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2024 Solar Eclipse

Celestron partners with Astronomy for major eclipse event

The corona is made of hot, glowing plasma flying off of the Sun. It can only be seen when the Sun is completely eclipsed. Credit: Blake Estes

2024 Solar Eclipse, Observing, The Sun

The Great North American Eclipse: This Week in Astronomy with Dave Eicher

A simple finder scope mounted to a piece of lumber projects a clear image of the Sun.

2024 Solar Eclipse

Build a Sun projector with a finder scope or cheap binoculars

A screenshot of NASA's livestream of the eclipse before the eclipse.

2024 Solar Eclipse, Observing, Upcoming Events

How to watch the solar eclipse online

This spectacular photographic sequence around totality shows some of the features you'll see if your sky is clear and you're in the path of totality April 8, 2024. Credit: Ben Cooper.

2024 Solar Eclipse, Solar System

The slightly weird mathematical coincidence behind an eclipse

The astronauts of Apollo 12 — Alan Bean, Pete Conrad, and Dick Gordon — experienced a solar eclipse while returning home from the Moon. Their spacecraft flew through Earth’s shadow, allowing them to capture this image on their 16mm motion picture camera. Credit: NASA/JSC.

2024 Solar Eclipse, Observing, The Moon, The Sun, Upcoming Events

What would a solar eclipse look like from the Moon?

The Moon’s shadow falls on Green River Lakes, Wyoming, during the Aug. 21, 2017, solar eclipse in this composite image.

2024 Solar Eclipse

How to view the 2024 eclipse, a step-by-step planning guide

The author’s grandchildren view the partial phases of the 2017 eclipse with a homebuilt Advanced Safe Solar Viewer.

2024 Solar Eclipse

Eclipse viewing made simple

Cowboy Nicolas Silva enjoys his view of the total solar eclipse on July 2, 2019, from atop a mountain ridge near Cabalgatas Altos de Cochiguaz, a ranch in Chile’s Elqui Valley. This is the kind of photo you can get when you prepare for the total solar eclipse. Credit: Rick Armstrong

2024 Solar Eclipse, Observing

25 tips to help you prepare for the total solar eclipse