Planning Workshop for Observations and Outreach Activities During the Total Solar Eclipse of 21 August 2017

2017 年 8 月 21 日日全食期间观测和外展活动规划研讨会

• 批准号: 1445717
• 负责人: Shadia Habbal
• 金额: $ 2.79万
• 依托单位: University of Hawaii
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2014
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2014-07-01 至 2016-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1445717&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Planning; Workshop; Observations; Outreach; Activities

Total solar eclipses invariably offer unique opportunities for scientific explorations and discoveries, and for people of all walks of life and ages to witness one of Nature?s most fascinating display of beauty. On August 21, 2017, a rare total solar eclipse event will occur that will traverse the continental United States, starting in Oregon and ending in South Carolina. The previous such occasion was on 29 July 1878.Drs. Marvel and Habbal, the principal invesitgators here, are members of a committee planning a series of workshops to bring together scientists, observers, educators, amateur astronomers and business partners to plan for this unique event. The first workshop was held on 14-15 April, 2012 in Maryland, with approximately 50 attendees. This award is to support the second workshop to be held August 21-22, 2014, at the University of Missouri, Columbia, which lies in the shadow band. It will bring together eclipse experts, educators and scientists to plan for this 2017 event at the location of the largest university along the eclipse path.The workshop will allow plans to be developed to capitalize on the unique scientific and public outreach potential of the 2017 eclipse. By traversing the extended US landmass, the shadow band of the 2017 eclipse will provide almost uninterrupted observations of the solar corona over 90 minutes, from its start in the northwest to its end in the southeast. Such a span will provide the opportunity to capture the temporal variations and spatial characteristics of coronal structures on times scales of fractions of seconds, to minutes, to over an hour. Since a number of identical experiments can be set up along the path of totality to maximize chances of success, the 2017 eclipse promises an optimal scientific yield.The broader impact of this activity will be in its ability to spark the interest of the public at large and to entice them to take part in exploratory and discovery opportunities. This workshop will focus on developing ideas and plans for unique observations and outreach activities in astronomical experiments that will involve a significant fraction of the population of the USA, as well as a large number of scientists, amateurs and visitors from diffrent countries across the globe, and for engaging the general public of all ages in the excitement and beauty of transient astronomical phenomena and scientific discoveries. In addition, the workshop will allow planning for eclipse observations that will test new technologies and concepts for later incorporation in ground-based and space-based observatories.

日全食总是为科学探索和发现提供独特的机会，并为各行各业和各个年龄段的人们见证大自然最迷人的美丽展示之一。 2017 年 8 月 21 日，将发生罕见的日全食事件，该事件将横贯美国大陆，从俄勒冈州开始，到南卡罗来纳州结束。上一次这样的场合是在 1878 年 7 月 29 日。 Marvel 和 Habbal 是这里的主要研究人员，他们是一个委员会的成员，该委员会计划举办一系列研讨会，将科学家、观察员、教育工作者、业余天文学家和商业伙伴聚集在一起，为这一独特的活动进行规划。第一次研讨会于 2012 年 4 月 14 日至 15 日在马里兰州举行，大约有 50 名与会者。该奖项旨在支持将于 2014 年 8 月 21 日至 22 日在位于影子地带的哥伦比亚密苏里大学举行的第二次研讨会。它将汇集日食专家、教育工作者和科学家，在日食路径沿线最大的大学所在地规划 2017 年的活动。研讨会将允许制定计划，以利用 2017 年日食的独特科学和公共宣传潜力。通过穿越美国广阔的陆地，2017 年日食的阴影带将在 90 分钟内提供几乎不间断的日冕观测，从西北的起点到东南的终点。这样的跨度将提供在几分之一秒、几分钟到一个多小时的时间尺度上捕获日冕结构的时间变化和空间特征的机会。由于可以沿着全食路径进行大量相同的实验，以最大限度地提高成功机会，因此 2017 年日食有望获得最佳的科学成果。这项活动的更广泛影响将在于它能够激发广大公众的兴趣，并吸引他们参与探索和发现的机会。本次研讨会将侧重于制定天文实验中独特观测和推广活动的想法和计划，这些活动将涉及美国很大一部分人口以及来自全球不同国家的大量科学家、业余爱好者和游客，并让各个年龄段的公众参与瞬息万变的天文现象和科学发现的兴奋和美丽。此外，研讨会还将规划日食观测，测试新技术和概念，以便稍后纳入地面和天基观测站。