Solar eclipse of October 3, 2005
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| Solar eclipse of October 3, 2005 | |
 Chennai, India : Partial Eclipse |
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Solar eclipse of 2005 October 3
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| Type of eclipse | |
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| Nature | Annular |
| Gamma | 0.3306 |
| Magnitude | 0.9576 |
| Saros | 134 (43 of 71) |
| Maximum eclipse | |
| Duration | 271 s (4 min 31 s) |
| Location | Sudan |
| Coordinates | 12°53′24″N 28°44′06″E / 12.89°N 28.735°E |
| Max. width of band | 162.2 km |
| Times (UTC) | |
| Partial eclipse | 3:53:56 |
| Total eclipse | 18:40:59 |
| Central eclipse | 19:45:03 |
| Greatest eclipse | 10:31:42 |
The solar eclipse that took place on October 3, 2005 was an annular eclipse of the Sun with a magnitude of 0.958 that was visible from a narrow corridor through the Iberian peninsula and Africa. A partial eclipse was seen from the much broader path of the Moon's penumbra, including all of Europe, Africa and southwestern Asia.
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[edit] References
- Fred Espenak and Jay Anderson. "Annular Solar Eclipse of 2005 October 3". NASA, September 2005.
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Solar eclipses |  |
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| Previous eclipse Solar eclipse of April 8, 2005 (hybrid) |
Solar eclipse of October 3, 2005 (annular) |
Next eclipse Solar eclipse of March 29, 2006 (total) |
| Previous annular eclipse Solar eclipse of May 31, 2003 |
Next annular eclipse Solar eclipse of September 22, 2006 |
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