
total solar eclipse
app
The
Total Solar Eclipse
App,
produced by the
renowned
Exploratorium
in San Francisco,
includes an
interactive map,
safe-viewing
techniques, and the
ability to view the
eclipse live from
internet-connected
phones and tablets.
The app also enables
users to move
seamlessly between
the Exploratorium’s
five live streams of
the eclipse, which
include direct
telescope feeds from
Wyoming and Oregon,
English and Spanish
programs featuring
scientists from the
Exploratorium and
NASA, and a
sonification of the
eclipse
with a live
performance by
Kronos Quartet at
the Exploratorium’s
home on the San
Francisco
waterfront. In
“social mode,” users
can engage with
communities via
social media using
preloaded hashtags
even while viewing
live and recorded
eclipse videos. The
release of the app
is part of the
Exploratorium’s
large-scale
education
initiative,
supported by NASA,
around the coming
total solar eclipse
on August 21, 2017.
eclipse programming
at the exploratorium
in san francisco
From San Francisco,
the moon will only
partly cover the
Sun—a
partial eclipse—but
the Exploratorium
will open early at
9:00 AM and will
have telescopes and
solar safety glasses
on our Plaza for
viewing, and
astronomers from
NASA Ames and The
Planetary Society
available to answer
questions. Visitors
will have an
opportunity to learn
about solar eclipses
and observe a
partial solar
eclipse outside on
the Exploratorium’s
Plaza, but they’ll
also be able to head
inside to watch the
Exploratorium’s live
programming of the
Eclipse from Casper,
WY and Madras, OR on
large screens that
will be set up
throughout the
museum. Last, though
the tickets have
already sold out,
the Exploratorium is
hosting Kronos
Quartet for an
eclipse sonification
and musical
performance by the
world-famous
musicians.
5 LIVE FEEDS:
DETAILS AND ACCESS
INFORMATION
telescope views from
oregon: mos | 2.75
hours beginning at
16:00 utc / 9:00 am
pdt
Start:
16:00UT, 9:00am PDT,
10:00am MDT, 12:00pm
EDT ||
End:
18:45UT, 11:45am
PDT, 12:45pm MDT,
2:45pm EDT || 1st
contact at 16:06,
totality at 17:19, 4th
contact at 18:41
-
Live MOS
(soundless) feed
of the eclipse
from 4
telescopes on
the ground in
Madras, Oregon
-
4 Telescopes
include: white
light and
Hydrogen-Alpha
filters;
full-disc and
quarter-disc
-
Uses: television
news programs;
showing on
public monitors;
embedding in
your website;
‘capturing’ to
post on social
media
-
Available on
Galaxy 3
Satellite and by
embedding
telescope views from
wyoming: mos | 3
hours beginning at
16:15 utc / 9:15 pdt
Start:
16:15UT, 9:15am PDT,
10:15am MDT, 12:15pm
EDT ||
End:
19:15UT, 12:45am
PDT, 1:15pm MDT,
3:15pm EDT || 1st
contact at 16:22,
totality at 17:42, 4th
contact at 19:09
-
Live MOS
(soundless) feed
of the eclipse
from 4
telescopes on
the ground in
Madras, Oregon
-
4 Telescopes
include: white
light and
Hydrogen-Alpha
filters;
full-disc and
quarter-disc
-
Uses: television
news programs;
showing on
public monitors;
embedding in
your website;
‘capturing’ to
post on social
media
1-hour english
language educational
program (based in
oregon, featuring
wyoming)
Start: 17:00 UT,
10:00 PDT, 11:00am
MDT, 1:00pm EDT //
End: 18:00 UT,
11:00 PDT, 12:00
MDT, 2:00pm EDT
-
Featuring
interviews with
eclipse chasers,
Exploratorium
and NASA
Scientists, and
totality from
two locations
-
General
information
about the
eclipse, path of
totality, and
safe-viewing
techniques
-
Explore NASA's
upcoming Solar
Probe Plus
mission with
NASA scientist
Dr. Eric
Christian
-
Hosts: NASA
Education
Specialist, Dr.
Hakeem Oluseyi
and
Exploratorium’s
Dr. Rob Semper
-
High-dynamic-range
live eclipse
video streams
from four
telescopes at
each location
-
Uses: viewing in
schools and
community
eclipse events,
eclipse parties,
online viewers
wanting to learn
about eclipses
while seeing
live views of
eclipse from
telescope feeds
1-hour spanish
language educational
program (based in
oregon, featuring
wyoming)
Start: 17:00 UT,
10:00 PDT, 11:00am
MDT, 1:00pm EDT //
End: 18:00 UT,
11:00 PDT, 12:00
MDT, 2:00pm EDT
-
Featuring
interviews with
eclipse chasers,
Exploratorium
and NASA
Scientists, and
totality from
two locations
-
Hosts: Bay Area
Univision Host
and Emmy Award
winner, Kira
Vilanova, and
Dr. Isabel
Hawkins
providing
informal
commentary about
the eclipse,
path of
totality, and
safe-viewing
techniques
-
NASA's upcoming
Solar Probe Plus
mission with Dr.
Eric Christian
-
High-dynamic-range
live eclipse
video streams
from four
telescopes at
each location
-
Uses:
Spanish-speaking
audiences
viewing in
schools and
community
eclipse events,
eclipse parties,
online viewers
wanting to learn
about eclipses
while seeing
live views of
eclipse from
telescope feeds
3-HOUR
SONIFICATION WITH
30-MINUTE KRONOS
QUARTET PERFORMANCE
(BASED IN SAN
FRANCISCO)
-
Video feed: same
as
telescope views
from wyoming
-
In addition to
the sonification,
in the 30-mins
surrounding
totality, the
Kronos Quartet
will be adding a
live musical
score.
-
Live video is
converted into
raw data, which
is then
converted into
sound. This
computer-created
‘sonification’
will be the
audio track for
this feed
-
A video
explaining the
process of
sonification:
Making Music
from a Solar
Eclipse
-
Uses: Embedding
in a website,
‘Capturing’ to
post on social
media,
-
More information
on the process
and score is
here:
http://waynegrim.com/sonification-of-the-total-solar-eclipse-august-2017