Today May 01, 0664 In this year the Sun was eclipsed on the 5th of the Nones of May; and Earcenbryht, the King of the Kentish people died and Ecgbryht his son succeeded to the Kingdom. Refers to the total solar eclipse of 1 May AD 664. and in 1185 On the first day of the month of May, on the day of the Saint Prophet Jeremiah, on Wednesday, during the evening service, there was a sign in the Sun. It became very dark, even the stars could be seen; it seemed to men as if everything were green, and the Sun became like a crescent of the Moon, from the horns of which a glow similar to that of red-hoot charcoals was emanating. It was terrible to see this sign of the Lord. From: Lavrentievskaya Letopis. On the first day of the month of May, during the ringing of the bells for the evening service, there was a sign in the Sun. It became very dark for an hour or longer and the stars were visible and to men everything seemed as if it were green. The Sun became like a crescent of the new Moon and from its horns a glow like a roasting fire was coming forth and it was terrible to see the sign of the Lord. Then the Sun cleared and we were happy again. From: Novgorodskaya II Letopis Both of these quotations refer to a total solar eclipse in Novgorod, Russia, of 1 May 1185. and in 1952 Minor planet (3428) Roberts 1952 JH. Discovered 1952 May 1 at the Goethe Link Observatory at Brooklyn, Indiana. Named in memory of Walter Orr Roberts (1915-1990), from 1960 to 1970 the founding director of the National Center for Atmospheric Research. In the early 1940s he established the Harvard College Observatorys Fremont Pass Station (which later became the University of Colorados High Altitude Observatory), where he made solar observations with the first coronagraph in the western hemisphere. His interests soon broadened from solar physics to climatic research in general, and he served as president (and later president emeritus) of the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research. His final major activity was the Greenhouse Glasnost project between scientists in the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. (M 16885) Name proposed by F. K. Edmondson. and for 2079 if you are still hanging in ... The second of the pair hits the northeast beginning at sunrise in central New Jersey, then quickly passing over New York City and Boston. It will be the next total solar eclipse for St Pierre & Miquelon who had their last one 1970 Mar .
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