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In this episode of his long running series about the stars, astronomer Peter Read visits Matauri Bay on the East Coast to view preparations to monitor the only total solar eclipse visible in New Zealand in the 20th century. Read is shown a revolutionary camera that will be used to photograph the eclipse and he talks to an American expert about rockets that will be fired into the ionosphere to record it. Weather concerns are allayed and footage of the corona effect, when the moon is completely in front of the sun, is impressive even in black and white.
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James Haynes
Posted at 08.51AM - 20.05.2012
Today is May 19, 2012. After all these years I was surfing the net, and came across this site, and the documentary of the solar eclipse in 1965. My brother, Wally, and myself were part of the scientific team involved in the launch of the Arcus rockets used to study the eclipse. We shall always be grateful to Dr. Kane for including us in his work. Dr Kane passed away a few years ago. We had the opportunity to contact him before he passed to let him know how he influenced our lives by including us in his. I notified my brother of this documentary, and we both enjoyed watching it. Our only regret was we did not appear with Dr Kane during his interview. We both will forever remember our time spent in the great country of New Zeaqland, and the wonderful people we met while there. Thank you again for the documentary.
Jim Haynes