Cherry Springs Solar Eclipse Presentation

3. Why not every month?
On average, once every 18 months.

4. Total vs Annular

5. Path Width 50-300 miles

11. How rare?
Last total in continental USA
1979 ( 38 years ago)

12. How rare?
Last total with comparable state coverage
1918 (99 years ago)

14. For a particular location,
approximately every 375 years.

22. Shadow Bands Australia 2012

23. Shadow Bands Svalbard 2015

24. Svalbard 2015

25. Svalbard 2015
Ingress

26. Svalbard 2015
Diamond Ring

27. Svalbard 2015Prominences

28. Svalbard 2015
Corona

29. Svalbard 2015
Realistic Sky View

30. Svalbard 2015Diamond Ring

31. Svalbard 2015Egress

40. Weather

42. Google Map of 2017 Eclipse
Zoom in to a city and see duration and key times.
http://www.eclipsewise.com/solar/SEgmap/2001-2100/SE2017Aug21Tgmap.html

43. Espenak and Anderson
Best Weather Prospects
Madras Oregon 2 minutes 4 seconds
Longest Duration
Carbondale Illinois 2 minutes 40 seconds

44. http://www.eclipseglasses.com/
State by State Info
Paper and
Plastic Frame
Eclipse Shades

45. Equatorial Mount
with three
imaging
systems.
Separate
Stationary
Tripod

46. iOptron Tracker with 60 mm Televue

47. iOptron Tracker with 102 mm Maksutov-
Cassegrain and Stationary Tripod

48. Lightweight Table and Chairs

49. Solar Filters
Baader Planetarium Solar Film best for
photography.
Astrozap Film and Holder

50. CCD Calculator
http://www.newastro.com/book_new/camera_
app.html
Sky Safari

52. 50 mm lens on Canon 5D Mark IIVenus
Mid Totality

54. 102 mm
Maksutov-
Cassegrain
Focal Length
1300 mm
Camera- Canon
5D Mark III
( Full Sensor)

56. 60 mm
Televue
Refractor
Focal Length 360 mm
Camera – Canon 60
Da
C-size sensor

58. August 2017

59. Windows Platform- Eclipse Orchestrator
http://www.moonglowtechnologies.com/products/EclipseOrchestrator/index.shtml

60. Mac Platform- Eclipse Maestro
http://xjubier.free.fr/en/site_pages/solar_eclipses/Solar_Eclipse_Maestro_P
hotography_Software.html

61. Australia 2012 Panorama- Moon’s Shadow

62. Partial through 72mm Scope

63. Partial Eclipse in H-Alpha

68. Australia 2012

69. Australia 2012

70. 1. Timings of Bailey’s Beads useful in
determining relative diameters of Sun and
Moon.
http:/occultations.org/eclipse2017
2.Flash Spectra- Emission spectra of
Chromosphere
http://www.phys.vt.edu/~heremans/Astrolab11
56/Readings/flash.html

71. Engage the public in Astronomy.
Better at influencing youth than
any standardized test and test
prep!

72. 1. Total Solar Eclipse 2017 August 21 by
Espenak and Anderson
http://astropixels.com/pubs/TSE2017.html
2.Total Solar Eclipses and How to Observe Them
by Mobberley
Available through Amazon

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