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Date: Wed, 25 Feb 1998 10:11:00 -0800
From: Tyler Bell <bell@say.acnatsci.org>
Reply-To: bell@say.acnatsci.org
Organization: The Academy of Natural Sciences, Estuarine Research
Subject: veiwing the total eclipse on the web
Folks:
I thought that this might be a general interest thing for all to
enjoy!
--
Good Birding! ...and all this science,
Tyler Bell I don't understand, It's
mailto:bell@say.acnatsci.org just my job five days a week.
California, MD Elton John (Rocket Man)
http://www.acnatsci.org/erd/berc/
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NASA to show eclipse online
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Sky-watchers keen to see the last total eclipse
visible from the Western Hemisphere this century need not worry about
getting to the Caribbean this week -- they can watch it on the
Internet.
NASA said on Monday its Sun-Earth Connection Education Forum (SECEF)
would show live images of Thursday's eclipse in a ''webcast.''
``We will be producing two live webcasts around the eclipse: one the
night before, Wednesday, February 25th at 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm PST (0300
to 0500 GMT Feb 26) and one during the eclipse (9:00 am to 11:00 am
PST or 1700 to 1900 GMT),'' NASA said in a statement.
``Check the Sun-Earth Connection Education Forum website at
http://sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov .''
The moon will pass between the Earth and the sun on Thursday, blocking
much of the sun's light.
The total eclipse will extend in a 93-mile-wide band from the
Galapagos Islands, northeastward over parts of northern South America
and across the Caribbean Sea. A partial eclipse will be visible in a
much wider area including the southeastern United States and central
South America.
This is the last solar eclipse visible in the Western Hemisphere until
2017.
A solar eclipse can be viewed safely through filters -- either a
special solar filter about the size of an audio compact disc, or even
a compact disc itself. But care must be taken to look through the
silver part of the disc and not through the hole. Unexposed film can
also be used.
^REUTERS@