The Total Solar Eclipse, May 9, 1910

Abstract

UNFORTUNATELY, the news to hand regarding the observation of this eclipse, visible in Tasmania, tells us that all the observing parties experienced unfavourable weather conditions. According to the Times of May 10, a Reuter telegram from Hobart (Tasmania), dated the previous day, states, “The observation of the total eclipse of the sun from Bruni Island has failed, owing to dense clouds and rain. Mr. Baracchi, the Victorian Government astronomer, reports that the darkness during the period of totality might be compared with that of a starlit night.”