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Timing of the 1984 total solar eclipse and the size of the sun

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We report accurate timing of second and third contacts made from videotape of the total solar eclipse of 23 November, 1984, observed in Papua New Guinea. The magnitude of the discrepancies between predicted and observed times indicates that the secular change in the size of the Sun reported by some observers is within the uncertainty.

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  1. Williams College, Hopkins Observatory, 01267, Williamstown, MA, U.S.A.

    Jay M. Pasachoff & Brant O. Nelson

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Pasachoff, J.M., Nelson, B.O. Timing of the 1984 total solar eclipse and the size of the sun. Sol Phys 108, 191–194 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00152087

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