Solar eclipse of May 26, 1854
Introduction An annular solar eclipse occurred on May 26, 1854.A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby totally or partly obscuring the image of the Sun for a viewer on Earth. An annular solar eclipse occurs when the Moon's apparent diameter is smaller than the Sun's, blocking most of the Sun's light and causing the Sun to look like an annulus (ring). An annular eclipse appears as a partial eclipse over a region of the Earth thousands of kilometres wide.
Visibility The annular path crossed close to the boundary between the United States and Canada. :480px
Observations 480pxAnnularity Daguerrotyped by Stephen Alexander from Ogdensburgh, New York480pxPartiality by Langenheim Brothers.
Related eclipses It is a part of Solar Saros 135.Solar eclipse set repeats every 6 synodic months (about 177.183 days). Solar eclipse series sets from 1852 to 1855Ascending node Descending node115June 17, 1852150pxPartial120December 11, 1852150pxTotal125June 6, 1853150pxAnnular130November 30, 1853150pxTotal135May 26, 1854150pxAnnular140November 20, 1854150pxHybrid145May 16, 1855150pxPartial150November 9, 1855150pxPartial=== Saros 135 ===It is a part of Saros cycle 135, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, containing 71 events. The series started with partial solar eclipse on July 5, 1331.It contains annular eclipses from October 21, 1511, through February 24, 2305, hybrid eclipses on March 8, 2323, and March 18, 2341, and total eclipses from March 29, 2359, through May 22, 2449.The series ends at member 71 as a partial eclipse on August 17, 2593.The longest duration of totality will be 2 minutes, 27 seconds on May 12, 2431.Series members 33–43 occur between 1901 and 2100:303132150pxMay 26, 1854Jun 6, 1872Jun 17, 1890333435150pxJun 28, 1908150pxJul 9, 1926150pxJul 20, 1944363738150pxJul 31, 1962150pxAug 10, 1980150pxAug 22, 1998394041150pxSep 1, 2016150pxSep 12, 2034150pxSep 22, 20524243150pxOct 4, 2070150pxOct 14, 2088
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References * ''Total Eclipses of the Sun'', By Mabel Loomis Todd, 1894, new and revised edition by David P. Todd, 1900. *  Suggestions relative to the observation of the solar eclipse of May 26, 1854, Astronomical Journal, vol. 3, iss. 70, p. 169–172 (1854). Alexander, S.*  ''On the solar eclipse of 1854, May 26'', Bartlett, W. H. C. Astronomical Journal, vol. 4, iss. 77, p. 33–35 (1854). *  Observation of the annular eclipse of May 26, in the suburbs of Ogdensburgh, N. Y. Astronomical Journal, vol. 3, iss. 70, p. 169–172 (1854). Alexander, S.