Interview with Janet Shamlian, CBS News
Janet Shamlian with CBS News interviewed me about my Totality Addiction – 20 eclipses and counting.
I hope my messages of “Get into the Path” and “No Child Left Inside” make it into the broadcast. Look for this from CBS in the week leading up the Texas Solar Eclipse on April 08 2024.
Our Interview with Jamie Carter
Our interview with Jamie Carter is out. We had a great moment, when I went off to get my “Eclipse Globe”, then Jamie and Chris also pulled out their globes.
One of the advantages and addictive parts of Total Solar Eclipse chasing is planning for the next ones and seeing all the cool places on earth.
“Ring of Fire” Annular Solar Eclipse Will Cross Texas October 14 2023
All of Texas will see at least a deep partial Solar Eclipse of at least 80% Coverage of the Sun by the Moon. Key Cities in the path of Annularity – that will see the “Ring of Fire” are Midland/Odessa, San Angelo, Kerrville, San Antonio and Corpus Christi.
The “Ring of Fire” Solar Eclipse is not as dramatic as the Total Solar Eclipse of April 08 2024, but it still is a great example of the Wonder of Science and Astronomy. The light we get “eerie” or weird once the moon covers about 80% of the sun. Look for half moons in the shadows of trees. As of now all of Texas is in for Clear Skies, so protect your eyes, as if you can view the solar eclipse safely.
Times are estimates as they differ based on your location in Texas. But roughly.
Start of Partial: Sat, Oct 14, 2023 at 9:14 am MDT
Start of Annularity: Sat, Oct 14, 2023 at 11:41 am CDT (if in the path)
End of Annularity: Sat, Oct 14, 2023 at 12:01 pm CDT (if in the path)
Remember never look directly at the sun with out proper eye protection. Total of the coverage of the sun will only be about 90% even at full Annularity. Special Solar Eclipse Viewers compliant with the ISO Standard for Safe Solar Viewing or the projection methods below are the only safe way to view the partial and annular eclipses. These viewer are available on Amazon – I recommend both the American Paper Wear and Rainbow Symphony Viewers.
Image Credit Google with Xavier M Jubier
If Solar Viewers are unavailable you can use the Projection Method using two pieces of card board. Looking away from the sun, you hold up one cardboard with a hole in it, casting the shadow on the 2nd piece. You’ll can see the moon track over the sun with this projection method.
My favorite is to pull the colander from the kitchen. Again, looking away from the sun, hold up the colander and project the shadow on the ground or white sheet. You can track the progress of the moon occluding the sun, by the half moons projected.
How East Texans can join NASA-funded Eclipse research
Check out this broadcast from KTLV’s Avery Niles Published: Dec. 5, 2023 at 6:49 PM CST
Citizen Continental-America Telescope Eclipse (CATE) will provide next-generation polarized observations during the 2024 total solar eclipse that crosses the United States from Texas to Maine. The network of 60 equally-spaced telescopes along the eclipse path offer a long-duration study of the lower to middle corona. Following the successful observations during the 2017 total solar eclipse, CATE 2024 adds polarization measurements to the science data.
Yea! Texas Eclipses is finally out.
Photo credit NASA – https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/eclipses/home/
You are likely at this webpage because you’re a friend of mine, or someone I worked with in the past. You know my passion for Total Solar Eclipses and my hobby of chasing them all over the planet.
Now, my hobby is coming home, really, right over my house. To help promote the April 08 2024 Total Solar Eclipse and the October 14 2023 Annular Eclipse, I’ve written a small book with a little bit of Texas History about the last major Total Solar Eclipse through Texas on July 11 1878, information about where to go see both eclipses, what to expect when you see an Solar Eclipse and of course Eye Safety.
To celebrate I’m holding a Facebook Live Event from 1:00-2:00 pm on April 08, 2022. Check out my Facebook Texas Eclipses Page for more information.