Citizen CATE: Citizen Continental- America Telescopic Eclipse Experiment PI: Matt Penn (National Solar Observatory, Tucson) Seven Co-Is: Mike Pierce (UW, Laramie) (Wyoming Coordinator)

Total Solar Eclipse Total Eclipse Requires Near Perfect Alignment of the Earth, Moon & Sun Anyone Not on the Path of Totality Sees a Partial Eclipse Total Eclipse Reveals Sun’s Corona People Will Travel the Globe to See One Satellites Can Only Image the Outer Corona asa.gov/bestofsoho/Movie s/movies2.html asa.gov/bestofsoho/Movie s/movies2.html

2017 Eclipse First solar eclipse visible in continental US since 1979 (38 years) Eclipse path crosses homes of 10 million people in the US – Several million expected to travel to the eclipse path to see the event first-hand – million people expected to see it either first hand or on the internet Potentially the single most-viewed astronomical event in history Unique opportunity for STEM outreach

Citizen CATE Concept Identical Telescopes & Video Cameras Approximately 100 Sites Along Path Volunteer Citizen Science Teams – Attend NSO REU Program for Training – State Coordinators Will Recruit & Train Each Team Acquires 2.5 Minutes of Video – Spliced into 90 min Continuous Sequence NSO Physicists Begin Analysis Corona

Eclipse Path & CATE Stations

CATE Prototype Telescope & Camera An 80-mm Refractor – Corporate Sponsorship Equatorial Mount & Drive Point Grey High-res. CMOS Camera Solar Filter for Partial Phases Laptop & Cell Phones – GPS Time-tags – Phone Upload of Video to Cloud

Prototype Testing First Test: 2015 Eclipse Faroe Islands Successful Test of Hardware & Software Upload via Cell Phones & Cloud Apps Under Development Four Prototypes Planned for Deployment for 2016 Indonesia Eclipse

Citizen CATE Pre-eclipse Activities

Sustainability Telescopes Donated to Jr./High Schools CATE Universities Will Develop & Share Future Project Ideas With School Mentors – Comets – Variable Stars – Astronomy Teaching Labs Goal to Integrate Activities Into Next Generation Science Standards

Possible Broader Impacts & Activities CATE Could Be Component of a Broader STEM Outreach Initiative Eclipse Web Pages – Resources & Contacts Planetarium Shows Public Talks – Promotion of Eclipse Event Science Teacher Training Workshops Eclipse Information Booths – Free Flyers (Eclipse Event & Safety) – Water & Bathrooms – Free Pinhole Projection Boxes Resources & Sponsors

References CATE: Southern Illinois Eclipse Page: NASA Eclipse Site: SOHO: vies/movies2.html