The 1892 solar eclipse observations in Brazil

Record summary

The June 1892 total solar eclipse was observed from Brazil by professional and amateur astronomers, generating reports about coronal structures, prominences, shadow bands, and unusual points of light. These records matter because eclipse conditions frequently produce misidentified visual effects and because later anomaly literature sometimes strips such reports from their observational setting. Expedition reports and Brazilian scientific journals can identify the observers and instruments involved. The phenomena are overwhelmingly astronomical or optical, although disagreements over fleeting details may be historically interesting.