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Ring of Fire - On the Annular Solar Eclipses Observed in the Past
JOA 2024, Vol. 14, No. 1, Page 6 Author(s): Marek ZawilskiAbstract: Recently (2023 October 14), the annular solar eclipse could be admired by observers in North and South America. Such a phenomenon still arouses interest, even though it is much less spectacular than a total solar eclipse. At present, we treat it as one type of solar eclipse, easily predictable. However, in the past this was not so obvious, and compared to the spectacular and often feared total eclipses, much fewer observations of annular eclipses have been preserved. The paper recalls these past events, as well as the evolution of views on their origins.