Trong Sky at Night, tôi đã được bảo hiểm nhật thực một số tổng, và đầu tiên của những con đường trở lại vào năm 1961, là một nỗ lực tiên phong. Trong năm 2006, bầu trời rõ ràng, và trong chương trình truyền hình của chúng tôi tất cả đều tốt. | Chapter 11 Turkish Delight Turkish eclipse Credit Pete Lawrence In the Sky at Night I have covered several total eclipses and the first of these way back in 1961 was a pioneering effort. In 2006 the sky was clear and in our television programme all went well. P Moore The Sky at Night DOI 978-1-4419-6409-0_11 Springer Science Business Media LLC 2010 41 42 11 Turkish Delight There are many glorious sights in Nature but to me as I have often said there is nothing even remotely comparable with a total eclipse of the Sun. For the few moments when the brilliant solar disk is fully covered by the Moon everything seems to be put into a state of suspended animation only the sky changes. I am not surprised that ancient peoples were frightened and in backward countries this is still true. An annular eclipse is fascinating but no more and it is hard to become really enthusiastic about one that is partial. I am lucky that I have seen seven totalities and have presented Sky at Night programmes for most of them the first way back in 1961 was a real pioneering effort. But the eclipse of 23 March 2006 was one that I knew I would have to miss I simply wasn t fit to travel to the track of totality which ran from Brazil across to Africa cutting through Turkey and grazing Egypt before going on to end in Mongolia. John Mason and his team from the South Downs Planetarium opted for Egypt the Sky at Night contingent with Chris Lintott and including Pete Lawrence and Bruce Kingsley preferred the coast of Turkey. For once in a way politics did not interfere. I was envious. From Selsey there was a small partial eclipse - 20 but as a matter of principle I decided to photograph it. Joined by Alan Schultz and Tim Wright I watched it from my garden outside the observatory talking to Chris enjoying the pleasant Turkish heat. I had a mediocre view through scattered cloud. In Turkey the sky was crystal-clear and conditions could not have been better. Totality was due just before 2 o clock in
