WKU Research Team Visits Odessa, TX for the October 14 Annular Solar Eclipse
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Members of the SunSketcher team near the Stonehenge replica at the University of Texas Permian Basin (UTPB) in Odessa, TX (Clinton Lewis/WKU)
View of the (uneclipsed) Sun through one of the pillars at the Stonehenge replica at UTPB (Clinton Lewis/WKU)
SunSketcher PI Gordon Emslie (left) of the WKU Department of Physics & Astronomy discusses eclipse measurements with Professor Greg Arbuckle of the WKU School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (Clinton Lewis/WKU)
WKU student Travis Peden (right) takes a break from writing app code to provide an on-air narrative to an Odessa, TX TV station during the October 14 annular eclipse (Clinton Lewis/WKU)
SunSketcher honorary team member Ramsey Emslie proudly displays his model of the Baily’s Beads seen during a solar eclipse.
An image from the October 14 annular eclipse, viewed by a SunSketcher team member. Note the tiny Baily Bead at the bottom left of the image. (Clinton Lewis/WKU)
A map showing the track of the total solar eclipse of April 8, 2024
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