The tasks of the International Astronomical Union’s Working Group on Solar Eclipses include:

a) Working with the general public, providing materials and links to explain why eclipses are interesting to watch, how to observe them safely, and what science is being studied; and
b) Working with professional astronomers from around the world, to help coordinate their expeditions to total solar eclipses, including helping them work with customs in various countries about the temporary importation of scientific equipment.

Most recent June 21st, 2020 Eclipse-

• 2020: June 21, Yemen, Saudi Arabia, Oman; Pakistan, India, China, Taiwan (annular eclipse) , Google Map from Xavier Jubier
  • June 21st “Ring of Photosphere” Annular Eclipse
  • https://sites.williams.edu/eclipse/2020-june-21st-annular-eclipse/

Future Eclipses

• 2020: December 14, Pacific Ocean, Chile, Argentina, Atlantic Ocean (total eclipse) , Google Map from Xavier Jubier
• 2021: June 10, Arctic (Canada, Greenland, Russia); partial phases throughout the Eastern U.S.A., Europe, and northern Asia (annular eclipse) , Google Map from Xavier Jubier
• 2021: December 4, Antartica Google Map from Xavier Jubier
• 2022: April 30, South South America Google Map from Xavier Jubier
• 2022: October 25, Russia Google Map from Xavier Jubier
  • Two Partials of 2022 – https://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/2022
• 2023: April 20 Southeast Asia
  • • Google Map from Xavier Jubier
    • https://nationaleclipse.com/maps/map_04202023.html
    • April 20 Total Eclipse (hybrid) Google Map from Xavier Jubier
• 2023: May 05  
• Annular eclipse of October 14, 2023
  http://xjubier.free.fr/en/site_pages/solar_eclipses/xSE_GoogleMap3.php?Ecl=+20231014&Acc=2&Umb=1&Lmt=1&Mag=1&Max=1&Map=ROADMAP
• Total eclipse of April 8, 2024
  http://xjubier.free.fr/en/site_pages/solar_eclipses/xSE_GoogleMap3.php?Ecl=+20240408&Acc=2&Umb=1&Lmt=1&Mag=1&Max=1&Map=ROADMAP
• Fred Espenak’s Google eclipse maps for every solar eclipse from -1999 to +3000 
  • http://eclipsewise.com/solar/solar.html
• Meteorological/Cloudiness Maps
  • FUTURE ECLIPSES 2021-2026

2019 Eclipses

• 2019: December 26, Saudi Arabia, Oman; India and Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore; southernmost Philippines; Guam (annular eclipse) , Google Map from Xavier Jubier
  • Pasachoff report from India 
  • Elmhamdi report from Saudi Arabia

• 2019: July 2, Pacific Ocean, Chile, and Argentina (total eclipse) , Google Map from Xavier Jubier
  • 2019 Chile Eclipse Page
  • Observations from the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory
    https://www.aura-astronomy.org/news/a-stroke-of-astronomical-luck-for-solar-science/
  • https://www.aura-astronomy.org/news/science-teams-announced-for-chile-2019-eclipse/
  • Observations from the European Southern Observatory
    https://www.eso.org/public/announcements/ann19031/

August 21, 2017, Eclipse

• • • 2017 Eclipse Page
    • 2017: August 21 Total Eclipse in the U.S., Google Map from Xavier Jubier
    • 2017: Fred Espenak’s EclipseWise
    • 2017: Michael Zeiler’s Great American Eclipse

Basic Eclipse Materials

Previous Eclipses

• • • 2016: Sept 1 Annular Solar Eclipse
    • 2016: March 9 Total Solar Eclipse in Indonesia
    • 2015: September 15 Eclipse in South Africa
    • 2014: April 29 Annular/Partial Eclipse in Antarctica/Australia
      • Williams College Press Release
      • Phys.org Posting
      • Espenak’s Eclipsewise Map
      • Williams College Post-Eclipse Page with Photos and Links
      • Pre-Eclipse weather.com Article
      • Post-Eclipse space.com Article
    • Total Lunar Eclipse of 14/15 April 2014 Simulation by Michael Zeiler
    • 2013: November 3 Total Eclipse in Atlantic/Africa
    • 2012: Annular and Transit of Venus
    • 2011: Four Partial
    • 2010: Annular and Total
    • 2009: Partial, Annular, & Total
    • 2008: Partial, Annular, & Total

Reference Materials

• • • • The Sun by Pasachoff and Leon Golub
      • Eclipse Map Sites
        • Previous Eclipses
          • 2014: October 23 Partial Eclipse in Western US/Canada, Pacific, and Siberia
          • 2015: March 20 Total Eclipse in Arctic, including Svalbard and Faroes; Partial Throughout Europe
            • 2015 Map with Partial-Eclipse Contours
          • 2015: September 13 Great American Eclipse
          • 2016: March 9 Total Eclipse in Indonesia
          • 2016: September 1 Annular Eclipse in Africa
      • Eclipse Web Sites
      • Andy Fraknoi’s ASP Resource Guide
      • Dennis Schatz and Andrew Fraknoi’s Solar Science book with student exercises online or for purchase
      • Publications
      • Satellites and Observatories
      • Shadow Bands and Sunspot Numbers
      • Miscellaneous Links
      • “The Eclipse” by James Fenimore Cooper
      • https://sites.williams.edu/eclipse/
      • Preview YouTube video What the SUN looks like over 10 years (NASA time lapse)
      • General Instructions: Solar Eclipse Spectroscopy Specifications by Robert B Slobins

Eye Safety and Solar Filters

Sources of Partial-Eclipse-Viewing Filters

• • • • Thousand Oaks Optical
      • Rainbow Symphony
      • American Paper Optics
      • Baader Planetarium (Germany)
        • Baader Planetarium Link 2
        • Baader Planetarium Eclipse Glasses

        Thousand Oaks Optical and Baader Planetarium can supply sheets of filter material for use on telescopes or for groups.

        • Amazon
        • Favorite Planets

Eclipse Resources: Science, Observing, History

• BOOKS, BOOKLETS, AND OTHER RESOURCES FOR THE 2017 ECLIPSE
• Find Jay Pasachoff Publications at: http://Solarcorona.com