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General Meeting – August 2017

August 4, 2017 @ 6:30 pm - 9:00 pm

Title:  Science at the 2017 Eclipse: The Citizen CATE Experiment

Presenter:  Matt Penn, Ph.D., National Solar Observatory

The summer’s total eclipse presents a special opportunity for a group of citizen scientists including scientists, high school students, and educators. The Citizen Continental-America Telescopic Eclipse (CATE) Experiment will monitor the outer atmosphere of the sun, the corona, using a network of 68 identical telescopes located at various places along the path of totality.

Details

Date:
August 4, 2017
Time:
6:30 pm - 9:00 pm

Venue

Steward Observatory Lecture Hall (Room N210)
933 N Cherry Ave
Tucson, AZ 85721 United States
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