Total Solar Eclipse

Total Solar Eclipse

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The Exploratorium's online resource about eclipses including total solar eclipses and rare planetary eclipses. Includes archives of previous webcasts and info about upcoming eclipse expeditions.

Status:
Archived
Enrollment:
Museums and educational institutions interested in holding viewing events may access higher-bandwidth live and archival streams at this (private) url: http://www.exploratorium.edu/eclipse/2008/partners.html Satellite transmission information is also available on this page. Please let the Exploratorium know if you host a viewing event using these streams. Additional materials for viewing events are available through enrollment at the NASA Sun-Earth Connection Forum website.
Keywords:
live event
remote expedition
total solar eclipse
video
webcast
Created:
July 18, 2008
Updated:
October 05, 2009
Starts:
2008-07-18
Ends:
2008-08-08
Website:
external project site
Cost:
FREE
Bandwidth:
1 Mbps

Audience

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No audience information has been provided for this project.

Leaders

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Name:
Rob Rothfarb
Title:
Director of Web Development
Organization:
The Exploratorium (San Francisco, CA)

Overview

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The Exploratorium continues it's broadcast series of total solar eclipse events on August 1, 2008 with the live broadcast from Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region in northwestern China near the Mongolian border. You're invited to hold a viewing event at your institution. We'll publish live streams of our hosted program and a separate telescope-only feed. Date and time help is available at the program website. The program is available in Flash and Windows Media streaming formats from the Exploratorium's website, and in QuickTime streaming format at our in-world event in Second Life. The program and telescope-only feeds are also available by direct satellite downlink. The Exploratorium is interested in unique video stream sharing opportunities in the Internet2 educational community. Please get in touch if you have the interest and ability to do something interesting with the program. On-demand replays of the program and telescope-only feed will be available approximately 30 minutes after the program end. A totality highlight clip will also be available.

Project goals

Dissemination of informal science education program and direct communication of eclipse phenomena via telescopic views.

Advanced networking

Come to a viewing event on Exploratorium Island in Second Life complete with live webcast stream, interactive exhibits, and music.

Partnerships

NASA Sun-Earth Connection Education Forum

Messages

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Shared Resources

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Links:
http://sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov/
nasa sun-earth connection forum
http://www.exploratorium.edu/eclipse
exploratorium total solar eclipse site
http://www.exploratorium.edu/worlds/secondlife/
exploratorium events and exhibits in second life

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