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，并为各行各业和年龄的人见证大自然的一个？这是最迷人的美的展示。2017年8月21日，将发生一次罕见的日全食事件，它将横穿美国大陆，从俄勒冈州开始，到南卡罗来纳州结束。上一次这样的活动是在1878年7月29日。Marvel博士和Habbal博士是这里的主要调查员，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，为这一独特的活动制定计划。第一次研讨会于2012年4月14日至15日在马里兰州举行，约有50人参加。该奖项是为了支持第二次研讨会将于2014年8月21日至22日在哥伦比亚的密苏里州大学举行，该大学位于阴影带。它将汇集日食专家、教育工作者和科学家，在日食路径上沿着最大的大学所在地为2017年的日食活动制定计划。该研讨会将允许制定计划，以利用2017年日食独特的科学和公众宣传潜力。通过穿越美国大陆，2017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，从西北部开始到东南部结束。这样一个跨度将提供机会，捕捉时间变化和日冕结构的空间特征的时间尺度的分数秒，分钟，超过一个小时。由于可以沿着全食的路径设置许多相同的实验，以最大限度地提高成功的机会，2017年的日食有望获得最佳的科学成果。这一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。该讲习班将侧重于为天文学实验中的独特观测和推广活动制定想法和计划，这些活动将涉及美国人口的很大一部分，以及来自地球仪不同国家的大量科学家、业余爱好者和游客，并使所有年龄段的公众都能参与瞬变天文现象和科学发现的兴奋和美丽。此外，讲习班还将为月食观测进行规划，以测试新技术和概念，供以后纳入地面和空间观测站。