ECLIPSE FINDER

The program calculates date and hour of solar and lunar eclipses.
Output is in the format:
                     T B YYYY.MMDD H
where T is a type of eclipse, T=S solar eclipse, T=M lunar eclipse
      B is an ecliptical latitude of the Moon in 0.1 degree
      YYYY.MMDD is date = year, month, day
      H is universal time in hours

To appoint approximate visibility of the eclipse in your country
consider if  the Sun or the Moon is visible in the calculated universal time.
(For the solar eclipse see if  it is a daytime in your country at time H, 
for the lunar eclipse if it is a night.)

For the solar eclipse: B>0 The best visibility from the Northern hemisphere.
                       B<0 The best visibility from the Southern hemisphere.
For the lunar eclipse: abs(B)<3 Total. 
                       3<abs(B)<7 Maybe total, maybe partial.
                       abs(B)>7 Partial.
                       abs(B)>9 Maybe no eclipse.
The program cannot assign if solar eclipse is total or partial one
and where it is visible.



I used for calculations the formulae from following books:
1. J.Meeus "Astronomical formulae for calculators." Monografieen over 
  astronomie en Astrofyzica, 4, Volkssterrenwatch Urania (Hove) 
  en Vereniging voor Sterrenkunde (Brussel) 1979  
2. "The Astronomical Almanac for the year 1985." Nautical Almanac Office, 
  Washington, London 1984.


by Jirka Bubenicek
   bubenic@fnkv.cz
