Winchester Science Centre will be holding an eclipse event, which has sold out, with ticket holders receiving viewing glasses, expert guidance and a planetarium show. "I have never seen a total eclipse before. Winchester residents experiencing the 1999 solar eclipse at the Cathedral. Thousands of people across Hampshire gathered to witness the 11 August 1999 solar eclipse, one of the county’s most memorable sights and the first eclipse visible in the UK since 1927. On July 28, 1851, Johann Julius Friedrich Berkowski made the first successful photograph of a total solar eclipse, revealing the Sun's outer atmosphere.