NSF NCAR Explorer Series Talk – Standing in the shadow of a total solar eclipse

When: Sept 24, 7:30-9pm

Where: Frasier Meadows

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“Don’t look straight at it!” is the usual advice given about our Sun, but scientists do exactly that when studying the solar corona – the Sun’s outermost atmosphere. Normally obscured by the Sun’s bright surface, the solar corona becomes visible during a total solar eclipse, allowing researchers to study this elusive part of the Sun.

In this NSF NCAR Explorer Series Lecture, researchers Amir Caspi and Paul Bryans give a history on observing the solar corona under eclipse conditions and the novel experiments they and others at SwRI and NSF NCAR have deployed to help us understand the solar corona and how it affects life on Earth.