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How the 2019 Eclipse Will Differ From 2017’s

posted by Fnord666 on Tuesday July 02 2019, @11:09PM   Printer-friendly
from the do-not-look-into-the-sun-with-remaining-eye dept.

upstart writes:

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How the 2019 eclipse will differ from 2017's

Two years ago, scientists towed telescopes and other equipment into fields and up mountains across the United States for a celestial spectacle: the 2017 Great American Eclipse.

Now, they're at it again. On July 2, the next total solar eclipse will be visible shortly before sunset from the Pacific Ocean and parts of Chile and Argentina.

Eclipse watchers hope to study some of the same solar mysteries as last time, including the nature of our star's magnetic field and how heat moves through the sun's wispy outer atmosphere, known as the corona (SN Online: 8/11/17). But every eclipse is different, and this year's event offers its own unique opportunities and challenges.

"There are all sorts of outside things you have to be lucky about" in watching an eclipse, says astronomer Jay Pasachoff of Williams College in Williamstown, Mass., who will be viewing his 35th total solar eclipse from the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory in northern Chile. Here are some of the challenges, and potential rewards, facing astronomers.

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  • (Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 03 2019, @03:42AM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 03 2019, @03:42AM (#862599)

    On July 2, the next total solar eclipse will be visible shortly before sunset ...

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    posted ... on Tuesday July 02, @11:09PM

    Great, so we can look forward to this year's eclipse that happened a few hours ago.

    That's why I get my news from the internet: so I can stay right on top things.

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  • (Score: 2) by c0lo on Wednesday July 03 2019, @08:42AM

    by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday July 03 2019, @08:42AM (#862634) Journal

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 03 2019, @07:53PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 03 2019, @07:53PM (#862873)

    On July 2, the next total solar eclipse will be visible shortly before sunset ...

    Way up north, sunset is somewhere around 2am the next day. Does that mean that northerners got to enjoy the eclipse hours after the folks in the south, e.g. those in the continental US?