Astronomy/Total Solar Eclipse
April 8, 2024
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Android — Solar Eclipse Timer
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| Android App — Solar Eclipse Timer |
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Eclipse 2024 — NASA
| Total Solar Eclipses: 2024-04-08, 2017-08-21 | Date |
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| Eclipse Media Resources - NASA Science | |
| Satellite images overlay 2024 and 2017 total solar eclipses sweeping across US / Space | April 26, 2024 |
| GOES ABI Time Composites from April 8th — CIMSS Satellite Blog, CIMSS | 18 April 2024 |
April 8, 2024 Total Solar Eclipse
April 8, 2024 Total Solar Eclipse • NASA
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| Lunar Eclipses | Date |
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| What You Need to Know About the November 2022 Lunar Eclipse - NASA Science | OCT 13, 2022 |
| November 2021: The next full Moon is a Near-Total Lunar Eclipse, the Beaver, Frost/Frosty, or Snow Moon - NASA Science | NOV 12, 2021 |
| An Almost Total Lunar Eclipse - NASA Science | NOV 10, 2021 |
| 10 Things About the Total Lunar Eclipse on Jan. 31, 2018 - NASA Science | JAN 22, 2018 |
| ‘Super Blue Blood Moon’ Coming Jan. 31 - NASA | JAN 18, 2018 |
April 8, 2024 Total Solar Eclipse • Space / LiveScience
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| Astronomy Magazine | Date |
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| An eclipse victory: What it was like at Love Field in Dallas / Astronomy.com | April 11, 2024 |
| The solar eclipse will last a max of 4:28 along the path of totality | April 8, 2024 |
| Eclipse weather forecast for April 2024 | April 8, 2024 |
| Expert tips for how to take photos of the eclipse | April 8, 2024 |
| A guide to the 2024 eclipse from Astronomy Magazine | April 1, 2024 |
| Eclipse viewing made simple | February 22, 2024 |
April 8, 2024 — Total Solar Eclipse • ScienceAlert
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April 8, 2024 — Total Solar Eclipse • Indiana University
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2024-04-08 Events
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NASA in CLE - NASA Event Overview Join the premier eclipse viewing celebration in Cleveland – Total Eclipse Fest 2024 at Great Lakes Science Center. The Science Center and its partners NASA’s Glenn Research Center and The Cleveland Orchestra will host a three-day celestial celebration at North Coast Harbor in downtown Cleveland. This free, outdoor, family-friendly science and arts festival will feature free concerts, performances, speakers, and hands-on science activities with community partners. The Eclipse Fest will be host to NASA TV’s live coverage of the total solar eclipse from 1 to 4 p.m., Monday, April 8. At the heart of the festival is “NASA Village,” an immersive experience featuring NASA’s major missions and cutting-edge projects that will advance space exploration and revolutionize air travel. Exhibits will focus on innovations in aeronautics, space, solar and lunar science, and safety. Through virtual and augmented simulations, attendees will have the opportunity to take a supersonic flight, walk on Mars, and visit the International Space Station. Kids and adults can enjoy hands-on activities and talk to NASA scientists and engineers about their ground-breaking work and how to join the NASA team. Attendees can also walk through the Journey to Tomorrow, a traveling exhibit complete with interactive English- and Spanish-language content and an Apollo-era Moon rock. They will see large-scale, inflatable displays of the revolutionary X-59 plane designed to quiet supersonic air travel, the Space Launch System rocket slated to take the first woman and person of color to the Moon, and a Mars habitat concept. Throughout NASA Village, there will be photo opportunities, including iconic NASA cutouts and displays. NASA will also host astronaut and special guest meet and greets. Meet NASA Astronauts and Special Guests Saturday, April 6 • NASA Astronaut Jessica Watkins: 10:30 – 11:30 a.m. • 12:30 – 1:30 p.m. • NASA Astronaut Stephen Bowen: 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. • 2:30 – 3:30 p.m. Sunday, April 7 • NASA Astronaut Stephen Bowen: 11 a.m. – noon • 3 – 4 p.m. Monday, April 8 • NASA Astronaut Stephen Bowen: 10 – 11 a.m. • 4 – 5 p.m. • Joshua Dobbs- NFL Quarterback: 1:45 – 2:45 p.m. • 4 – 5 p.m. • Snoopy: 11 – 11:25 a.m. • 1:15 – 1:40 p.m. |
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Sun, Moon, and You: Dallas Cotton Bowl Solar Eclipse Dallas, TX Fair Park Cotton Bowl® Stadium FREE event but must register for a ticket Gates open at 8:30 AM CDT, Show starts at 9:30 AM CDT Totality is from 1:40-1:44 PM CT NOAA, NSF, and NASA will host the Sun, Moon, and You Solar Eclipse Viewing Event at the historical Cotton Bowl Stadium in downtown Dallas. Neil deGrasse Tyson is our virtual guest speaker, along with Ready, Jet, Go!™ from PBS, who will be there in person. NOAA, NSF, and NASA experts will talk about the eclipse, space weather and why we study the sun. STEM organizations will be onsite throughout the stadium’s concourse with activities and handouts; telescopes will be available for viewing the eclipse and food for purchase. Tickets are available here. NOAA will also have tables and staff at the University of Texas Dallas and the Perot Museum. The live event is available on the TVU Grid network. Login to TVU Grid and use Grid Token code: 66803382 Neil deGrasse Tyson, previously scheduled to appear at the Total Solar Eclipse viewing event at the Cotton Bowl Stadium in Dallas, has shifted his plans to view it at a different location. He will still appear via the Jumbotron to provide a version of StarTalk. “Ready Jet Go” along with Professor, Planetary Science and Astronomer Dr. Amy Mainzer will be the featured attraction and the rest of the action-packed program will continue as planned. |
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2024 Indy Motor Speedway Solar Eclipse IN PERSON, NASA HOSTED Date: April 8th 2024 Time: 10:00 AM EDT Host: Indianapolis Motor Speedway, LLC Location: 4790 W. 16th Street, Indianapolis, IN United States of America (USA) Eclipse Focus: April 8, 2024, Total Solar Eclipse Type: NASA Hosted Website or Link: https://www.indianapolismotorspeedway.com/ About the Event The Indianapolis Motor Speedway (IMS) is the home to the world’s largest single day sporting event, the Indianapolis 500, while also playing host to numerous world-class events held in the spirit of the Greatest Spectacle in Racing. With this unmatched combination of pedigree, tradition, experience, and resources, the Indianapolis Motor Speedway will serve as the world’s largest viewing site for the 2024 Total Solar Eclipse. The Indianapolis Motor Speedway has invited NASA to join as collaborators to feature its live broadcast and showcase NASA experts and engagements around the scientific phenomenon that is a total solar eclipse! Just after 3 p.m. (ET) on April 8, 2024, when the Path of Totality begins, it will mark the first time in 819 years that a Total Solar Eclipse has been visible from Indianapolis. Another Total Solar Eclipse will not happen in Indianapolis again until the year 2153, 129 years after next year’s occurrence. |
April 8th 2024 |
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Kerrville Eclipse Festival IN PERSON, NASA HOSTED Date: April 8th 2024 Time: 10:00 AM CDT (11:00am Your Local Time) Host: City of Kerrville Location: 202 Thompson Dr, Kerrville, TX United States of America (USA) Eclipse Focus: April 8, 2024, Total Solar Eclipse Type: NASA Hosted Website or Link: https://www.kerrvilletx.gov/2042/Kerrville-Eclipse-Festival About the Event Join NASA in Kerrville! The Kerrville Parks and Recreation Department invites you to a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to view the 2024 total solar eclipse in Kerrville, Texas! The Kerrville Eclipse Festival will occur in Louise Hays Park on Monday, April 8, 2024. <br / Join us in the heart of the Hill Country to view and celebrate the 2024 total solar eclipse - just a few miles from the center line of totality. This FREE event will include scientific speakers, live music, children’s programming, and 4 minutes and 25 seconds of totality. Space in the event cannot be reserved and you will not need a ticket to enter. Limited off-site parking will be available to reserve ahead of the eclipse. Please see “Parking” information at the link above. |
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Expand / Collapse: Various Events 2024-04-08
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| 2024 Eclipse Festival / Atlas Obscura & Valley of the Vapors / Ecliptic April 5–8 2024 in Hot Springs, AR | APR 05 - 08, 2024 |
| Rock & Roll Hall of Fame SolarFest / Rock & Roll Hall of Fame April 5–8, 2024 | April 5 - 8, 2024 |
| Eclipse Project: Solar Eclipse 2024: Indiana University | April 8, 2024 |
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How to Watch Upcoming Total Solar Eclipse with NASA from Anywhere - NASA NASA will host live coverage of the eclipse starting at 1 p.m. EDT. The agency’s eclipse coverage will include live views of the eclipse from across North America, special appearances by NASA experts, astronauts aboard the space station, and an inside look at NASA’s eclipse science experiments and watch parties across the country. NASA’s broadcast will last three hours, and features live locations from across the nation including the agency’s only center in the path of totality, NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Ohio, as well as: • Carbondale, Illinois • Dallas • Houlton, Maine • Indianapolis • Kerrville, Texas • Niagara Falls, New York • Russellville, Arkansas The NASA broadcast will stream on NASA+, air on NASA TV, and the agency’s website. Learn how to stream NASA TV through a variety of platforms including social media and the agency’s app. NASA also will host a watch party of the eclipse in Spanish starting at 1:30 p.m. on YouTube. NASA will provide a no-commentary, telescope-only feed of the eclipse on NASA Television’s media channel and YouTube, starting at 1 p.m. and running for three hours. The telescope feed will incorporate views from multiple locations, and will be switched based on weather, the eclipse’s progress, and feed availability. Locations may include: • Carbondale, Illinois • Cleveland • Dallas • Houlton, Maine • Indianapolis • Junction, Texas • Kerrville, Texas • Mazatlán, Mexico • Niagara Falls, New York • Russellville, Arkansas • Torreón, Mexico • Tupper Lake, New York NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia will provide a commentated livestream of three sounding rocket launches for the Atmospheric Perturbations around Eclipse Path mission. The livestream will begin at 2:30 p.m. on NASA Wallops’ YouTube channel and conclude after the last of the three sounding rocket launches. NASA’s interactive Eclipse Explorer Map will allow users to track the total solar eclipse in real time on April 8 as it moves across North America. Use the tool ahead of time to search by zip code or city for eclipse timing, get real-time weather updates, percent of eclipse coverage, and even a corona prediction for locations in the path of totality. |
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| April 2024 total solar eclipse viewing events: Parties, festivals and more / Space | |
| National Eclipse / Eclipse Events / April 8, 2024 - Total Solar Eclipse | |
| 2024 Total Solar Eclipse: 25 Events, Festivals, and Places to Stay - Sky & Telescope - Sky & Telescope | |
| Eclipse Events — NASA | |
| Thousands Expected for Full Day of Fun, Science during Total Solar Eclipse at IMS | April 03, 2024 |
August 21, 2017 — Total Solar Eclipse
Total Solar Eclipse — August 21, 2017 • NASA
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| Past Eclipses | Date |
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| NASA Releases March 8 Total Solar Eclipse Visualizations - NASA | FEB 12, 2016 |
| Partial Solar Eclipse on Sept. 13, 2015; NASA Releases Visualizations of 2017 Total Eclipse - NASA | SEP 10, 2015 |
| From a Million Miles Away, NASA Camera Shows Moon Crossing Face of Earth - NASA | AUG 05, 2015 |
Total Solar Eclipse — August 21, 2017 • Space / LiveScience
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Total Solar Eclipse — August 21, 2017 • ScienceAlert
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Total Eclipse Weekend Columbia, SC — August 18-21, 2017
University of South Carolina
Solar Eclipse Articles
Personal Equipment Own/Buy/Rent6
August 17, 2017 Post Mortem
August 17, 2017 post martem: My auto exposure bracketing of of 5 photos from -3 to +1 worked fairly well. I would probably drop the +1; I got more usable photos as the percentage towards totality increased. My custom setting 2 for totality, 7 stops from -2 to +2, didn’t get tested because of a user failure listed above.
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I removed Scientific American from Planning Resources because it requires a subscription, which I don’t have.
The Science of 2024’s Epic Solar Eclipse, the Last for a Generation / Scientific American↩ -
A unique method to view the eclipse. ↩
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Our Beagles, Zeus, Athena, and River were watching us on August 17, 2024. When it got darker, they went closer to the house to sleep. When someone shot off firecrackers at totality, they woke up and barked towards the back. ↩
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Facebook Do not, as one of my Facebook friends characterized your big WTF systemwide of removing content for no reason at all, “Facebook! You’re drunk!” I ain’t selling anything! The equipment listed are:
1) Items that I own, and am not going to part with, i.e., sell;
2) Items that I am considering for purchasing;
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Choose one EF lens if using DSLR 5D III ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 ↩6 ↩7 ↩8 ↩9 ↩10 ↩11 ↩12 ↩13 ↩14 ↩15 ↩16
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DayStar Filters 90mm White-Light Universal Lens Solar Filter (2-Pack, 85-99mm OD) ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4
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MrStarGuy Natural Light Adjustable Solar Filter (86-117mm OD) ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5
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MrStarGuy Adjustable Objective White Light Solar Filter (86-117mm OD) ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5
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DayStar Filters 90mm White-Light Universal Lens Solar Filter (Single, 90-109mm OD) ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 ↩6
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On this Canon page Photographing the Total Eclipse / Canon U.S.A., Inc. is a very Stern warning:
Don’t Use the Rear Filter Tray
Most of the large Canon L-series super-telephoto lenses have a rear mounted slip-in filter tray. NEVER use a solar filter in this tray. This filter mounting system is designed for terrestrial photography using traditional photography filters. It is not designed to house a filter to be directed celestially into the sun. At these magnifications, you will destroy the filter — similar to taking a magnifying glass to a leaf and put your lens, sensor and your eyes in danger. The intense light and heat could fry aperture and image stabilization mechanisms, damage the autofocus sensor and, if the mirror is locked up ruin your sensor. Buy the correct front-mounted solar filter. They’re relatively inexpensive and completely safe. ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 ↩6 ↩7 ↩8 ↩9 ↩10 ↩11 -
MrStarGuy Natural Light Adjustable Solar Filter (105-135mm OD) ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 ↩6
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MrStarGuy Adjustable Objective White Light Solar Filter (105-135mm OD) ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 ↩6
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MrStarGuy Natural Light Adjustable Solar Filter (125-155mm OD) ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 ↩6
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MrStarGuy Natural Light Adjustable Solar Filter (145-175mm OD) ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 ↩6 ↩7 ↩8 ↩9
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MrStarGuy Adjustable Objective White Light Solar Filter (145-175mm OD) ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 ↩6 ↩7 ↩8 ↩9
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MrStarGuy Natural Light Adjustable Solar Filter (165-195mm OD) ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 ↩6 ↩7 ↩8 ↩9
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DayStar Filters 50mm White-Light Universal Lens Solar Filter (Single, 50-69mm OD) ↩ ↩2 ↩3
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Choose one RF lens if using mirrorless R5 ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 ↩6 ↩7 ↩8 ↩9 ↩10 ↩11 ↩12 ↩13
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DayStar Filters 50mm White-Light Universal Lens Solar Filter (2-Pack, 50-69mm OD) ↩ ↩2
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DayStar Filters 70mm White-Light Universal Lens Solar Filter (Single, 65-89mm OD) ↩ ↩2
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DayStar Filters 70mm White-Light Universal Lens Solar Filter (2-Pack, 65-89mm OD) ↩ ↩2 ↩3
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MrStarGuy Natural Light Adjustable Solar Filter (66-94mm OD) ↩ ↩2
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Watching numerous YouTube videos and webinars on sighting the sun, I remembered about The Android app, Skymap, which shows the stars that have risen, and also, those stars below the horizon. ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5
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Setting up for the August 2017 Total Solar Eclipse, I couldn’t locate the sun using the camera’s viewfinder since the sun was so danged bright. I ended up draping a windbreaker over the camera (not the lens) to block out the sunlight. This dark cloth, typically used for focusing 4×5 to 8×10 view cameras, will be handy. It’s silver on one side to reflect the light and heat, and black on the other side to block out the brightness of the sun, and the surrounding area. ↩
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Bad reviews. Cannot hande Canon 5D IV with EF 100-400mm. ↩
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If Sky-Watcher Star Adventurer Motorized Mount Astro Package S20420 is chosen, purchase these items also. ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4
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If Celestron Advanced VX GoTo German Equatorial Mount 91429 B&H is chosen, purchase these items also. ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 ↩6 ↩7
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Texans loves their privacy, and freedom as much as they love the Second Amendment. Don’t become a statistic. Or get gored by a Longhorn steer as Raymond Reddington in The Blacklist finale. ↩