By Hananh Hellman • 2024-06-29
Meet Nazmus “Naz” Nasir, one of our Eclipse Megamovie Megastars!
By Hananh Hellman • 2024-10-15
Citizen scientist Hy Tran, known for his guidance and expertise, is among the standout contributors to Eclipse Megamovie for a variety of reasons.
By Hananh Hellman • 2024-08-20
Thank you to Ethan Martinez, Matthew Vitullo, Obinna Kalu, Nick Carales, and Dr. Gurman Gill for undertaking this machine learning project with the purpose of identifying various stages of solar eclipse in photographs. This project utilized the 2017 Eclipse Megamovie dataset containing thousands of eclipse images submitted by participatory scientists (previously referred to as citizen scientists) after the 2017 total solar eclipse.
By Aurore Simonnet • 2024-03-12
We invite you to join Alkina and sentient spaceship Epo, as they embark once more, on an exciting journey through space! Alkina, joined by alien Ambassadors, are on route to observe a Solar Eclipse phenomenon in a distant galaxy. While on their way, Alkina brings up factoids about Solar Eclipses, notably regarding an event that occurred on Earth. Discussions arise as everyone learns about the fascinating astronomical event...until they reach their destination for "the show"!
By EM Team • 2023-12-08
The volunteer meeting will take place on Monday, December 18th at 5pm. We are also launching our office hours beginning that day, so we will be available 30 minutes before the start of the meeting to answer questions and chat about the project. This meeting in particular will feature a presentation given by EM2024 Science PI Juan Carlos Martinez Oliveros from UC Berkeley.
By Hannah Hellman • 2023-11-02
When Laura Peticolas submitted the Eclipse Megamovie 2024 (EM2024) grant for funding in 2022, we proposed to give away 100 3-D printed equatorial mounts to ensure that we would receive high quality photographs of the Sun’s corona. For our project’s purposes, “high quality” means that we would be able to reliably identify transient plasma plumes.
By James R. Riordan • 2023-10-18
In this article, Dr. James Riordan discusses several different participatory science projects in which citizen scientists can participate during the April 8, 2024 total solar eclipse. Megamovie is featured there, as well as Soundscapes and SunSketcher.
By Hannah Hellman • 2023-10-10
On June 19th, 1927, Virginia Woolf traveled more than 219 miles, from London to North Yorkshire, to see a total solar eclipse. In her essay, “The Sun and the Fish,” written in 1928 (one year after her experience), she refers to this eclipse as, simply, “the dawn.” In that essay she marvels at the sense of unity and purpose that she shared with everyone else who traveled through the night on trains scheduled specifically for this celestial event.
By NASA • 2023-10-02
NASA’s Eclipse Megamovie project is back for the 2024 total solar eclipse---and is seeking volunteers! During the four minutes of this solar experience, the sun's atmosphere, or corona, will become visible. It’s a rare time when we are able to take photographs of the corona from Earth on a large scale.
By NASA • 2023-07-19
Five years after partnering with Google and inspiring citizen scientists to journey out to view the Great American total solar eclipse, the Eclipse Megamovie 2024 (EM2024) team has been funded by NASA to bring high-quality DSLR imagery to the forefront of solar coronal studies.
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