The annular eclipse of 3rd October 2005

The annular eclipse of 3rd October 2005 in Madrid

Our location at the observation site: N 40°26'59.9'' W 3°43'42.7''

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Short movie of the annular eclipse of 3rd October 2005
Photos of the sun and the landscape (every 5 minutes). Constant exposure was applied; in case of the landscape to record the phenomenon of getting dark.

Further arrangements of the phases of the eclipse.

Short report on the eclipse experience:

My mother and I (I study mathematics at the Vienna University of Technology) travelled to Madrid (Spain) for one week to observe the annular eclipse of 3rd October 2005 there. We arrived at Madrid on Saturday, 1st October 2005 (via plane from Vienna). There were no clouds in the sky during the whole week, and the weather was even better on the day of the eclipse :-)
On Sunday, the day before the eclipse, we looked for an appropriate observation site in Madrid. At Planetario de Madrid , we got the possibility to join the observation at the Campus of Universidad Complutense de Madrid , because of the great kindness of the director of the planetarium and his collegue (?). The university offered a football field to amateur astronomers from all over the world to observe the eclipse there with their own equipment (organized by Jaime Zamorano). The observation with own eqiupment would not have been possible at Planetario de Madrid because of the many people there. So Muchas Gracias to the director of the planetarium.
On 3rd October 2005, the day of the eclipse, we went to the Campus of the University very early to have the chance to prepare everything. Nevertheless, I didn't succeed in starting my automatic exposures of the sun and the landscape in time to capture the first contact. Apart from that, everything worked quite well, and we could observe the eclipse from the beginning to the end, without any clouds.
Furthermore, Muchas Gracias to Elena for ordering a taxi for us, to get back to our hotel.

(By the way, it should be clear anyway, but it cannot be mentioned too often: Never observe the sun without appropriate protection, otherwise irreversible damage to your eye may result.)

Some photos of our surroundings during the observation and other pictures of our journey:

	Our airplane...
	161 km left to reach Madrid, I'm told by my GPS...
	In the plane above Spain...
	Landing approach to Madrid...
	Airport of Madrid...
	View from our hotel room...
	Universidad Complutense de Madrid at sunrise...
	During annularity...
	Observation of the annularity...
	Maximum of the eclipse...
	3rd contact...
	Some of Baily's beads...
	Our observation site...
	Maybe the newspaper says, if there is something special today?
	The camera capturing the landscape automatically...
	My MEADE ETX90 and the camera capturing the sun automatically...
	Retiro park with an airplane...
	... and without an airplane
	Shortly before sunset...
	"The nude Maja" of Goya at Prado museum
	Back again in Vienna..
	Our airplane...

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