Citizen scientists are expected to play a major role in making valuable
observations during the eclipse.
Not exact matches
Observations during the total solar
eclipse may explain why the sun's atmosphere is so organized despite arising from a tangled magnetic field.
Black noted that
during the
eclipse the moon will align exactly with the sun's surface and enable
observations of the entire corona, including regions that are rarely detectable.
Given the corona is not expected to change much before the
eclipse, scientists at the NSO used current
observations to create a coronal magnetic model that shows where they expect to see field lines concentrated
during the
eclipse.
(
Observations during total solar
eclipses fare no better, for the same reason.)
Observations of the corona
during eclipses going back as far as 1867 suggest that streamers vary with solar activity.
The aim is to provide weather
observation during the solar
eclipse from around the UK, to assist the Department of Meteorology in Reading to use...
Put them on while looking away from the sun and don't remove them at any time
during the
observation of the
eclipse if you are outside the path of totality.