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On 11 May 1975 a partial solar eclipse was
visible. This was the beginning of the end of Saros 118, in the sense
that after 57 total, hybrid and annular eclipses it was the first partial
one of the remaining 7 eclipses of this Saros. The last eclipse of Saros 118
will be on July 15, 2083.
At the time I was 15, and this was my first solar
eclipse. Above the group at the early morning of Sunday 11 May 1975 at the
observatory of Bert van Geemen (right) and Rene Walterbos (mid at eyepiece
of 11cm Newton).
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