 |
2 |
|
|
|
Watts angle is similar to position angle and starts at N through E, so before totality the first beads appear at a Watts angle of 120 degrees E of N and after totality at 295 E of N.
I hope you or people in your group can record some of these Baily Beads. You will not observe all of the predicted events as Cathie and I did NOT see all those predicted for 1999 February 16, only about half, which was a good result I think.