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Explore the timeline of historical total solar eclipse expeditions, dating back to 1851 – the date the first photograph of a total solar eclipse was taken.

Sketch of the solar corona near the sunspot minimum at the eclipse of May 1878.
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IMAGE CREDITS TO GO HERE. THE CURRENT IMAGE IS A PLACEHOLDER THOUGH 🙂

Alternatively, explore the history through an interactive map, showing the multinational and geographically diverse efforts to observe solar eclipses, often being in locations subject to colonial rule during the dominance of empires.

Click Here to see the scientific work carried out and completed at St Andrews

University Observatory
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