VMs: Analysis of f67r1

["Robert Teague" <rteague@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I think folio 67r1 is a drawing of a total solar eclipse, and
those are Bailey's beads around the central circle.

In pursuit of this idea, I consulted the Six Millennium Catalog
of Solar Eclipses at:

http://sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse/eclipse.html

Using an atlas, I arbitrarily chose to look for eclipses that
fell between Lat 35°N to 60°N and Long 10°W to 30°E
over the 15th and 16th centuries.

       Local Circumstances at Greatest Eclipse:   1401 to   1500

                      U.T.
                     Greatest           Saros                Eclipse                   Sun
Path Center
      Date        Eclipse   Type     #       Gamma   Mag.      Lat.       Long.   Alt
Width   Dur.
                                                                                     °
°          °       km

1478 Jul 29   12:58      T       127     0.426      1.068     41.4N   6.9W   65    244
05m18s

1544 Jan 24   08:55     H       133     0.953      1.004    49.6N    16.0E   17     40
00m16s
1547 Nov 12  12:52    A       135     0.968       0.911   55.4N      4.7W  14  1409
09m00s
1567 Apr 09  11:02     H       112     0.483      1.002    38.9N      4.9E    61    8
00m11s
1598 Mar 07  10:08     T       133     0.889      1.021    47.7N      8.1W  27   156
01m33s
1600 Jul 10    12:34     T       120      0.281     1.024    38.2N      2.6W   73   84
02m08s

A= Annular
H= Hybrid
T= Total


Robert

"Drop the hot sauce, and step away from the nose!"  --Shego


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