{"id":2843,"date":"2019-07-22T16:25:47","date_gmt":"2019-07-22T20:25:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/eclipse\/?page_id=2843"},"modified":"2021-06-05T22:31:32","modified_gmt":"2021-06-06T02:31:32","slug":"2020-argentina-chile","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/eclipse\/2020-argentina-chile\/","title":{"rendered":"2020, Argentina-Chile"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>December 14, 2020 &#8211;\u00a0Total Eclipse<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/eclipse\/files\/2020\/12\/Pasachoff-Moller-VenurTSE_2020_and_comet-min-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4186\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/eclipse\/files\/2020\/12\/Pasachoff-Moller-VenurTSE_2020_and_comet-min-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1703\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/eclipse\/files\/2020\/12\/Pasachoff-Moller-VenurTSE_2020_and_comet-min-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/eclipse\/files\/2020\/12\/Pasachoff-Moller-VenurTSE_2020_and_comet-min-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/eclipse\/files\/2020\/12\/Pasachoff-Moller-VenurTSE_2020_and_comet-min-600x399.jpg 600w, https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/eclipse\/files\/2020\/12\/Pasachoff-Moller-VenurTSE_2020_and_comet-min-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/eclipse\/files\/2020\/12\/Pasachoff-Moller-VenurTSE_2020_and_comet-min-2048x1363.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/eclipse\/files\/2020\/12\/Pasachoff-Moller-VenurTSE_2020_and_comet-min-1200x798.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a>Compound image from 65 originals from Andreas M\u00f6ller at Piedras del Aguila made by Roman Vanur\/Jay Pasachoff, including a coronal mass ejection (CME) at left and an eclipse comet, Comet\/SOHO-4108, also observed from U.S. Naval Research Laboratory\u2019s C2 coronagraph on the European Space Agency\u2019s Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SoHO) and with NASA\u2019s STEREO-B spacecraft.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"\">Pasachoff Jay M., Vojtech Rusin, Roman Va\u0148\u00far, <\/span><span class=\"\">2021, &#8220;Observations of the December 14, 2020, Total Solar Eclipse,&#8221; AAS meeting, January, paper 405.02, 1\/14\/2021.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-2843 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-medium'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/eclipse\/files\/2020\/12\/Image-1-1-scaled.jpeg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/eclipse\/files\/2020\/12\/Image-1-1-300x300.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/eclipse\/files\/2020\/12\/Image-1-1-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/eclipse\/files\/2020\/12\/Image-1-1-600x600.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/eclipse\/files\/2020\/12\/Image-1-1-1536x1536.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/eclipse\/files\/2020\/12\/Image-1-1-2048x2048.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/eclipse\/files\/2020\/12\/Image-1-1-1200x1200.jpeg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/eclipse\/files\/2020\/12\/Image-2-scaled.jpeg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/eclipse\/files\/2020\/12\/Image-2-300x300.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/eclipse\/files\/2020\/12\/Image-2-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/eclipse\/files\/2020\/12\/Image-2-600x600.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/eclipse\/files\/2020\/12\/Image-2-1536x1536.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/eclipse\/files\/2020\/12\/Image-2-2048x2048.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/eclipse\/files\/2020\/12\/Image-2-1200x1200.jpeg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Prominences at the solar limb by Ver\u00f3nica Espino, director of the Planetario Galileo Galilei, Buenos Aires, from El Condor near Las Grutas, Argentina<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4233\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4233\" style=\"width: 2560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/eclipse\/files\/2020\/12\/cromosfera-H-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4233\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/eclipse\/files\/2020\/12\/cromosfera-H-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"893\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/eclipse\/files\/2020\/12\/cromosfera-H-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/eclipse\/files\/2020\/12\/cromosfera-H-300x105.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/eclipse\/files\/2020\/12\/cromosfera-H-600x209.jpg 600w, https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/eclipse\/files\/2020\/12\/cromosfera-H-1536x536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/eclipse\/files\/2020\/12\/cromosfera-H-2048x714.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/eclipse\/files\/2020\/12\/cromosfera-H-1200x418.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4233\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A composite of the chromosphere and both diamond rings, as seen from Valcheta\u00a0by Guillermo Abramson<br \/>F\u00edsica Estad\u00edstica e Interdisciplinaria &#8211; Centro At\u00f3mico Bariloche \/ Instituto Balseiro<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/fisica.cab.cnea.gov.ar\/estadistica\/abramson\">http:\/\/fisica.cab.cnea.gov.ar\/estadistica\/abramson<\/a><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/guillermoabramson.blogspot.com\">http:\/\/guillermoabramson.blogspot.com<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><b class=\"\"><span class=\"\" style=\"font-size: x-large\">2020, Argentina\/Chile<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n<div><strong>Our team at P\u00facon, Chile:<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>Christian Lockwood \u201920, Janet Boris, Theo Boris, Peter Boris, Xavier Jubier, Thierry Legault, Michael Thomas Roman (collaborating also with Marcos Pe\u00f1aloza-Murillo, Universitad de los Andes, Venezuela, and Visiting Research Scientist at Williams College). \u00a0Collaborating with Patricio Rojo of U. Chile (who observed from Gorbea) and Thomas Puzia of the Institute of\u00a0Astrophysics, Pontificia Universidad Cat\u00f3lica de Chile\u00a0(who worked from the Verricca volcano national park). \u00a0Assisted with arrangements to enter and to travel around in Chile by Elizabeth Isaman (U.S. Embassy, Santiago). \u00a0Accompanied by documentary filmmakers Matthew Taylor and Michelle Taylor.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><strong>\u00a0Left in the U.S.<\/strong>: Jay Pasachoff at Williams College and Michael Person at MIT with the coronal-oscillation experiment<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Pasachoff lectured via Zoom from the U.S. first, on December 9, at the International Astronomical Union Symposium 367, rescheduled from Bariloche to Zoom, and then the Golden Webinar of the\u00a0Institute of\u00a0Astrophysics, Pontificia Universidad Cat\u00f3lica de Chile (<a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uc.cl\/en\/news\/jay-m-pasachoff-explains-everything-about-eclipses-in-the-next-golden-webinar-in-astrophysics\/\">https:\/\/www.uc.cl\/en\/news\/jay-m-pasachoff-explains-everything-about-eclipses-in-the-next-golden-webinar-in-astrophysics\/<\/a>).<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/feature\/goddard\/2020\/scientists-use-nasa-data-predict-appearance-corona-dec-14-total-solar-eclipse\">Press release<\/a> by NASA\u2019s Goddard Space Flight Center: a fade in and out between the predictions by Predictive Science Inc of San Diego, CA, by Jon Linker, Ron Caplan, Pete Riley, and Cooper Downes compared with the composite image: Jay Pasachoff, Andreas M\u00f6ller, Patricio Rojo, Ver\u00f3nica Espino, et al.\/Williams College Expedition (Christian Lockwood, David Sliski, Alan Sliski, Theo Boris, Xavier Jubier, Thierry Legault)\/NSF AGS\/computer composite by Wendy Carlos.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/feature\/goddard\/2020\/recently-discovered-comet-seen-during-2020-total-solar-eclipse-SOHO\"><span class=\"\">Eclipse Comet Press Release <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4226\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4226\" style=\"width: 1080px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/eclipse\/files\/2020\/12\/PredictiveScienceComparison-min.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4226 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/eclipse\/files\/2020\/12\/PredictiveScienceComparison-min.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1080\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4226\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jay Pasachoff, Andreas M\u00f6ller, Patricio Rojo, Ver\u00f3nica Espino, et al.\/Williams College Expedition (Christian Lockwood, David Sliski, Alan Sliski, Theo Boris, Xavier Jubier, Thierry Legault, Thomas Puzia)\/NSF AGS\/computer composite by Wendy\u00a0Carlos with images from Chile and Argentina. \u00a9 2020. All rights reserved<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Eclipse prediction &#8212;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/feature\/goddard\/2020\/scientists-use-nasa-data-predict-appearance-corona-dec-14-total-solar-eclipse\">https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/feature\/goddard\/2020\/scientists-use-nasa-data-predict-appearance-corona-dec-14-total-solar-eclipse<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Eclipse comet &#8212;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/feature\/goddard\/2020\/recently-discovered-comet-seen-during-2020-total-solar-eclipse-SOHO\">https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/feature\/goddard\/2020\/recently-discovered-comet-seen-during-2020-total-solar-eclipse-SOHO<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/pbase.com\/photographerlarry\/tse2020\">Larry Stevens\u2019s website from Fortin Nogueira, Neuquen, Argentina https:\/\/pbase.com\/photographerlarry\/tse2020<\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"\">Largely cloudy across Chile and Argentina, but clearing especially at Piedras del Aguila, Argentina<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/eclipsophile.com\/2020wxdesk\">Jay Anderson\u2019s \u201cweather desk\u201d<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.eclipsewise.com\/oh\/ec2020.html#SE2020JDec14T\">Fred Espenak\u2019s website<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.eclipsewise.com\/solar\/SEgmapx\/2001-2100\/SE2020Dec14Tgmapx.html\">Fred Espenak\u2019s Google map<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/xjubier.free.fr\/en\/site_pages\/solar_eclipses\/TSE_2020_GoogleMapFull.html?Lat=-39.96138&amp;Lng=-69.99293&amp;Zoom=18&amp;LC=1\">Xavier Jubier Google Map<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-2843 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-large'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/eclipse\/files\/2020\/12\/Image-1-scaled.jpeg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/eclipse\/files\/2020\/12\/Image-1-600x600.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/eclipse\/files\/2020\/12\/Image-1-600x600.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/eclipse\/files\/2020\/12\/Image-1-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/eclipse\/files\/2020\/12\/Image-1-1536x1536.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/eclipse\/files\/2020\/12\/Image-1-2048x2048.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/eclipse\/files\/2020\/12\/Image-1-1200x1200.jpeg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 85vw, 600px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/eclipse\/files\/2020\/12\/Image-scaled.jpeg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/eclipse\/files\/2020\/12\/Image-600x600.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/eclipse\/files\/2020\/12\/Image-600x600.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/eclipse\/files\/2020\/12\/Image-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/eclipse\/files\/2020\/12\/Image-1536x1536.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/eclipse\/files\/2020\/12\/Image-2048x2048.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/eclipse\/files\/2020\/12\/Image-1200x1200.jpeg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 85vw, 600px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Prominence images from Ver\u00f3nica Espino, director of the Planetario Galileo Galilei, Buenos Aires<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<div id='gallery-3' class='gallery galleryid-2843 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-large'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/eclipse\/files\/2020\/12\/PatricioRojo1.jpeg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/eclipse\/files\/2020\/12\/PatricioRojo1-600x400.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/eclipse\/files\/2020\/12\/PatricioRojo1-600x400.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/eclipse\/files\/2020\/12\/PatricioRojo1-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/eclipse\/files\/2020\/12\/PatricioRojo1-1200x800.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/eclipse\/files\/2020\/12\/PatricioRojo1.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 85vw, 600px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/eclipse\/files\/2020\/12\/PatricioRojo2.jpeg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/eclipse\/files\/2020\/12\/PatricioRojo2-600x400.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/eclipse\/files\/2020\/12\/PatricioRojo2-600x400.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/eclipse\/files\/2020\/12\/PatricioRojo2-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/eclipse\/files\/2020\/12\/PatricioRojo2-1200x800.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/eclipse\/files\/2020\/12\/PatricioRojo2.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 85vw, 600px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<div style=\"text-align: center\">A pair of images through clouds from Gorbea, Chile, by Patricio Rojo<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"\"><i class=\"\"><strong>Note about eclipse flights<\/strong>: <\/i>Two Cessna Citations flew over the Pacific. \u00a0On board tail number CC-ASH were Alson Wong, Bob Stephens &amp; Tim Todd [travel agent] (US)\u00a0Moshe Bain (Brazil), and\u00a0Agustin Landeta (Chile &#8211; handled local arrangements for Tim Todd).\u00a0They flew at 33,000 ft.\u00a0On tail number CC-DDZ were\u00a0John Beattie, Craig Small, Jordan Sutton &amp; Ken Schwartz (US). Patrick Poitevin and Michael Gill (UK),\u00a0at 35,500 ft.<\/div>\n<div>\n<hr \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4232\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4232\" style=\"width: 1080px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/eclipse\/files\/2020\/12\/image0.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4232\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/eclipse\/files\/2020\/12\/image0.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/eclipse\/files\/2020\/12\/image0.jpeg 1080w, https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/eclipse\/files\/2020\/12\/image0-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/eclipse\/files\/2020\/12\/image0-600x600.jpeg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4232\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">From Franco Meconi, Rio Valcheta<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center\">Comet C\/2020 X3 (SOHO)<\/h1>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center\">[SOHO-4108]<\/h1>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4188\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4188\" style=\"width: 947px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/eclipse\/files\/2020\/12\/image001.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4188\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/eclipse\/files\/2020\/12\/image001.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"947\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/eclipse\/files\/2020\/12\/image001.jpg 947w, https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/eclipse\/files\/2020\/12\/image001-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/eclipse\/files\/2020\/12\/image001-600x399.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4188\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Eclipse comet, SOHO-4108, complete with its tail, in a composite of 65 frames taken by Andreas M\u00f6ller and composited by \u00a0Jay Pasachoff, Vojtech Rusin, and Roman Vanur.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">The comet, is named\/numbered courtesy of Karl Battams, Solar and Heliospheric Physics Branch, US Naval Research Laboratory, with orbit discussed with the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union based at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics: Bill Gray, Dan Green, Federica Spoto\/Matt Holman. \u00a0It was spotted on a SoHO LASCO\/C2-coronagraph image by Worachate Boonplod,\u00a0one of the citizen scientists known as SOHO comet hunters. It also shows on a COR-2 image from NASA\u2019s STEREO-A COR-2 coronagraph.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"\">Eclipse comet &#8212;\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/feature\/goddard\/2020\/recently-discovered-comet-seen-during-2020-total-solar-eclipse-SOHO\">https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/feature\/goddard\/2020\/recently-discovered-comet-seen-during-2020-total-solar-eclipse-SOHO<\/a><span class=\"\">\u00a0<\/span><br class=\"\" \/><br class=\"\" \/><span class=\"\">Eclipse prediction &#8212;\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/feature\/goddard\/2020\/scientists-use-nasa-data-predict-appearance-corona-dec-14-total-solar-eclipse\">https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/feature\/goddard\/2020\/scientists-use-nasa-data-predict-appearance-corona-dec-14-total-solar-eclipse<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/eclipse\/files\/2020\/12\/comet-20201214-kreutz-comet-eclipse.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4190 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/eclipse\/files\/2020\/12\/comet-20201214-kreutz-comet-eclipse.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1346\" height=\"702\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/eclipse\/files\/2020\/12\/comet-20201214-kreutz-comet-eclipse.jpg 1346w, https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/eclipse\/files\/2020\/12\/comet-20201214-kreutz-comet-eclipse-300x156.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/eclipse\/files\/2020\/12\/comet-20201214-kreutz-comet-eclipse-600x313.jpg 600w, https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/eclipse\/files\/2020\/12\/comet-20201214-kreutz-comet-eclipse-1200x626.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Note: <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.zam.fme.vutbr.cz\/~druck\/eclipse\/Ecl2008m\/Tse2008_200_mo1\/0-info.htm\">The only other SOHO comet discovered during an eclipse was in 2008<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Article by Ed Cliver about the 1893 \u201ceclipse comet\u201d: <a href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/article\/10.1007\/BF00912999\">\u201cWas the Eclipse Comet of 1893 a Disconnected Coronal Mass Ejection?&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Click to Activate GIFS<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/eclipse\/files\/2020\/12\/image002.gif\"><br \/>\n<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/eclipse\/files\/2020\/12\/image002.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4209 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/eclipse\/files\/2020\/12\/image002.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"1023\" height=\"740\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/eclipse\/files\/2020\/12\/image001.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4210 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/eclipse\/files\/2020\/12\/image001.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"1023\" height=\"740\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4191\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4191\" style=\"width: 2496px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/eclipse\/files\/2020\/12\/comet-Andreas-crop.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4191\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/eclipse\/files\/2020\/12\/comet-Andreas-crop.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2496\" height=\"1888\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/eclipse\/files\/2020\/12\/comet-Andreas-crop.jpg 2496w, https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/eclipse\/files\/2020\/12\/comet-Andreas-crop-300x227.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/eclipse\/files\/2020\/12\/comet-Andreas-crop-600x454.jpg 600w, https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/eclipse\/files\/2020\/12\/comet-Andreas-crop-1536x1162.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/eclipse\/files\/2020\/12\/comet-Andreas-crop-2048x1549.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/eclipse\/files\/2020\/12\/comet-Andreas-crop-1200x908.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4191\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><i class=\"\">Eclipse Comet SOHO-4108 on images composited from Andreas M\u00f6ller\u2019s originals from Piedras del Aguila, Argentina.<\/i><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/minorplanetcenter.net\/mpec\/K20\/K20Y19.html\"><span class=\"\">Minor Planet Electronic Circular 2020-Y19 MPEC<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4201\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4201\" style=\"width: 337px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/eclipse\/files\/2020\/12\/pinhole-ElizabethIsaman.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-4201\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/eclipse\/files\/2020\/12\/pinhole-ElizabethIsaman-450x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"337\" height=\"449\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/eclipse\/files\/2020\/12\/pinhole-ElizabethIsaman-450x600.jpg 450w, https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/eclipse\/files\/2020\/12\/pinhole-ElizabethIsaman-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/eclipse\/files\/2020\/12\/pinhole-ElizabethIsaman-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/eclipse\/files\/2020\/12\/pinhole-ElizabethIsaman-1200x1599.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/eclipse\/files\/2020\/12\/pinhole-ElizabethIsaman.jpg 1244w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 337px) 85vw, 337px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4201\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pinhole camera image from Santiago by Elizabeth Isaman, U.S. Embassy<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<hr \/>\n<div id='gallery-4' class='gallery galleryid-2843 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/eclipse\/files\/2020\/12\/cometa-2-IMG_9942.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1318\" height=\"516\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/eclipse\/files\/2020\/12\/cometa-2-IMG_9942.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/eclipse\/files\/2020\/12\/cometa-2-IMG_9942.jpg 1318w, https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/eclipse\/files\/2020\/12\/cometa-2-IMG_9942-300x117.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/eclipse\/files\/2020\/12\/cometa-2-IMG_9942-600x235.jpg 600w, https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/eclipse\/files\/2020\/12\/cometa-2-IMG_9942-1200x470.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/eclipse\/files\/2020\/12\/cometa-IMG_9942.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"775\" height=\"516\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/eclipse\/files\/2020\/12\/cometa-IMG_9942.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/eclipse\/files\/2020\/12\/cometa-IMG_9942.jpg 775w, https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/eclipse\/files\/2020\/12\/cometa-IMG_9942-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/eclipse\/files\/2020\/12\/cometa-IMG_9942-600x399.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 775px) 85vw, 775px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/eclipse\/files\/2020\/12\/HDR-2-cometa.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1924\" height=\"1082\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/eclipse\/files\/2020\/12\/HDR-2-cometa.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/eclipse\/files\/2020\/12\/HDR-2-cometa.jpg 1924w, https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/eclipse\/files\/2020\/12\/HDR-2-cometa-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/eclipse\/files\/2020\/12\/HDR-2-cometa-600x337.jpg 600w, https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/eclipse\/files\/2020\/12\/HDR-2-cometa-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/eclipse\/files\/2020\/12\/HDR-2-cometa-1200x675.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Dr. Guillermo Abramson<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>F\u00edsica Estad\u00edstica e Interdisciplinaria &#8211; Centro At\u00f3mico Bariloche \/ Instituto Balseiro<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/fisica.cab.cnea.gov.ar\/estadistica\/abramson\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/fisica.cab.cnea.gov.ar\/estadistica\/abramson<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/guillermoabramson.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/guillermoabramson.blogspot.com<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>BEFORE THE ECLIPSE<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong><i class=\"\">Forbes <\/i><\/strong>article: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/jamiecartereurope\/2020\/09\/04\/corona-vs-corona-its-100-days-until-a-great-south-american-eclipse-who-will-see-it\/#587a97ad4a19\">Discouraging about getting to December\u2019s eclipse<\/a><\/p>\n<p>JMP&#8217;s eclipse research receives major support from grant AGS-903500 from the Solar Terrestrial Program, Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences Division, U.S. National Science Foundation. \u00a0Student participation will be enhanced by the Freeman Foote Expeditionary Fund, Williams College.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>December 14, 2020 &#8211;\u00a0Total EclipseCompound image from 65 originals from Andreas M\u00f6ller at Piedras del Aguila made by Roman Vanur\/Jay Pasachoff, including a coronal mass ejection (CME) at left and an eclipse comet, Comet\/SOHO-4108, also observed from U.S. Naval Research Laboratory\u2019s C2 coronagraph on the European Space Agency\u2019s Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SoHO) and with &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/eclipse\/2020-argentina-chile\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;2020, Argentina-Chile&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1741,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2843","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/eclipse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2843","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/eclipse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/eclipse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/eclipse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1741"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/eclipse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2843"}],"version-history":[{"count":36,"href":"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/eclipse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2843\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4358,"href":"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/eclipse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2843\/revisions\/4358"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/eclipse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2843"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}