Ep. 715: Total Eclipse of the Science: Experiments During the Eclipse

Astronomy Cast

Science, Astronomy, Natural Sciences, Space

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🗓️ 8 April 2024

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Astronomy Cast Ep. 715: Total Eclipse of the Science: Experiments During the Eclipse by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay Streamed live April 1, 2024. NO JOKES! How to watch a solar eclipse and do some science! The next great eclipse is upon us, with viewers across North America witnessing the moon passing in front of the Sun. It’s an amazing experience, but also an opportunity to do science. Let’s talk about what we can learn from this momentous event. This video was made possible by the following Patreon members: Jordan Young BogieNet Stephen Veit Jeanette Wink Siggi Kemmler Andrew Polestra Brian Cagle David Truog Ed David Gerhard Schwarzer THANK YOU! - Fraser and Dr. Pamela

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0:31.0	uh... Oh, Thank you. episode 715, how to watch a total solar eclipse and do some science.
0:55.0	Welcome to Astronomy Cast from weekly Facts-based journey through the Cosmos,
0:58.0	where we help you understand not only what we know, but how we know what we know.
1:01.0	I'm Fraser Kane, I'm the publisher of
1:03.0	the universe today with me as always is Dr. Pamela Gay, a senior scientist for
1:06.6	the Planetary Science Institute and the Director of Cosmic Quest. Hey Pamela, how you doing?
1:11.0	I am doing much better than last week?
1:14.2	And I would like to say to everyone who stuck through it, thank you.
1:19.4	While we were trying to record that episode, everything on my screen was flashing red and I have to give
1:26.4	a special thanks and a special shout out to Richard Drum, our editor, for hiding most of the chaos that was occurring and to our patrons
1:36.5	will allow us to pay him it turns out that our local fiber trunk was in the process of being sliced through while we were recording
1:48.0	the episode and about 10 minutes after we were done with fighting the internet gods to keep things going.
1:55.0	All internet was lost for about 24 hours.
1:59.0	Local construction, the message we got from our provider was fabulous. It was a third party doing
2:06.6	construction sliced through the fiber trunk. No, we don't know when it will be fixed.
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