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Arthur Eddington

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Arthur Eddington

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Eclipse teams photograph stars near the Sun

📅 29 May 1919

Observers at Sobral and Príncipe took eclipse images to test a prediction of general relativity.

Sobral observes an eclipse for relativity

📅 29 May 1919

The Brazilian observing site recorded stars whose apparent positions could be compared with earlier images.

Príncipe hosts a second eclipse expedition

📅 29 May 1919

Observations from the West African island provided an independent route to the same scientific test.

Totality makes starlight deflection measurable

📅 29 May 1919

With the Sun obscured, stars close to its edge became visible; interpretation of the plates came afterward.