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Fred Espenak (1952-2025) Astrophysicist, writer. Fred Espenak was born in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, and died in Portal, Arizona.

Full Name

Fred Espenak Jr.

Locations

Dutchess

Author's Timeline

1952

Birth

Dutchess County: Fred Espenak Jr. was born in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, on January 19, 1952.

1987

Literary Work

Fifty Year Canon Solar Eclipses, 1986-2035
Sky Publishing Corporation
093334645X / 978-0933346451
Nonfiction.

1990

Literary Work

Fifty Year Canon of Lunar Eclipses: 1986–2035
Sky Publishing Corporation
0933346581 / 978-0933346581
Nonfiction.

1999

Literary Work

Totality: Eclipses of the Sun (2nd Edition)
Oxford University Press
0195131789 / 978-0195131789
Nonfiction co-written with Mark Littmann and Ken Willcox.

2006

Literary Work

Five Millennium Canon of Solar Eclipses
Nonfiction written with Jean Meeus.

2009

Literary Work

Five Millennium Canon of Lunar Eclipses
Nonfiction written with Jean Meeus.

2014

Literary Work

Thousand Year Canon of Lunar Eclipses 1501 to 2500
Astropixels Publishing
1941983014 / 978-1941983010
Nonfiction.

2014

Literary Work

Thousand Year Canon of Solar Eclipses 1501 to 2500
Astropixels Publishing
1941983006 / 978-1941983003
Nonfiction.

2016

Literary Work

21st Century Canon of Solar Eclipses
Astropixels Publishing
1941983138 / 978-1941983133
Nonfiction.

2025

Death

Fred Espenak died at his home in Portal, Arizona, on June 1, 2025.

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