This August, an unprecedented number of people will observe the Total Solar Eclipse. The last time the United States observed totality was on March 7, 1970, and it was only visible from a few states on the East Coast. Millions of people live in the path of totality of this year’s eclipse, and the entire […]
Etiqueta: Astronomía solar
¡100 días hasta la totalidad! Quedan 48 días: cómo hacer una cámara estenopeica
Pinhole cameras are an easy and accessible way to view a solar eclipse. They are especially useful for young children or others who may not be able to look through a special solar telescope or solar eclipse glasses. Pinhole cameras are simple devices that use the properties of light to create a perfectly in focus […]
¡100 días hasta la totalidad! Quedan 49 días: el proyecto Google Megamovie
Google is undertaking a large citizen science project for the Great American Eclipse of 2017. The goal is to obtain photos from many different locations along the path of totality. The goal is to study the Sun’s corona in great detail. The corona is still not fully understood and most of our observations of it […]
Podcast de 50 días para la totalidad
El programa de la semana pasada trató sobre los eclipses de finales del siglo XX, el mayor descubrimiento de Einstein y la ciencia detrás de la seguridad de los eclipses solares.
¡100 días hasta la totalidad! Quedan 51 días - Fotografía Parte 2: Información técnica
Photographing an eclipse can be a tricky task. The brightness of the event requires careful choice of exposure times and a special solar filter to protect your camera from damage. If you are lucky enough to be experiencing totality you will be able to capture a picture of the Sun’s corona. The corona is very […]
¡100 días hasta la totalidad! Quedan 52 días: fotografía, parte 1: ¿mirar o disparar?
Over the next three days we’ll be doing a three part series on photographing the Solar Eclipse! Even for the experienced photographer, shooting a Total Solar Eclipse is a challenge. It takes months of practicing and perfecting the steps to make sure you get the perfect shot. If you’ve never experienced a Total Solar Eclipse […]
¡100 días hasta la totalidad! Quedan 53 días: protegiendo su telescopio y su cámara
Thinking about photographing the eclipse, or possibly observing it with a telescope? You probably already have enough gear to get some decent photos! The most important new piece of equipment you?re going to need to buy is a solar filter. Solar filters are absolutely necessary for solar photography and solar astronomy. Without a filter to […]
¡100 días hasta la totalidad! Quedan 54 días: protegiendo sus ojos
We?ve all been told by our parents to never look directly at the Sun. But why? What is it about the Sun that damages our eyes so much? To answer that question, first we need to talk about the electromagnetic spectrum. The light that our eyes can see is referred to as visible radiation. Different […]
Podcast de 57 días para la totalidad
El programa de las últimas semanas trataba sobre más eclipses en la historia moderna con un enfoque especial en el último eclipse que pasó por Wyoming y Colorado en 1878.
¡100 días hasta la totalidad! Quedan 57 días: un resumen de los eclipses solares totales del siglo XX en América del Norte
On June 8, 1918 a total solar eclipse was seen from coast to coast. The path of totality went from Washington to Florida. Until the eclipse this year this will have been the most recent eclipse that went from one side of the country to the other. A total solar eclipse occurred over southwestern California […]
¡100 días hasta la totalidad! Quedan 60 días: el último gran eclipse de Wyoming: parte 2
The total solar eclipse of 1878 also brought the first professional female astronomer out west, Maria Mitchell. Maria grew up learning astronomy from her father and helped him calculate the exact time of an annular eclipse when she was only 12 years old. Maria’s first solo accomplishment was the discovery of a comet at the […]
¡100 días hasta la totalidad! Quedan 62 días: el descubrimiento del helio
In 1868 French astronomer Pierre-Jules-César Janssen was studying a total solar eclipse in India with a device called a spectrograph. A spectrograph is used to figure out what something is made out of based off of the colors of light it gives off. The spectrograph uses a prism to split a beam of light into […]
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