Total Solar Eclipse

Name: Total Solar Eclipse
Rating: 4.09091 (22 reviews)

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User Reviews for Total Solar Eclipse

Not bad, though will see if it works on eclipse day.

Disclaimer: I don't know if the live feed works yet.There's a video guide with short clips (YouTube style inserts) which were not bad- one talks about standard viewer techniques (minus the camera obscura box method, with the solar glasses, welder#14 filter, pinhole card method and reverse binocular/telescope method).Nice ones include a scientists who goes through a little history of eclipses, a 3 min talk from a NASA person (Dr. Christian) who talks about the solar probe plus mission (with some usual sun footage and animations) to the sun's corona who talks about what it's hoping to find out:"Why is the atmosphere of the sun (corona) be hotter than the surface?" (Thermodynamics says the farther away from a fire source the colder it should be.)"How does the solar wind (particles can actually come off at 10^6 mph) actually get accelerated?"The excitement of the design challenge (making a heat shield of carbon fiber, making instruments that collect particle information that don't melt, making its orbit in conjunction with Venus deceleration for 7 year hopeful lifetime) comes across.Not bad for a free app with collaboration from NASA hoping to get kids interested in STEM or for folks who never took formal astronomy for a one-off event.If it works as well as the Micronesia video should be not bad.Never going to complain about an app that is trying to get kids interested in science and trying to make the awe of experience available to all. Oppenheimer would be proud.

A flying tiger, Aug 18, 2017

KRONOS STRING QUARTET

Like, in fine print, one of the last features of this app is "live sonofication on the eclipse by the Kronos String Quartet." This is the app for me! Especially because chances are strong that I'll be inside since I nanny an infant. And I also don't have eclipse viewing glasses. But to listen to the Kronos String Quartet play along to nuclear fusion occurring in the sun as the eclipse happens?! Too exciting! The coolest part of this app being undermarketed is a shame.

Circadies, Aug 20, 2017

Great info app

Solar eclipse explained in few short paragraphs; maps, times and safety info including proper glasses specification to use for viewing. Thank you

FairGame74, Aug 20, 2017

Thank You

Thank you for providing an enthusiastic and knowledgeable eclipse viewing experience. I'm glad I did not depend on my local news station.

Ineedacoolnicknamethanks, Aug 21, 2017

Most awesomest app!

Lots of info.

moomber, Aug 21, 2017

More Explo greatness.

I have had so much fun with this app already. Loads of entertaining and useful information. So easy to use and navigate (I'm a stickler for user experience). Kudos to the whole Exploratorium team for their great work!

Napstalker, Jun 22, 2017

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Need I say more?

nitronlaollo, Aug 21, 2017

Waste time: just self-promoting ad, nothing new nor special!

There are already couple apps dealing with this 2017 solar eclipse. This new app offers nothing more than a simulation video and bunch of advertisers for certain live telecasts during this event. It does not help you to figure out your local viewing condition, position, or time, etc. Nor does it offer any safety tips or useful tools on how to observe this event. The app presentation is also poor with limited usefulness in the front page. I will pass this and delete it.

powerbooks, Jul 10, 2017

Description

The Exploratorium, a hands-on museum of science, art, and human perception in San Francisco, California, brings you live images of the sun during the total solar eclipses occurring on July 2, 2019 and December 14, 2020. On July 2, 2019, our team will aim telescopes at the eclipse from the National Science Foundation's Cerro Tololo Observatory in Chile to capture the event and livestream it to the world via our 2018 Webby Award-winning app. This app allows you to view three simultaneous video streams: 1) LIVE coverage hosted by Exploratorium educators and NASA scientists, 2) LIVE coverage in Spanish hosted by Exploratorium educators, and 3) a non-narrated, two and a half hour live telescope view of the full eclipse. • Explore the path of totality of the 2019 eclipse and the 2020 eclipse with interactive maps and see the level of total eclipse you can observe from your location. • Share livestream and past expedition videos. • Follow the conversation on Twitter using #eclipse2019, #eclipse2020, #solareclipse, and #totalsolareclipse in the app's Twitter View and share your tweets about the eclipse. • Watch and share videos that explain what an eclipse is and how to view an eclipse safely. • Watch and share videos and explore maps from past Exploratorium eclipse expeditions including the 2017 eclipse that crossed the U.S.A.

and the 2016 solar eclipse from Micronesia. • Receive notifications about the eclipse. When to Watch The app displays viewing times for each livestream adjusted to your device’s time zone. Livestream start times in PDT / EDT / UTC are: Live Coverage of the Eclipse / Cobertura en vivo en español PDT: July 2, 2019 1:00 p.m. EDT: July 2 2019 4:00 p.m. UTC: July 2, 2019 20:00 Telescope View from Chile PDT: July 2, 2019 12:23 p.m. EDT: July 2, 2019 3:23 p.m. UTC: July 2, 2019 19:23 Video Data Usage We strongly recommend enabling WiFi on your device when viewing videos. Streaming videos can consume a large amount of data transfer, so please keep that in mind to avoid data overage charges from your mobile carrier. Under Mobile Network Data Usage on the Settings screen, choose “Play video only when connected to WiFi” to allow video play while on WiFi only. Permissions This app requires the following permissions: Internet Access to access all app content WiFi Network to determine if you're connected to a WiFi network Location to map your location on the eclipse path Notification to send you updates about eclipse livestream viewing Calendar to add an event to your calendar about eclipse livestreams The eclipse livestream and app is made possible through a generous grant from NASA. This material is based upon work supported by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration under Grant No. NNX16AB96A issued through the Science Education Mission Directorate. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.