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Eclipses<\/h2>\n

61 solar eclipses: 32 total; 15 annular; 14 partial<\/strong><\/p>\n

Expeditions to observe eclipses of the sun (total unless otherwise specified):<\/p>\n

\u2022 1959 over Massachusetts
\n\u2022 1963 Quebec, Canada
\n\u2022 1970 Oaxaca, Mexico
\n\u2022 1972 P.E.I., Canada
\n\u2022 1973 Kenya
\n\u2022 1973 Colombia (annular)
\n\u2022 1974 Australia
\n\u2022 1977 Pacific Ocean
\n\u2022 1979 Manitoba, Canada
\n\u2022 1980 India
\n\u2022 1981 Pacific near Hawaii
\n\u2022 1983 Java, Indonesia
\n\u2022 1984 U.S. (annular)
\n\u2022 1984 Papua New Guinea
\n\u2022 1988 Sumatra, Indonesia
\n\u2022 1989 Hawaii (partial)
\n\u2022 1990 Finland
\n\u2022 1991 Hawaii
\n\u2022 1992 California, U.S. (annular)
\n\u2022 1992 Atlantic Ocean
\n\u2022 1994 New Hampshire, U.S. (annular)
\n\u2022 1994 Putre, Chile
\n\u2022 1995 India
\n\u2022 1996 Israel (partial)
\n\u2022 1997 Mongolia
\n\u2022 1998 Aruba
\n\u2022 1998 Malaysia (annular)
\n\u2022 1999 Australia (annular)
\n\u2022 1999 Romania
\n\u2022 2000 Seattle (partial)
\n\u2022 2000 Los Angeles (partial)
\n\u2022 2001 Zambia
\n\u2022 2001 Costa Rica (annular)
\n\u2022 2002 Puerto Vallarta, Mexico (annular)
\n\u2022 2002 Ceduna, Australia
\n\u2022 2003 Iceland (annular)
\n\u2022 2003 Antarctica
\n\u2022 2004 Cape Town (partial)
\n\u2022 2004 Hawaii (partial)
\n\u2022 2005 Pacific west of the Gal\u00e1pagos
\n\u2022 2005 Valencia, Spain (annular)
\n\u2022 2006 Kastellorizo, Greece
\n\u2022 2006 (French Guiana, annular)
\n\u2022 2007 (airplane near Hong Kong, partial)
\n\u2022 2007 (airplane near Buenos Aires, partial)
\n\u2022 2008 (Nelson, New Zealand, partial)
\n\u2022 2008 (Akademgorodok, Russia)
\n\u2022 2009 (Anyer, Indonesia, annular)
\n\u2022 2009 (Tianhuanpingm, China)
\n\u2022 2010 (KanyaKumari, India, annular)
\n\u2022 2010 (Easter Island)
\n\u2022 2011 (Israel, partial)
\n\u2022 2011 (Iceland, partial)
\n\u2022 2011 (New Zealand, partial
\n\u2022 2012 (US, annular)<\/p>\n

Planned Expeditions<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022 2014 (Albany, Western Australia, partial)
\n\u2022 2014 (Sacramento Peak, New Mexico, partial)
\n\u2022 2015 (Svalbard, total)
\n\u2022 2015 (South Africa, partial)
\n\u2022 2016 (Indonesia, total)
\n\u2022 2016 (Tanzania, annular)
\n\u2022 2017 (U.S., total)<\/p>\n

Transits of Venus and Mercury<\/h2>\n

\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 2004 Thessaloniki, Greece (Venus)
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 2006 Haleakala. Maui, Hawaii (Mercury)
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 2012 Haleakala. Maui, Hawaii (Venus)<\/p>\n

http:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/pasachoff\/2019tom\/<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/pasachoff\/2016tom\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Optical stellar, comet, and planetary observations<\/h2>\n

\u2022 \u00a0 Mount Wilson Observatory (2.5-m telescope), 1970-1972
\n\u2022 \u00a0 Palomar Observatory (5-m telescope), 1972
\n\u2022 \u00a0 Kitt Peak National Observatory (McMath telescope), 1977
\n\u2022 \u00a0 Mauna Kea, 3m IRTF (1981)
\n\u2022 \u00a0 Bosscha Obs., Java, 1983
\n\u2022 \u00a0 Mauna Kea, 2.2-m with CCD, 1984, 1985, 3.6-m CFHT, Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope, 1985
\n\u2022 \u00a0 Kitt Peak National Observatory, coud\u00e9 feed, May 1992, January 1993, January 1994, May 1994
\n\u2022 \u00a0 1997: occultations of stars by Triton, expeditions to Hawaii and Australia
\n\u2022 \u00a0 1999: Kitt Peak observations of iota Her and Orion Nebula for deuterium
\n\u2022 \u00a0 2002 Mauna Kea Observatory (2.2-m University of Hawaii telescope), Pluto occultation
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 Transit of Venus, Greece, 2004
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 Pico dos Dias Observatory, Brazil, 2005: Charon occultation
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 Cerro Calan Observatory, Chile 2010: Pluto occultation
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 Transit of Venus, Haleakala Observatory, Hawaii, 2012; collaborated at Sacramento Peak Observatory and Big Bear Solar Observatory
\n\u2022 \u00a0 2006, 2014, 2015 Mt. John University Observatory, Lake Tekapo, New Zealand: stellar occultations of Pluto and other objects in the outer solar system<\/p>\n

Optical solar observations<\/h2>\n

\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 Sacramento Peak Observatory, 1965
\n\u2022 \u00a0 Big Bear Solar Observatory, 1970-72
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 Sacramento Peak Observatory, 1971
\n\u2022 \u00a0 Kitt Peak National Observatory, 1972
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 Haleakala Observatory, 1977, 1980-81
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 Swedish Solar Telescope, La Palma, 2004, 2005, 2006<\/p>\n

Radio observations<\/h2>\n

\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 Sagamore Hill Radio Observatory (150-foot and solar telescopes), 1968-69
\n\u2022 \u00a0 National Radio Astronomy Observatory (300-foot), 1969
\n\u2022 \u00a0 Owens Valley Radio Observatory (130-foot), 1970-73
\n\u2022 \u00a0 Parkes (Australia) (210-foot), 1974
\n\u2022 \u00a0 Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy, Bonn (Germany) (100-meter), 1976
\n\u2022 \u00a0 VLA, 1987
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 Berkeley-Illinois-Maryland Array, 1990-91
\n\u2022 \u00a0 National Radio Astronomy Observatory (12-m on Kitt Peak), 1993
\n\u2022 \u00a0 National Radio Astronomy Observatory (12-m on Kitt Peak), 1993, 2000;
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 Nobeyama Radio Observatory, Japan, 2001
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 Giant Metre-Wave Radio Telescope, Pune, India, 2004, 2010
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 Jansky Very Large Array, west of Socorro, NM, annular solar eclipse, 2012<\/p>\n

plus various remote observing at Kitt Peak 12-m, Arecibo<\/p>\n

Space observations<\/h2>\n

\u2022 \u00a0 NASA Guest Investigator on OSO-8, involvement began 1972, satellite launched 1975
\n\u2022 \u00a0 observed chromospheres and coronas of late-type stars with International Ultraviolet Explorer (IUE), 1978
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 collaborated with Extreme-ultraviolet Imaging Telescope (EIT) and Large Angle Spectrographic Coronagraph (LASCO) teams, Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO), 1998, 1999, and 2001, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 NASA Guest Investigator on Transition Region and Coronal Explorer (TRACE), 2004-2007
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 collaborated with NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory, 2010
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 for transit of Venus 2012, collaborated with Solar Dynamics Observatory, Hinode, ACRIMSAT, SORCE\/TIM<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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