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The Last Total Solar Eclipse of the 20th Century

Advice on viewing and photographing partial and total solar eclipses

Advice on viewing partial and total solar eclipses with astronomer Dr Francisco Diego from University College, London, and John Parkinson of Sheffield Hallam University. And photographing eclipses with Fred Espenak of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Centre.

Plus what was happening among the stars and planets in August 1999.

This is a programme from the 成人论坛 World Service Archive and was originally broadcast in 1999.

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14 minutes