Solar Eclipse Viewing Available Via Nasa Tv, Podcasts, Webcasts

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SOLAR ECLIPSE VIEWING AVAILABLE VIA NASA TV, PODCASTS, WEBCASTS

NASA and San Francisco's Exploratorium will team up to provide
webcast, podcast and broadcast via NASA TV of the total solar eclipse
on March 29. The coverage is part of this year's Sun-Earth Day theme,
"Eclipse: In a Different Light," which shows how solar eclipses have
inspired people to observe and understand the sun-Earth-moon system.

Podcast:
Begins March 27 from Turkey. Some podcasts are available now. A link
to the Sun-Earth Day podcast is available at:

http://www.nasa.gov/podcast

Webcast:
5 a.m. to 6:15 a.m. EST, Wednesday, March 29. The webcast will relay
the eclipse live from Side, Turkey. During the webcast, NASA will
contact scientists in Turkey and Libya observing the eclipse. The
webcast will be available at:

http://www.nasa.gov/eclipse

NASA TV:
NASA's Public Service Channel (#101) and Education Channel (#102) will
carry the webcast. NASA's Media Channel (#103) will carry a live feed
of the eclipse.

NASA TV's Public, Education and Media channels are available on an
MPEG-2 digital C-band signal accessed via satellite AMC-6, at 72
degrees west longitude, transponder 17C, 4040 MHz, vertical
polarization. In Alaska and Hawaii, they're on AMC-7 at 137 degrees
west longitude, transponder 18C, at 4060 MHz, horizontal
polarization. A Digital Video Broadcast compliant Integrated Receiver
Decoder is required for reception. For NASA TV digital downlink
information and access to the Public Channel, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/ntv

Telescope:
Telescope only feed: 4:30 a.m. to 7:30 a.m. EST, (Analog)
Galaxy-3C/04C (95' W) U/L: 6005.000 MHz Horizontal; D/L: 3780.000 MHz
Vertical Allocated Bandwidth (MHz): 36.000. NASA's Media Channel will
also carry a live telescope feed of the eclipse (#103). This feed is
courtesy of NASA and the Exploratorium.

For information about NASA and agency programs on the Web, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/home

Seanie M

Or, if you are lucky enough to be currently in Turkey to view it first hand... 24 degrees all!

Seanie.

Hal1

Acccording to this chart we are well within reach of this eclipse's range
but we wont obiviously see the full eclipse of it but it should get a little darker

Wertz

Damnit, missed this one after swearing in 99, I'd make it to a totality area.

Next convenient one is in the faroes in 2015. Try and make that instead...

redman

Clear Skies for great viewing for those properly equipped!:D

RotalicaV

Would it be safe to look at the sun with welding goggles on?

redman

I would say DON'T use them, it's not worth the risk to your eyes

Cheap substitutes such as dark or coloured or sooty glass, overexposed photographic film, Polaroid plastic, "crossed" Polaroids, oxyacetylene welding goggles, conventional sunglasses, wine cooler bags, ordinary aluminised plastic sheets, aluminised food wrappers, Compact Discs (CD/DVD), black plastic sheets, or conveniently-placed clouds ARE NOT SAFE! These products may block a lot of visible light BUT they STILL allow dangerous amounts of UV or infrared to reach your eye.

Little Goose

What a sight from Side, Turkey!! My first eclipse viewing, on a sun lounger on the beach with a perfect view over the Mediterranean - was the most fantastic thing I have ever seen!! Just looking up the news on it now from the internet cafe in the hotel. BEST 3 minutes and 41 seconds ever!!

lostexpectation

tell us more, was it a clear blue sky, I remember the esclipse we had here a few years ago was ruined by clouds

Flukey

If you look at a reflection of the Sun, with something dark behind it, you will often see something. I saw the eclipse briefly today. A small part of the bottom of the Sun was covered. I saw it by looking at a shop window which had something dark behind it. It was good to see.

redman

Little Goose wrote:

What a sight from Side, Turkey!! My first eclipse viewing, on a sun lounger on the beach with a perfect view over the Mediterranean - was the most fantastic thing I have ever seen!! Just looking up the news on it now from the internet cafe in the hotel. BEST 3 minutes and 41 seconds ever!!

You lucky lucky lucky devil!

Little Goose

Yes! The clearest of blue skies where I was! It was perfectly timed! During the eclipse some wispy cloud came round but not on the most important part of the sky.. Its almost as if Mother Nature had it timed because afterwards, cloud came round and it has been overcast all evening yesterday evening and all day today! Needless to say there is a bunch of tired but extremely happy astronomers here! It really couldn't have worked out sweeter!

kamobe

I'm not an astronomer, but that was without a doubt the most amazing thing I've ever seen.

patzer117

Little Goose wrote:

What a sight from Side, Turkey!! My first eclipse viewing, on a sun lounger on the beach with a perfect view over the Mediterranean - was the most fantastic thing I have ever seen!! Just looking up the news on it now from the internet cafe in the hotel. BEST 3 minutes and 41 seconds ever!!

What group were you with? I was in Manavgat with IFAS (right beside SIDE by the way) and had perfectly clear skies. some nice photos were taken too. Utterly indescribable, too many superlatives needed.

also builders welding glasses over 13 are ok afair

Seanie M

Yes patzer, with the IFAS group (me too!). Jeeze, it was some experience... :eek:

Seanie.