The Astronomical Event of the Decade: Library Opportunities with the Coming Total Eclipse of the Sun

Authors

  • Andrew Fraknoi
  • Dennis Schatz

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5860/cal.15n1.33

Abstract

On August 21, 2017, we will be treated to the first total eclipse of the sun visible in the continental United States in almost forty years. Because the total eclipse can only be seen in the United States, it is being called the “All American Total Solar Eclipse.” In this kind of eclipse, the Moon gets in front of the sun in the sky and blocks its light.

Author Biographies

Andrew Fraknoi

Andrew Fraknoi is the Chair of the Astronomy Department at Foothill College in the San Francisco Bay Area and a former Executive Director of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. 

Dennis Schatz

Dennis Schatz was formerly the Senior Vice President of the Pacific Science Center, the science museum in Seattle, and is the author of twenty-three science books for children. He was program director for science education at the National Science Foundation from 2011 to 2015.

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Published

2017-03-08

Issue

Vol. 15 No. 1 (2017): Spring

Section

Features

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