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Today in the History of Astronomy

June 15, 763 BCE: Assyrians record a solar eclipse

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June 4, 781 B.C.E: A great eclipse in China

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May 29, 1919: History’s most important eclipse

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May 28, 585 B.C.E.: A war-ending eclipse

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May 17, 1882: Comet Tewfik is spotted during an eclipse

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May 15, 1836: The naming of Baily’s beads

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May 3, 1375 B.C.E.: The Ugarit eclipse

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March 20, 71 C.E.: Plutarch witnesses an eclipse

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March 16, 1485: A solar eclipse over England

Observing, The Moon, Upcoming Events

How to observe the March 3 total lunar eclipse

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How to watch the lunar eclipse online

Observing, Upcoming Events

A solar eclipse will happen February 17