Eclipses

The following documents are courtesy Rice Space Institute and may be freely copied for noncommercial educational use.

• Sign up for the Rice Space Institute ECLIPSE NEWSLETTER
• Download latest eclipse newsletter with info on the Total Lunar Eclipse of Jan 20, 2019


• Lunar Eclipse FAQ
• Lunar Eclipse Observing Worksheet
• Solar Eclipse FAQ
• Solar Eclipse Reading Chart
• Safe Eclipse Observing
• Umbraphile Journal - by Patricia Reiff
  What’s the big deal about eclipses? Seen one, seen ‘em all? Why would you travel 30,000 km for two minutes of totality?
• Teaching Using Immersion - Explaining Magnetism and Eclipses in a Planetarium Dome - by Patricia Reiff and Carolyn Sumners
  Pleiades National Planetarium Conference 2017

2020 Annular Eclipse

Here are some resources for the June 21, 2020 annular eclipse.

• World map of June 21, 2020 annular eclipse
• LIVE STREAM of the eclipse
• Eclipse talk give by Dr. Patricia Reiff 200+ Indian students

View and download eclipse animations of solar and lunar eclipses as seen from various viewpoints

Eclipse Training

View a Solar Eclipse 101 video about the eclipse and safe eclipse viewing practices (Requires form submission for access)

Images & Movies

The images and movies in the following directories were taken by various people on various eclipse trips. (Each directory is typically a different photographer). Please contact the photographer or me for permission to use any image or movie for commercial use. --- Patricia Reiff, Science Lead

Most of these trips were organized by the following tour operator: Ring Of Fire Expeditions - http://www.eclipsetours.com/