Mira Public Observatory, Grimbergen, Belgium

Annular Solar Eclipse of 3 October 2005

News: The first camera has been coaxed back into life, just in time for the maximum. However, most of the webcast has been dogged by technical problems, most due to the remote location.

A team from MIRA Public Observatory (Grimbergen, Belgium) is on location in Aras de los Olmos, some 80 km from Valencia (Spain), on the central path of this annular eclipse.

Above our some live images, just as we did for all major astronomical phenomena since 1996 (at least those visible from Belgium). Barring technical difficulties, you should be able to see white-light images of the Sun as well as "red" ones (i.e. with a hydrogen-alpha-filter, showing the prominences).

We are cooperating with the University of Valencia who are observing from the coast.

In the meantime have a look at some images from our previous webcasts:

• the Venus-transit on the 8th of May 2004
• the Lunar eclipse on the 8th of November 2003
• the partial Solar eclipse on 31 May 2003
• the Lunar eclipse on the 16th of May 2003
• the Mercury transit on the 7th of May 2003

De ringvormige zonsverduistering van 3 oktober 2005

Een ploeg van MIRA neemt de eclips waar vanuit Aras de los Olmos, zo'n 80 km van Valencia (Spanje) tijdens het jaarlijkse waarnemingskamp. De webcast zal zowel beelden in "wit licht" tonen als opnames gemaakt met een speciale protuberansenkijker.