Solar eclipses are of huge public interest and prodive an exceptional opportunity to promote science and scientific temper among the people, as well as challenge the myths surrounding the topic. The mass campaigns during past solar eclipses in India are unique in their range and reach. This is a 2-day Nucleation Meeting on the ASE, for the southern states which will be in the path of the annularity.
An Annular Solar Eclipse (ASE) will be visible on the morning of 26 December 2019 in India, with the annular track passing from southern Karnataka, northern Kerala through central Tamilnadu.
The broad aims of this meeting are:
- collate a list of resource material with responsibilities for their creation, translation and production (all under Creative Commons),
- arrive at a shared set of strategies to get as many people as possible to see the eclipse safely, and
- come together on a common platform to challenge prevalent myths about the eclipse.
Scehdule is availbale here: https://www.imsc.res.in/outreach/ASEplanning/schedule.html
Image credit Wikimedia (Smrgeog: Annular Eclipse takenfrom Middlegate, Nevada, 20th May 2012)
We hope that these plans will also be adapted for the ASE that will occur on 21 June 2020, whose path will cross northern India.
Chandrashekar Hall
