eclipse chaser
Celestial alignment tourist
An eclipse chaser is someone who travels to witness solar or lunar eclipses, particularly total solar eclipses.
The pursuit can become an expensive obsession, with dedicated chasers planning trips years in advance to position themselves in the path of totality: Eclipse chasers descended on the town, booking every hotel room within fifty miles.
- totalityComplete aggregate amount
- path of totalityZone of complete solar obscuration
- umbraComplete shadow region
- coronaStar's outermost atmosphere
- shadowLight blocked by object
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- eclipsestotality, corona, umbra, penumbra, solar corona
- sky watchersstargazer, astronomer, astrophotographer, comet hunter, cloud spotter