Solar Eclipse Hotspots
The Solar Eclipse Hotspots study finds solar eclipses that fall on a critical degree, or hotspot.
Creating a Solar Eclipse Hotspots Study
To create a Solar Eclipse Hotspots study:
- Click Mundane Studies → Eclipses → Solar Eclipse Hotspots on the menu bar.
The new study opens with the workspace's default settings, ready to configure. You can also create it from the study-group dropdown button on the main toolbar.
Events Captured
This study finds solar eclipses that fall on a critical degree, or hotspot. An event is recorded when a solar eclipse conjuncts one of your hotspot degrees within the study's transit orb, over the study's date range.
An Eclipse Types checklist limits the results to the eclipse types you want to include, and the degrees treated as hotspots are defined in the Hotspot Degrees table.
Events Table Columns
The events table shows the following columns for a Solar Eclipse Hotspots study. Many are hidden by default; you can show or hide any column by right-clicking a column header (see Event Column Visibility).
| Column | Description |
|---|---|
| Date Time | Date and time of the solar-eclipse hotspot event. |
| Eclipse Type | Type of solar eclipse. |
| Saros Series | Saros series number of the eclipse. |
| Member Number | Member number within the Saros series. |
| Eclipse Longitude | Ecliptic longitude of the eclipse. Header shows "Eclipse Longitude" (ecliptic) or "Eclipse Right Asc" (equatorial). |
| Eclipse Sign | Zodiac sign of the eclipse. |
| Eclipse Latitude | Ecliptic latitude of the eclipse. Header shows "Eclipse Latitude" (ecliptic) or "Eclipse Declination" (equatorial). |
| Hotspot Longitude | Longitude of the conjuncted hotspot / critical degree. Header shows "Hotspot Longitude" (ecliptic) or "Hotspot Right Asc" (equatorial). |
| Hotspot Sign | Zodiac sign of the hotspot. |
| Event Interval | Interval (days) since the previous event. |