August 21, 2017. 9:00AM. BPB roof. UNLV Physics & Astronomy Eclipse activity.

The Aug 21, 2017 Eclipse

Around 9:00AM we'll set up a couple telescopes on the Bigelow Physics Building roof. The scopes will project an image of the Sun onto screens that can be safely viewed. We'll live stream one of the screens on to the net. The URL is: https://www.twitch.tv/horizonsci/

The scopes will be up from about 9AM to 12 noon which spans the whole eclipse maximum which will be at about 10:30 with 72 % coverage.

Drs. David Jeffery and Jason Steffen will be around to answer questions and demonstrate pinhole projection. Other students, faculty, and staff may also be on site to answer questions.

Postscript

Obviously, we didn't have an optimal day for viewing the eclipse in Las Vegas as a storm front moved through the valley. However, some time around 10:30AM clouds began clearing, glasses came out, a telescope was hastily set up and we had some quite good viewing from the roof and the area surrounding Bigelow Physics with "pinhole effects" from the tree canopy. Some images: