Group of students and teachers with eclipse glasses on.

Eclipse viewing!

Troy Patterson

April 9, 2024

It was a long bus ride, but totally worth it! Kathy brought telescopes, a sunspotter and lots of glasses which enhanced the experience for our students and all the other random watchers.

Group of students and teachers wearing eclipse glasses. Four students gather around a telescope on a tripod.An eclipse viewer. Wood forms a triangle with a platorm under the peak. The eclipse is represented through shadows on the platform. The sun with a mostly dark sky. A tree is in the foreground.View from Kathy's solar telescope of the moon passing over the sun.  We were able to see solar flares. 

Moon shading out most of the sun. Image taken through a telescope.

Graph of Relative Amounts of Visible Light Wavelengths (red, blue, green)from 1 hour before to 1 hour after the total eclipse: 

Graph of Relative Amounts of Visible Light Wavelengths (red, blue, green)from 1 hour before to 1 hour after the total eclipse: Graph of UV Intensity from 1 hour before to 1 hour after the total eclipse:

Graph of UV Intensity from 1 hour before to 1 hour after the total eclipse: Graph of Overall Light Intensity/Brightness from 1 hour before to 1 hour after the eclipse: 

Graph of Overall Light Intensity/Brightness from 1 hour before to 1 hour after the eclipse: