ED32A:
The 2017 Total Solar Eclipse: Science, Reach, and Impact I

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Session ID#: 35614

Session Description:
The August 21st Total Solar Eclipse across America will have been, by all accounts, the most anticipated, leveraged, and viewed eclipse in history. This is driven by its accessibility to western audiences, massive media outreach, social media, recent emphasis on citizen science, technical sophistication in the amateur astronomy community, and the large suite of space based assets viewing the eclipse. Numerous individual, organization, and government agency programs have been developed to bring the eclipse to an audience of over 500 million in North America alone. This session is designed to provide statistics, research findings, experiences, and lessons learned from eclipse programming and to look ahead to the next eclipse across America in 2024.
Primary Convener:  C Alex Young, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Heliophysics Science Division, Greenbelt, MD, United States
Conveners:  Louis Mayo, Aires Scientific, Inc, Baltimore, MD, United States, Padma A Yanamandra-Fisher, Space Science Institute, Rancho Cucamonga, CA, United States and Juan Carlos Martinez Oliveros, University of California Berkeley, Space Sciences Laboratory, Berkeley, United States
Chairs:  C Alex Young, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Heliophysics Science Division, Greenbelt, MD, United States and Louis Mayo, Aires Scientific, Inc, Baltimore, MD, United States
OSPA Liaison:  C Alex Young, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Heliophysics Science Division, Greenbelt, MD, United States

Cross-Listed:
  • P - Planetary Sciences
  • PA - Public Affairs
  • SH - SPA-Solar and Heliospheric Physics
Index Terms:

0815 Informal education [EDUCATION]
6250 Moon [PLANETARY SCIENCES: SOLAR SYSTEM OBJECTS]
7507 Chromosphere [SOLAR PHYSICS, ASTROPHYSICS, AND ASTRONOMY]
7509 Corona [SOLAR PHYSICS, ASTROPHYSICS, AND ASTRONOMY]

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

Selling the Great American Eclipse: An Education and Public Outreach Retrospective (Invited) (277627)
Tyler Nordgren, University of Redlands, Redlands, CA, United States
Impact Results From the Astronomers Without Borders Building on the Eclipse Education Program (285548)
Ms. Lindsay Marie Bartolone, Astronomers Without Borders, Chicago, United States; IMAP Mission, Princeton, United States, Mike Simmons, Astronomers Without Borders, Calabasas, CA, United States, Andi Nelson, Astronomers Without Borders, Houston, TX, United States and Brian Kruse, Astronomical Society of the Pacific, San Francisco, CA, United States
Partnering with Universities, a NASA Visitor Center, Schools, and the INSPIRE Project to Perform Research and Outreach Activities (291205)
Mitzi Adams1, J. Allyn Smith2, Eva Kloostra3, Kevin R Knupp4, Kay Taylor5, Scott Anderson6, C J Baskauf7, Spencer Buckner7, Jeffrey DiMatties8, Craig D Fry9, Bryan Gaither7, C W Galben7, Dennis Lee Gallagher10, Marlon P Heaston11, J Kraft7, Karen Meisch7, Rod Mills7, Christina Nations12, Debora Nielson13, Justin Oelgoetz7, Linda P Rawlins14, Donald L Sudbrink7 and Amy Wright7, (1)NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, ST13, Huntsville, AL, United States, (2)Austin Peay State University, Physics and Astronomy, Clarksville, TN, United States, (3)The Inspire Project, Alexandria, VA, United States, (4)University of Alabama in Huntsville, Earth System Science Center, Huntsville, AL, United States, (5)U.S. Space and Rocket Center, Huntsville, AL, United States, (6)Paragon Tec, Huntsville, AL, United States, (7)Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, TN, United States, (8)Christian County School System, Hopkinsville, KY, United States, (9)NASA Marshall Space Flght Ctr, Huntsville, AL, United States, (10)NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL, United States, (11)Kenwood Middle School, Clarksville, TN, United States, (12)Christian County Schools, Hopkinsville, KY, United States, (13)University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL, United States, (14)NASA/Retired, Huntsville, AL, United States
Engaging Citizen Scientists across North America to Monitor Eclipse-driven Environmental Change through NASA GLOBE Observer, Results and Lessons Learned (291904)
Holli Riebeek Kohl1, Kristen Weaver1, David Overoye1, Ann Martin1, Travis Andersen2 and GLOBE Observer Team, (1)Science Systems and Applications, Inc., Lanham, MD, United States, (2)University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, United States
The Eclipse Megamovie Tour: building awareness of the eclipse and gathering public support for the Megamovie Project (298481)
Laura M Peticolas1, Darlene Yan1, Christopher Cable2, Daniel Zevin1, Calvin Johnson3 and Mark Bender4, (1)University of California Berkeley, Multiverse, Berkeley, CA, United States, (2)Consultant, Carmichael, CA, United States, (3)Google, Boston, MA, MA, United States, (4)Eclipse Across America, San Antonio, TX, United States
Practicing for 2023 and 2024: What the AAS Solar Eclipse Task Force Learned from the "Great American Eclipse" of 2017 (300256)
Richard Tresch Fienberg, American Astronomical Society, Washington, DC, United States, Angela K Speck, University of Missouri Columbia, Physics & Astronomy, Columbia, MO, United States and Shadia R Habbal, Institute for Astronomy, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, United States
Through the Eyes of NASA: NASA's 2017 Eclipse Education Progam (300267)
Lou Mayo, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States and NASA Heliophysics Education Consortium
Go Dark Charleston 2017: Preparing the Lowcountry of Charleston, SC for a Unique Celestial Event (246427)
Cynthia Hall1,2, Cassandra R Runyon1 and Maria L. Royle3, (1)College of Charleston, Charleston, SC, United States, (2)Lowcountry Hall of Science & Mathematics, Charleston, United States, (3)Stall High School, English to Speakers of Other Languages, North Charleston, SC, United States
Eclipse Megamovie 2017: A Citizen Science Project (292623)
Calvin Johnson1, Justin Koh2, David Konerding2, Laura M Peticolas3, Hugh S Hudson3, Juan Carlos Martinez Oliveros4 and Daniel Zevin5, (1)Google, Boston, MA, MA, United States, (2)Google, Making & Science, Mountain View, CA, United States, (3)Space Sciences Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, United States, (4)University of California Berkeley, Space Sciences Laboratory, Berkeley, United States, (5)University of California Berkeley, Multiverse, Berkeley, CA, United States
How Cool was the Eclipse? Atmospheric Measurements and Citizen Science via NASA’s GLOBE Observer (297687)
Kristen Linn Kopp Weaver, Science Systems and Applications, Inc., Lanham, United States, Holli Riebeek Kohl, ADNET Systems Inc. Greenbelt, Greenbelt, United States and GLOBE Observer Team/NASA Earth Science Education Collaborative
Amateur Radio Flash Mob: Citizen Radio Science Response to a Solar Eclipse (301575)
Michael Hirsch, Boston University, Boston, MA, United States; Boston University, ECE, Boston, MA, United States and Nathaniel A Frissell, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Center for Solar-Terrestrial Research - Physics, Newark, United States

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