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AllAfrica Interview: Observing the Eclipse

Dr. Jay Pasachoff, an expert on the solar corona, led an international observation project, which includes a team of students and faculty from Williams College, who are joined by scientists from five other countries. Among the mysteries the team has explored is that the temperature of the corona is substantially hotter than the temperature of the sun itself.

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Jay Pasachoff with Zambian students.


 

Eclipse Observation Diaries

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Kristen Shapiro orienting a telescope.

AllAfrica has followed the eclipse observation through a group of astrophysicists from the United States.



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