Why not every month?On average, once every 18 months.

Total vs Annular

Path Width 50-300 miles

How rare?Last total in continental USA

1979 ( 38 years ago)

How rare?Last total with comparable state coverage

1918 (99 years ago)

For a particular location, approximately every 375 years.

Shadow Bands Australia 2012

Shadow Bands Svalbard 2015

Svalbard 2015

Svalbard 2015Ingress

Svalbard 2015Diamond Ring

Svalbard 2015Prominences

Svalbard 2015Corona

Svalbard 2015Realistic Sky View

Svalbard 2015Diamond Ring

Svalbard 2015Egress

Weather

Google Map of 2017 EclipseZoom in to a city and see duration and key times. http://www.eclipsewise.com/solar/SEgmap/2001-2100/SE2017Aug21Tgmap.html

Espenak and Anderson

Best Weather ProspectsMadras Oregon 2 minutes 4 seconds

Longest DurationCarbondale Illinois 2 minutes 40 seconds

http://www.eclipseglasses.com/

State by State Info Paper and Plastic Frame Eclipse Shades

Equatorial Mount with three imaging systems.

Separate Stationary Tripod

iOptron Tracker with 60 mm Televue

iOptron Tracker with 102 mm Maksutov-Cassegrain and Stationary Tripod

Lightweight Table and Chairs

Solar Filters

Baader Planetarium Solar Film best for photography.

Astrozap Film and Holder

CCD Calculator http://www.newastro.com/book_new/camera_app.html

Sky Safari

50 mm lens on Canon 5D Mark IIVenus

Mid Totality

102 mm Maksutov- Cassegrain

Focal Length 1300 mm

Camera- Canon 5D Mark III ( Full Sensor)

60 mm Televue

Refractor

Focal Length 360 mmCamera – Canon 60 Da C-size sensor

August 2017

Windows Platform- Eclipse Orchestratorhttp://www.moonglowtechnologies.com/products/EclipseOrchestrator/index.shtml

Mac Platform- Eclipse Maestrohttp://xjubier.free.fr/en/site_pages/solar_eclipses/Solar_Eclipse_Maestro_Photography_Software.html

Australia 2012 Panorama- Moon’s Shadow

Partial through 72mm Scope

Partial Eclipse in H-Alpha

Australia 2012

Australia 2012

1. Timings of Bailey’s Beads useful in determining relative diameters of Sun and Moon.http:/occultations.org/eclipse20172.Flash Spectra- Emission spectra of Chromospherehttp://www.phys.vt.edu/~heremans/Astrolab1156/Readings/flash.html

Engage the public in Astronomy.

Better at influencing youth than any standardized test and test prep!

1. Total Solar Eclipse 2017 August 21 by Espenak and Anderson

http://astropixels.com/pubs/TSE2017.html2.Total Solar Eclipses and How to Observe Them

by Mobberley Available through Amazon

www.slideshare.net

Search for Cherry Springs Solar Eclipse Presentation